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- Marvel Comics mogul Stan Lee wins renewal of protect order
Saturday - 08/18/2018 - 12:18 AMMarvel Comics mogul Stan Lee won renewal of a protective order on Friday against a onetime business manager accused of subjecting the 95-year-old "Spider-Man" co-creator to elder abuse after taking charge of his affairs earlier this year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. senators demand answers from Army after Reuters report on lead poisoning
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 07:16 PMFour U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Walmart asks some beauty suppliers to consider sourcing outside of China
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 06:06 PMWalmart Inc has asked some beauty suppliers to consider sourcing products from outside China, as it looks for ways to mitigate the impact of a new set of tariffs on Chinese products proposed by the Trump administration.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Venezuelans rush to shop, fill tanks before monetary overhaul
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 05:28 PMJittery Venezuelans on Friday rushed to shops and lined up at gas stations on concerns that a monetary overhaul to lop off five zeros from prices in response to hyperinflation could wreak financial havoc and make basic commerce impossible.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Turkey's lira falls 3 percent, Trump won't take pastor's detention 'sitting down'
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 05:54 PMTurkey's battered lira weakened 3 percent on Friday after a Turkish court rejected an American pastor's appeal for release, drawing a stiff rebuke from President Donald Trump, who said the United States would not take the detention "sitting down".
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - White House adviser says trade deal with Mexico 'very, very close'
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 05:08 PMA top White House economic adviser said on Friday that Washington was "very, very close" to clinching a trade deal with Mexico.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Moody's downgrades Turkey to Ba3, assigns negative outlook
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 05:17 PMMoody's cut Turkey's sovereign credit rating deeper into "junk" territory on Friday, citing a weakening of public institutions and the related reduction in the predictability of policy making in a country which is facing a currency crisis.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Exclusive: U.S. government seeks Facebook help to wiretap Messenger - sources
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 04:43 PMThe U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump asks SEC to mull half-year corporate filings
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 04:19 PMU.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he has asked the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump asks US SEC to mull half-year corporate filings
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 03:41 PMU.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he has asked the U.S.
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- China complains about Pentagon report, says it is 'pure guesswork'
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 08:34 PMChina's Defence Ministry has lodged a complaint with the United States about a Pentagon report that said China's military was likely training for strikes against the United States and its allies, saying it was "pure guesswork".
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chicago teachers pension fund divesting from private prisons
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 05:56 PMThe Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund's board of trustees voted on Friday to phase out investments in companies that run private prisons or immigrant detention centers, saying the businesses have an outsized negative impact on minorities and the poor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. judge approves plan to reunite separated immigrant families
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 06:26 PMA federal judge on Friday approved a plan to reunite hundreds more families who were separated by border officials after they entered the United States from Mexico.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Aretha Franklin funeral set for August 31 in Detroit
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 05:40 PMA funeral for the late soul music star Aretha Franklin has been scheduled for Aug.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Venezuelans rush to shops before monetary overhaul
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 04:17 PMJittery Venezuelans on Friday rushed to shops and formed long lines in preparation for a monetary overhaul that will remove five zeros from prices in response to hyperinflation that has made cash increasingly worthless.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S.-Mexico bilateral NAFTA issues may be resolved next week: minister
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 05:08 PMMexico's economy minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Friday he hopes to conclude by the middle of next week outstanding bilateral issues with the United States surrounding the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump defends ex-aide Manafort as jury ends second day of deliberations
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 05:23 PMIn a break with convention, President Donald Trump weighed in on a criminal trial as the jury considered a verdict on Friday, calling the tax and bank fraud case against Paul Manafort "very sad" and lauding his former campaign chairman as a "very good person."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. court orders Trump administration to enforce chemical safety rule
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 04:46 PMA federal appeals court on Friday ordered the Trump administration to immediately implement an Obama-era chemical safety rule introduced in response to a 2013 explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas that killed 15 people.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SEC says it continues to study frequency of company reporting
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 03:32 PMThe Securities and Exchange Commission will continue to study the frequency of public company reporting after President Donald Trump called on the agency to consider shifting from quarterly to semiannual reports, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said on Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Israeli troops kill two on Gaza border, Jerusalem stabber shot dead
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 03:45 PMIsraeli troops killed two Palestinians and wounded scores of others taking part in weekly Gaza border protests on Friday, medics said, as Egyptian mediators tried to clinch a truce deal that would calm the impoverished enclave.
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- U.S. special counsel recommends six months in prison for Papadopoulos
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 08:48 PMSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller recommended in a court filing on Friday that a judge sentence former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos to up to six months in prison for lying to agents investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. raises $300 million from allies for Syria stabilization
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 06:05 PMThe United States said on Friday it had secured $300 million from coalition partners to help stabilize parts of Syria retaken from Islamic State, after President Donald Trump demanded that allies help carry the costs of the war.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Exclusive: FBI probing cyber attack on congressional campaign in California - sources
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 06:21 PMThe U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump doubles down on security clearances, former officials slam move
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 05:52 PMFormer top U.S. intelligence officials sharply rebuked U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ex-lawyer of pharma executive Shkreli gets 18 months prison for fraud scheme
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 05:54 PMA New York lawyer was sentenced to 18 months prison on Friday for helping Martin Shkreli, currently serving a seven year prison sentence after being convicted of related charges, defraud a drug company that Shkreli had founded.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. consumer sentiment hits 11-month low, inflation in focus
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 05:09 PMU.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Manafort jury breaks for weekend without reaching a verdict
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 05:17 PMThe jury in the bank and tax fraud trial of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, stopped its work on Friday afternoon and will meet for their third day of deliberations on Monday at 9:30 a.m.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SEC moves to ease information disclosure requirements
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 04:19 PMThe top U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - S&P lowers Turkey's credit rating deeper into junk territory
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 04:28 PMStandard & Poor's said on Friday it had cut Turkey's sovereign credit rating deeper into "junk" territory, citing extreme lira volatility and forecasting a recession next year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge for ex-Trump aide Manafort case will not release jurors' information
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 02:32 PMThe judge in the trial of U.S.
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