Finance
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1.1KA man with ties to an arms dealer is behind a shaky startup that is raising money from mom-and-pop investors
Photo illustration by Mike Nudelman / YayYo / iSpot YayYo is a startup that plans to be an aggregator for ride-hailing services...
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987There’s one part of this Trump-China deal that slaps a bunch of his supporters in the face
White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon listening to President Donald Trump.AP Photo/Evan Vucci One part of the trade deal with China that...
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1.1KThe restaurant industry is in the depths of a recession — and chains are only making the problem worse
Amy Claxton/Flickr The chain restaurant industry hasn’t experienced same-store sales growth in more than a year — and it doesn’t look like...
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946Comey’s firing is a ‘perfect example’ of what Wall Street fears most about Trump
Donald Trump with James Comey on January 22.Andrew Harrer/Pool,Getty Images President Donald Trump unexpectedly fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday. Not...
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1.0KBigger paychecks for US workers could be bad news for stocks
Employers can get ahead by investing in their workers, with higher wages.Rebecca Cook/Reuters With the unemployment rate at its lowest level in...
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973Voters are slipping away from Labour in the key West Midlands election battlegrounds
Labour MP Jim Cunningham.YouTube/SkyEcho7 COVENTRY — The struggle Labour faces in the UK general election can be seen clearly in the city...
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904Politics matters for economics — but maybe not in the way you think
Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters A Bank of America Merrill Lynch team found that consumers’ feelings about the economy were mostly tied to underlying “hard”...
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1.0KMORGAN STANLEY: Dunelm, Pets at Home, and Halfords have business model ‘for a different age’
Halfords is at risk, Morgan Stanley says.Halfords LONDON — Dunelm, Halfords, and Pets At Home are the UK retailers most at risk...
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1.1KMark Carney gave the simplest explanation yet of how bad Brexit will be for the UK’s household finances
Reuters LONDON — On Thursday afternoon, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney did what he does every three months and took questions...
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1.1KA UK hedge fund made a $500+ million bet on Wells Fargo (WFC)
Wells FargoREUTERS/Rick Wilking UK-based hedge fund firm Lansdowne Partners invested more than half a billion in Wells Fargo in the first quarter....