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Microsoft files suit against Foxconn parent Hon Hai

Stephen Brashear | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Visitor’s Center at Microsoft Headquarters campus in Redmond, Wash. Tech giant Microsoft is taking legal action against Foxconn parent Hon Hai, after the Taiwanese consumer-electronics manufacturer allegedly failed to comply with a patent-licensing agreement from 2013. In a Friday court …

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British police close roads near parliament due to a suspicious vehicle

Vladislav Zolotov | iStock | Getty Images Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster bridge at sunset, London, United Kingdom British police closed London’s Westminster bridge and roads near parliament on Saturday due to a suspicious vehicle. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said officers were on the scene at …

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Endeavor returns $400 million investment back to Saudi Arabia

Stefanie Keenan | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Ari Emanuel speaks onstage during the 2017 LACMA Art + Film Gala Honoring Mark Bradford and George Lucas presented by Gucci at LACMA on November 4, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.  Making good on a pledge to sever ties with Saudi …

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Celebrate Friday’s rebound going into next week

The market rebound on Friday is worth celebrating given that Wall Street had its worst week of 2019, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said. Businesses added 20,000 jobs in February, far short of the 170,000 that economists forecast, but the market shrugged it off, he said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average originally …

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FAA warns Southwest, union that contract dispute poses safety concerns

Joe Raedle | Getty Images Southwest airline planes sit on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport on February 20, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Federal Aviation Administration warned Southwest Airlines and a union representing its mechanics in a letter Friday that a contract dispute could pose safety concerns. …

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Trump retweets claim that Michael Cohen’s father-in-law is loan shark

Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Michael Cohen, former attorney for President Donald Trump, testifyies during the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 election on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. President Donald Trump on Friday retweeted an unsubstantiated claim that the father-in-law …

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Court denies new trial in ‘Serial’ podcast murder case

Karl Merton Ferron | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Officials escort ‘Serial’ podcast subject Adnan Syed from the courthouse on Feb. 3, 2016, following the completion of the first day of hearings for a retrial in Baltimore. Maryland’s highest court has denied a new trial for a man whose …

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Two longest tenured GE board members retiring with no replacements

Vincent Kessler | Reuters The logo of General Electric is pictured at the company’s site of its energy branch in Belfort, France, February 5, 2019. General Electric will ask shareholders this year to nominate only 10 directors to the company’s board, as GE’s two longest tenured directors will be retiring, …

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Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify on Wikileaks

Jahi Chikwendiu | The Washington Post | Getty Images Chelsea Manning prepares to enter the Albert V. Bryan U.S. District Courthouse on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Alexandria, VA. Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been jailed for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating Wikileaks. U.S. District …

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Tesla opens Model 3 sales in Mexico

VCG/VCG | Getty Images A Tesla Model 3 car is on display during the Auto China 2018 at China International Exhibition Center on April 25, 2018 in Beijing, China. Tesla is rolling its mid-size Model 3 sedan out in Mexico for the first time, the company said. The electric car …

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