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US retail sales up a healthy 0.5 percent in July as consumers spend more at auto dealers and restaurants
WASHINGTON (AP) — US retail sales up a healthy 0.5 percent in July as consumers spend more at auto dealers and restaurants.
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Ford to spend roughly $740M on Detroit redevelopment plans
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. plans to spend roughly $740 million renovating Detroit’s long vacant train depot and redeveloping other area properties for research and development of self-driving vehicles . The Dearborn-based company in…
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Global markets sink on growth concerns, Turkey jitters
BANGKOK (AP) — Stock markets turned lower Wednesday amid concerns about economic growth and continued tensions over Turkey, which announced it was increasing tariffs on imports of some U.S. products. KEEPING SCORE: Germany’s DAX fell…
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Maryland Tech Council CEO departs. Will the trade association hire a replacement?
Tami Howie is exiting her role as the CEO of the Maryland Tech Council, the state’s trade association focused on biotechnology and innovation. The organization’s board isn’t sure if and when it will hire a…
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Dutch air traffic control problem grounds Schiphol flights
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A problem with an air traffic control communications system has briefly halted all flights to and from Amsterdam’s busy Schiphol Airport. The airport reported early Wednesday afternoon that the problem…
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Egypt razes historical Cairo district, angering residents
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities are demolishing a historical 19th century neighborhood in Cairo to make way for high-end housing and business development a stone’s throw from the Nile, angering residents who say they have…
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How US Fed is unintentionally squeezing developing economies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is blaming the United States for Turkey’s financial crisis, ignoring homegrown problems like high debts, raging inflation and his own erratic policies. Yet one of the threats facing…
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Small business owners are getting a new incentive to sell to their employees
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joseph Blasi, Rutgers University and Douglas L. Kruse, Rutgers University (THE CONVERSATION) The federal government just made it a…
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Edmunds picks 6 used luxury vehicles under $36K
The average transaction price for new vehicles has been hovering above $35,000 this year, and briefly broke $36,000 at the end of 2017. But instead of buying a new vehicle, what if you took that…
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New Zealand bans most foreigners from buying homes
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has banned most foreigners from buying homes as it tries to tackle runaway housing prices. Previously the housing market was open to investors worldwide, but the government on…
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How US Fed is unintentionally squeezing developing economies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is blaming the United States for Turkey’s financial crisis, ignoring homegrown problems like high debts, raging inflation and his own erratic policies. Yet one of the threats facing…
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China files WTO challenge to US tariffs on solar panels
BEIJING (AP) — China says it is challenging a U.S. tariff hike on solar panels before the World Trade Organization, adding to its sprawling conflicts with President Donald Trump over trade and technology. The 30…
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Twitter suspends conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for 1 week
NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter says it is suspending the account of the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for one week after he violated the company’s rules against inciting violence. The New York Times reports…
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President Bush joins effort to bring War on Terror memorial to the National Mall
Former President George W. Bush was named honorary chairman of the Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation, a group that’s looking to build a new memorial on the National Mall. GWOT is a nonprofit foundation…
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Trump Tower operators sued over water release into river
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ attorney general is suing the operators of Trump International Hotel and Tower for removing water from and releasing water into the Chicago River in violation of federal environmental laws. The lawsuit…
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