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Facebook will start telling users which websites track them across the web

Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018. Facebook said Tuesday it will start telling users which websites track them across the web — and offer them the option to delete …

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Here’s how important Apple is to the whole stock market as its earnings report nears

There may be one thing missing for the stock market to rally — Apple. Apple, the world’s most valuable company, is a key name in all the major benchmark indexes. Its shares constitute a 4.7 percent weighting in the Dow Jones industrial average and 11.1 percent in the Nasdaq 100, …

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Disney Eats is Disney’s online food network

Getty Images Chief executive officer and chairman of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger and Mickey Mouse look on before ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), November 27, 2017 in New York City. Disney is making big moves in food. At its annual NewFront on …

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Muhammad Ali’s daughter Laila Ali on her father’s legacy

The Ring Magazine | Getty Images Muhammad Ali (R) connects a right punch against Ken Norton during the fight at the Sports Arena on March 31,1973 in San Diego, California. After his boxing career, Ali became heavily involved in philanthropy and public service even as he battled Parkinson’s disease. He …

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Netanyahu’s claims leave Iran nuclear deal fate unchanged

Amir Cohen | Reuters Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, Israel April 30, 2018. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s detailed accusation that Iran lied about its nuclear program makes little difference to the fate of its nuclear deal, …

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Bitcoin begins May with retreat back below $9,000 after 30% pop in April

Bitcoin fell below $9,000 Tuesday, the first trading day of May. The cryptocurrency traded 3.9 percent lower around $8,880 as of 8:49 a.m. ET, according to CoinDesk’s bitcoin price index. The decline followed a gain of about 33.5 percent for April. There was no immediately apparent reason for bitcoin’s drop, …

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US should catch up with Europe to regulate Facebook

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook, speaks during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. The United States is failing to keep up with Europe in regulating technology corporations like Facebook …

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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg will be summoned to testify next time he’s in Britain

Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018. UK officials said Tuesday they will summon Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Parliament the next time he’s in British territory if …

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Zimbabwe mass strikes trouble President Mnangagwa ahead of election

Jekesai Njikizana | AFP | Getty Images People celebrate Zimbabwe Independence Day at the National Sports Stadium on April 18, 2018, in Harare. The present wave of striking reflects malcontent that has “long simmered under (former President Robert) Mugabe’s leadership,” Charles Laurie, director and head of politics at consultancy firm …

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RBS to cut 792 jobs, close 162 branches in Williams & Glyn cull

Simon Dawson | Bloomberg via Getty Images A logo sits above an automated teller machine (ATM) outside a Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) bank branch in London, U.K. RBS, which is more than 70 percent owned by the British taxpayer following a 2007 bailout, said the redundancies and closures …

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