If it's true that proximity to President Donald Trump is the key to effective policy-making in his administration, then Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo stands a good chance to succeed — whatever the merit of his policies. That's as it should be. To think otherwise is to misunderstand the role of the
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S&P 500 futures fell modestly early Friday morning, along with Dow Jones futures and Nasdaq 100 futures. Broadcom (AVGO) popped in extended trading after the chipmaker said it would buy back up to $12 billion of its stock.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twelve U.S. senators on Thursday asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Sinclair Broadcasting Group (SBGI.
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A Moscow court ordered telecommunications companies to block the Telegram chat app in Russia after it refused to grant intelligence authorities access to its users' encrypted messages, in a blow to the company just weeks after it raised $1.7 billion from investors. Telegram, run by its Russian founder
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European Union and U.K. officials will start talking next week for the first time on what the post-Brexit trading relationship might look like, according to an EU official. With just a year to go until Britain leaves the bloc, it will be the first time negotiators sit down to compare positions on how close ties can
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