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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the southeastern Donbas region where the Russian attacks are focused is “completely destroyed.” “There are constant strikes on the Odesa region, on the cities of central Ukraine, and the Donbas is completely destroyed,” he said in a video address Thursday night. Zelensky accused Russia of a “deliberate and criminal attempt […]
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Medtronic plc (MDT), Friday announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval for the Onyx Frontier drug-eluting stent (DES). The company says the Onyx Frontier DES, which uses the same stent platform as Resolute Onyx DES, has improved deliverability and increased performance in even the most challenging of cases. The company said […]
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APPLE will launch its mixed reality headset sometime this year, according to new reports. The tech giant has unveiled its upcoming VR/AR headset to its company's board of executives, per Bloomberg. Comprising eight independent directors and Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, the board meets at least four times a year to discuss product development. […]
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All three major U.S. equity indexes posted dips of less than 1% Thursday, likely due to general ennui over an equities market that cannot seem to get any traction on a slippery slope. Walmart, Target and Cisco were among the day’s leading losers. After markets closed Thursday, Applied Materials reported top-line and bottom-line numbers that […]
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FUMING residents say they feel like they are living in "North Korea" after a camera system installed by a council to cut traffic has made their lives a misery. Locals in Fulham, south west London, are forced to log every single vehicle that enters an exclusion zone with ticketing company RingGo if a motor is […]
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Oklahoma’s legislature passed a bill that would ban abortions from the stage of fertilization, effectively prohibiting almost all abortions in the state. Oklahoma House of Representatives approved HB 4327 by a vote of 73-16, and it will become law after signed by Governor Kevin Stitt. The Republican Governor is a strong supporter of legislation limiting […]
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Technology has become less attractive to investors. Prices of shares in these companies, even perennial successes like Alphabet and Amazon, have not held up to the massive market sell-off. Car companies, perhaps excluding Tesla, have not moved into the electric vehicle territory fast enough. Banks have been buffeted by interest rates. Big retailers, such as […]
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After ending the previous session little changed, stocks are likely to move to the upside in early trading on Friday. The major index futures are currently pointing to a higher open for the markets, with the Dow futures up by 321 points. Traders may once again attempt to go bargain hunting following the sharp decline […]
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Hong Kong (CNN Business)China on Friday slashed a key interest rate to rescue its slumping housing market and head off a major downturn in the world’s second largest economy. The People’s Bank of China cut its five-year loan prime rate (LPR) by 15 basis points to 4.45%, the second reduction this year and the largest […]
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The capacity of our politicians to take a good economic policy idea and pervert it into a partisan waste of taxpayers’ money never ceases to appal. Once I was a big supporter of greater spending on infrastructure projects, even when most of the cost had to be borrowed. That’s because well-chosen projects will add to […]
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