German Chancellor Angela Merkel is intensifying efforts to thwart a trade war with the U.S., sending a close ally to Washington for critical talks aimed at defusing a tit-for-tat on tariffs that could undermine the European country's export-driven economy. Peter Altmaier, Germany's economy minister and a
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The Cedars of Marin provides programs for adults with developmental disabilities by cultivating their interests, skills and independence to live creative, productive and joyous lives. Since 1919…
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There is a slight whiff of dead cat about a suggestion thrown out last week by Stephen Haddrill, who heads Britain's embattled accounting regulator, the Financial Reporting Council. Mr Haddrill said the competition authorities should look again at whether to break up the so-called Big Four accountancy
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By the time Adnoc awards all the stakes it plans to offer in the three concession blocks, it will have raised $7.7 billion in cash through up-front payments from the oil companies, according to Bloomberg calculations. Lower Zakum has a targeted production capacity of 450,000 barrels a day, while the
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Suppose President Donald Trump's foreign policy is random. I mean really random: Like random luck, designed only in so far as to fluctuate wildly between different, opposing strategic views. In this thought experiment, it's not a bug but a feature that the U.S. is pulling away from a nuclear nonproliferation
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