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UK government to block any delay to post-Brexit deadline, pound falls

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks to supporters on a visit to meet newly elected Conservative party MP for Sedgefield, Paul Howell at Sedgefield Cricket Club on December 14, 2019 in County Durham, England. F WPA Pool The pound fell more than 1% Tuesday after media reports …

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Singapore artist channels ‘creepy-cute’ with baby heads in sushi rolls

Singaporean artist Qixuan Lim poses next to cans containing tiny cherubic fetus heads, arms and legs or other human body parts, which she sculpted using clay and cosmetic paint, in Singapore, October 26, 2019. Picture taken October 26, 2019. REUTERS/Joseph Campbell SINGAPORE (Reuters) – At first glance the works of …

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Venmo and PNC’s fight over sharing consumer financial data

An ATM is shown at company headquarters for the PNC Financial Services at One PNC Plaza in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Getty Images PNC and Venmo are bickering over customers’ access to third parties, highlighting the sometimes murky area of connecting finance apps to bank accounts. Over the past month, PNC customers …

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Coffee futures prices have the biggest one-day surge since 2015

Snap Decision | Photographer’s Choice RF | Getty Images Coffee futures jumped on Monday as a supply shortage in the largest producer drove up the prices. Coffee futures climbed nearly 7% Monday to $1.3895 a pound, the biggest one-day surge since 2015. Prices have soared a whopping 38% this year. …

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FedEx earnings, economic data, Eli Lilly outlook

Here are the most important things to know about Tuesday before you hit the door. 1. FedEx earnings Shipping company FedEx reports fiscal second quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. Wells Fargo is forecasting earnings per share of $2.83 on revenue of $17.76 billion. In the same quarter last …

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How Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Finally Hit No. 1

That year, “All I Want for Christmas” was streamed only about 12.6 million times from early November through December, according to Nielsen. By 2016, that number was up to 61 million, and last year, it reached 185 million streams, reaching a new peak of No. 3 on Billboard as it …

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Advisors look beyond client assets to give investment advice

Ariel Skelley | DigitalVision | Getty Images For some financial advisors, the person behind the assets is the key to providing the best investment advice possible. That is, awareness of the nuanced differences that distinguish clients helps those advisors construct investment portfolios based on more than, say, a person’s age …

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Tech stocks hit all-time highs as Micron shares surge

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York City, November 21, 2019. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Technology stocks, a long-time sector leader, once again lifted the broad market to new records. The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund, one of …

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WW International extends Oprah Winfrey deal to 2025, shares rise

Weight Watchers member and board member Oprah Winfrey shares her thoughts on the value of community at an intimate luncheon with winners of Weight Watchers Better Together Sweepstakes on Friday, March 23, 2018, in Santa Barbara, Calif. Matt Sayles | Invision for Weight Watchers | AP Images WW International, formerly …

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Vatican’s ‘vampire’ prints of rarely seen 20th century art on show

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – They could be called the Vatican’s vampire prints – works by masters such as Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch and Salvador Dali so delicate that they usually lie dormant for years in dark storage in its museums. A visitor takes a picture of an artwork as a …

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