President Donald Trump lauded Germany’s ability to sell bonds with no interest Wednesday, but he didn’t mention that Germany failed to sell more than half of what it brought to auction. The German government sold 869 million euros of 30-year bonds with a …
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Y Combinator’s biannual Demo Day kicked off this week, with nearly 200 of the accelerator’s latest batch of startups presenting two-minute pitches to an audience of investors. All face a greater challenge than early Y Combinator alumni such as Airbnb and …
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As the U.S. prepares retaliatory measures against European and Indian Digital Service Tax plans, it has found an unexpected ally: China. While the
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In a sign of rising tensions with the farm community, the Trump administration withdrew staff from a privately run tour of Midwestern corn and soybean fields after a government employee received a threat. Although the threat was made by someone not …
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Will anything ever pry old-fashioned credit cards out of Americans’ hands? Even as the rest of the world embraces the idea of paying for stuff with their smartphones, the U.S. is clinging to its cash and plastic — so much so that even the nation’s biggest bank is …
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