U.S. stocks tumbled on Wall Street Friday after the U.S. announced plans to expand its trade war to Mexico. Interested in Stock Market? Add Stock Market as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Stock Market news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The slump all but guarantees that May will be […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Hannah Gadsby, Josh Thomas and Tim Minchin have won fans internationally The comedy Australia exports to the global stage is evolving. And, as Gary Nunn reports from Sydney, experts say it’s moving Australia away from past stereotypes and into thoroughly modern, woke humour. The nation’s comedy has long punched
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Image copyright Getty Images India has lost its spot as the world’s fastest-growing economy after it grew more slowly than expected in the first three months of 2019. Official data showed the economy grew 5.8%, which is slower than the 6.4% growth registered by China, and down from 6.6% in the previous quarter. It was
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In Ireland, where most of the major tech companies have European head offices for tax reasons, 19 statutory investigations have been started — 11 of which focus on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. The regulation has been cited as inspiration for other data rules globally, including in Japan, Brazil, India and China. And many American lawmakers
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Swing coach Hank Haney has been suspended from the SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio channel because of saying on his show that a Korean would probably win the U.S. Women’s Open and that he couldn’t name six players on the LPGA Tour. He then said he would go with “Lee” and if he didn’t have to
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President Trump on Thursday threatened to hit Mexico with new tariffs, escalating his immigration fight with America’s largest trading partner. And with that, he showed, once again, that he’s ready to employ trade as an all-purpose tool for his policy goals. Mr. Trump is juggling multiple trade conflicts today, with allies and rivals alike. His
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption“I was petrified” – Det Sgt Nick Bailey on being poisoned by Novichok The parents of a police officer poisoned in the Salisbury Novichok attack have criticised plans to film a TV drama about it. The BBC has commissioned a two-part series inspired by the 2018 poisonings.
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Image copyright Guy Hands Image caption Guy Hands’ investment firm Terra Firma has reported assets of £4.7bn The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to UK investor and philanthropist Guy Hands. Guy Hands looks back on a difficult childhood that saw him badly bullied
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Kitty Knowles looks at some of the week’s best technology stories including: Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei says he would be “the first to protest” if there were retaliatory Chinese sanctions against Apple Social media giant Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp have been the subject of most data investigations in the Republic of Ireland
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: ON A ROLL Austin Meadows and the Rays have won six games in a row heading into another matchup with major league-leading Minnesota. Meadows drove in four runs Thursday night in a 14-3 rout of the Twins. The young outfielder has multiple hits in five consecutive
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