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Twitter bans bots spreading pro-Saudi messages

Drew Angerer | Getty Images Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning foreign influence in use of social media platforms, on Capitol Hill, September 5, 2018 in Washington, DC.  A network of suspected Twitter bots was suspended Thursday after appearing to coordinate the …

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Kamala Harris, Democrats push to repeal and replace Trump tax cuts

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Senator Kamala Harris, a Democrat from California, questions Gina Haspel, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) nominee for President Donald Trump, not pictured, during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C.,  With midterm elections 2½ weeks away and the 2020 …

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Barclays upgrades Disney on pivot to streaming

Getty Images Chief executive officer and chairman of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger walks on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) before ringing the opening bell, November 27, 2017 in New York City. Barclays bumped up its rating on Disney shares to overweight from equal weight …

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Wedbush’s Ives sees big iPhone numbers

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., waves after speaking during an event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Wall Street has a new biggest Apple bull. Longtime technology analyst Daniel Ives, fresh …

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Italian bond yields spike to 4-year highs as the EU slams its new budget plan

Antonio Masiello | Getty Images News | Getty Images Deputy Prime Minister and Labour Minister Luigi di Maio(L), Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte(2L), Italian deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini(2R) and Italian Economy and Finances Minister Giovanni Tria(R) hold a press conference on the Italian budget on October …

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Amazon to open Manchester office, add 1,000 R&D jobs in the UK

Getty Images Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is sizing up locations for its second US headquarters. Among the criteria: convenient access to mass transit and an international airport, a highly educated labor pool, a strong university system and a diverse population. Amazon is set to open a new office in Manchester …

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Trump says it looks like Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi died

Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump speaks to reporters upon his departure from the White House in Washington, August 17, 2018.  Khashoggi, who lived in Virginia and wrote for The Washington Post, has not been seen since he went to a Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. Turkish …

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Political advertisers using Facebook loophole to hide money sources

Tony Avelar | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc. Despite Facebook’s efforts to make political ad funding more transparent, loopholes enable ad buyers to remain relatively anonymous. Facebook announced in May a new tool to promote political advertising transparency on the site. But a …

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Putin says hypersonic missiles will deploy in ‘coming months’

Alexander Zemlianichenko | Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as they attend the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2017. Picture taken July 30, 2017. WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow will deploy hypersonic weapons in the “coming …

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