The Force just wasn't with the Pentagon's No. 2 civilian when he tried to inject “Star Wars” references into a memo setting up the Defense Department's multibillion-dollar cloud computing initiative. In a memo issued Jan. 4 and rescinded about an hour later, Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan
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YieldStreet Inc., a New York-based startup that packages and sells business loans to investors, said it raised $113 million in debt and equity to expand its offerings. The three-year-old company specializes in loans to real-estate projects, small businesses and law firms. It pitches the assets as an
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South Africa's lawmakers will have a draft procedure relating to the removal of a sitting president of the country ready in two weeks' time. Parliament's subcommittee on the review of the National Assembly rules plans to have the final document by mid-February, and will send this to the rules committee for
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London, United Kingdom – For most businesses, paying VAT entails a lot of stress and hassle. They will have to go through the daunting task of reviewing all of their transactions, make…
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NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Benchmark U.S. Treasury yields hit a 10-month high on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan tweaked its bond-buying program, while stocks in world indexes continued their flying start to the year.
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