“When people hear taxes on a debate, or just on television, ratings will probably go down a little bit,” joked TCU Masters of Accounting student Michael
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Japan'sNikkei was the standout performer Friday in an otherwise lackluster trading session across Asian equities, as a weaker yen and gains in global bond yields lifted shares of Japanese financial and export firms.
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Authorities used pepper spray and fired bean bags at activists demonstrating against a controversial North Dakota oil pipeline as the standoff there reached a new peak Thursday, according to officials.
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TOKYO–The Bank of Japan said Friday that its preferred inflation gauge rose 0.2% from a year earlier in September, the slowest increase in three years, underlining Tokyo's struggle to decisively end deflation.
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Amazon.com Inc. reminded investors it's still willing to spend lavishly on products or areas that could be the next big thing — whether video streaming, automated personal assistants or a toehold in emerging markets — even if it means thinner profit …
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