2020

Trump Administration Sees No Threat to Economy From Monopolies

Finance /

WASHINGTON — President Trump and his economic team see “no need to hastily rewrite the federal government’s antitrust rules,” drawing a battle line with leading Democratic presidential candidates on an issue that has increasingly drawn the attention of economists, legal scholars and other academics. In their annual Economic Report of the President, released on Thursday, […]

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Rapper Pop Smoke Shot And Killed In Hollywood Hills

Entertainment /

Rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed Wednesday morning at a home in Hollywood Hills, California, according to multiple reports.  His record label, Republic Records, released a statement mourning the loss of the rapper on Wednesday afternoon.  “We are devastated by the unexpected and tragic loss of @POPSMOKE10,” the statement read. “Our prayers and thoughts go

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US retailer Forever 21 bought back from bankruptcy

Business /

Image copyright Getty Images Retailer Forever 21 has been saved from bankruptcy by three buyers who want to expand internationally. New owners, Authentic Brands, Simon Property and Brookfield Property, also want to keep open most of the chain’s 448 US stores. Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy last September as losses mounted from its international locations.

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Democrats Unleash an Onslaught of Attacks, With Bloomberg the Main Target

Politics /

LAS VEGAS — The Democratic presidential candidates turned on one another in scorching and personal terms in a debate on Wednesday night, with two of the leading candidates, Senator Bernie Sanders and Michael R. Bloomberg, forced onto the defensive repeatedly throughout the evening. In his first appearance in a presidential debate, Mr. Bloomberg, the former

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2 former cruise ship passengers with virus die in Japan

Lifestyle /

Japan’s Health Ministry says two passengers taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship because they had a new virus have died, becoming the first fatalities from the virus-stricken vessel By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press February 20, 2020, 6:38 AM 4 min read TOKYO — Two elderly passengers taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship because they

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Dame Julie Walters reveals shock of bowel cancer diagnosis

Entertainment /

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDame Julie Walters spoke to the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire Dame Julie Walters has revealed her shock at being diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer. The actress, who has starred in Mamma Mia, Billy Elliot and Educating Rita, told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire she initially thought doctors “must

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