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Facebook dodges Russian interference in midterm elections questions

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a US House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 11, 2018. Facebook expects to see “bad actors” trying to interfere with the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, …

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Majority believes Russia has dirt on Trump: Poll

Grigory Dukor | Reuters President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018. It’s been a week since President Donald Trump’s widely panned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and a new poll …

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Head of Amazon Studios film division to leave the company

Alberto E. Rodriguez | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Jason Ropell, Vice President, Worldwide Head of Motion Pictures, Amazon Studios and Prime Video last April.  Amazon confirmed Tuesday that Jason Ropell, head of the film division of Amazon Studios, is leaving the company. The tech giant did not specify …

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Broidy, Barrack paid Rick Gates for advice on Trump administration: Report

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rick Gates, former deputy campaign manager for Donald Trump, exits Federal Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates was paid tens of thousands of dollars in 2017 by a company headed by a leading …

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Bitcoin breaks a key $8,000 level but it’s not out of the woods yet 

Bitcoin shook off a bearish two months after rising above $8,000 Tuesday but based on past behavior, another pullback could be coming, according to technical analysts that cover cryptocurrency. “Given that it has trended down so sharply since May, I wouldn’t want to get too greedy,” said Newton Advisor founder …

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iRobot jumps 20% after earnings beat

Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images A vacuuming Roomba model robot is displayed at iRobot headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts,   Roomba-maker iRobot soared after the company posted second-quarter earnings that easily topped Wall Street expectations on Tuesday. The stock surged 20 percent in after-hours trading. Here’s what the company reported …

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Key GOP senators rip Trump’s ‘incoherent’ farm bailout

Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., talks with reporters in the Capitol’s Senate subway before the Senate Policy luncheons on June 19, 2018.  Republican senators Tuesday condemned the Trump administration’s $12 billion bailout plan for farmers hit by crippling tariffs on their goods. …

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AT&T to report earnings after the bell

Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Randall Stephenson, CEO, AT&T AT&T is expected to report second quarter earnings and revenue after the bell on Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: 85 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters Revenue: $39.39 billion, according to Thomson Reuters This quarter …

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Russia ‘fighting very hard’ to help Democrats in midterm elections

Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting on July 18, 2018, at the White House in Washington, DC.  President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was “very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the …

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Square partners with eBay to expand small-business lending

Mike Segar | Reuters Jack Dorsey, CEO and co-founder of Twitter and founder and CEO of Square, speaks at the Consensus 2018 blockchain technology conference in New York City, May 16, 2018. Fintech company Square is boosting its small-business lending with an eBay partnership announced Tuesday morning. Square Capital, the …

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