Asian shares were little changed and mixed in quiet trading Tuesday amid a lack of fresh market-moving news as investors looked ahead to earnings season. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.6% to 21,546.25 in afternoon trading. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 lost nearly 0.1% to 6,646.40. South Korea’s Kospi added 0.3% to 2,089.34 and Hong Kong’s Hang […]
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Image caption Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel filmed some scenes in Bury St Edmunds The Personal Life of David Copperfield, Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s famous novel, will open this year’s London Film Festival. Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel plays the lead role, which has traditionally been portrayed by white actors. Director and co-writer Iannucci
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Image copyright Reuters Ryanair has said it will be forced to cut the number of summer flights it operates next year as it predicted further delays before the Boeing 737 Max is allowed to fly again. The airline said it could be as late as December before regulators clear the aircraft to return to the
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Facebook’s ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it’s shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve. Congress begins two days of hearings Tuesday on the currency planned by Facebook, to be called Libra, starting
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: NEW SOX Andrew Cashner makes his Boston Red Sox debut at Fenway Park against Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays. Cashner was acquired Saturday from Baltimore for two 17-year-old prospects. The 32-year-old righty went 9-3 with a 3.83 ERA in 17 starts for the
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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday that he has “very serious concerns” about cryptocurrencies, including the one being developed by Facebook, the latest indication that Washington is preparing to exert its power over digital currencies. In a briefing at the White House, Mr. Mnuchin said cryptocurrencies pose a national security threat because
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Kylie Jenner pushed back after an Instagram influencer claimed the beauty mogul had ripped off her own photograph. Over the weekend, Jenner posted an image of herself on Instagram wearing nothing but a giant straw hat while on vacation in Turks and Caicos. The image, which Jenner captioned with just “vacation mode,” garnered a lot
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Image copyright Getty Images The world’s largest education publisher has taken the first step towards phasing out print books by making all its learning resources “digital first”. Pearson said students would only be able to rent physical textbooks from now on, and they would be updated much less frequently. The British firm hopes the move
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Broadcom’s effort to buy Symantec was suspended in recent days, people briefed on the matter said on Monday, after the two companies disagreed on a takeover price late in the negotiations. The decision puts on ice — at least for now — efforts to create one of the biggest, and most unusual, marriages in technology
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Travis d’Arnaud hit three home runs, including a three-run shot with two outs in the ninth inning off Aroldis Chapman, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 5-4 on Monday night. D’Arnaud tied a Tampa Ray record for homers in a game. It has been done five times, most recently by Evan
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