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Who Wants to Do Business in North Korea?

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By ALEXANDRA STEVENSON via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2HGaIpl

Craigslist Founder Gives $20 Million to CUNY Journalism School

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By JACLYN PEISER via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2sXdPnm

Tax Havens Blunt Impact of Corporate Tax Cut, Economists Say

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By JIM TANKERSLEY via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2l1ftAZ

Portraying 18th-Century Black Men in Colonial Williamsburg

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By PATRICIA R. OLSEN via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2LADppM

Cosmetics Retailer Lush Drops Campaign Against Undercover British Police

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By AMIE TSANG via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2LAzucK

Verizon’s Deal-Making C.E.O. Retires; Top Tech Executive to Take Over

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By PRASHANT S. RAO and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2Htxcty

‘Tony Was a Symphony’: Fans and Friends Remember Anthony Bourdain

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By NIRAJ CHOKSHI via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2sFHLoD

Anthony Bourdain, Chef, Travel Host and Author, Is Dead at 61

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By MATTHEW HAAG via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2Jj9Hct

Why Trump Might Cave to China: Iowa Soybean Farmers

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By JAMES B. STEWART via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2LyxPVh

Amazon Wins U.K. Broadcast Rights to Premier League

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By PRASHANT S. RAO and KEVIN DRAPER via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2sKRucE

Alexander Nix, Ex-Chief of Cambridge Analytica, Disputes ‘Ridiculous Accusations’

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By ADAM SATARIANO via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2xRFMTq

The New Yorker Joins a Growing List of Media Companies to Unionize

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By DANIEL VICTOR via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2sD8Xo5

Washington Torn Over How to Grow Without ‘Breaking Up a Village’

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By EUGENE L. MEYER via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2HjN3dX

A Russian Oligarch’s $500 Million Yacht Is in the Middle of Britain’s Costliest Divorce

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By DAVID SEGAL via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2JxZR5H

Greece May Be Turning a Corner. Greeks Who Fled Are Staying Put.

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By LIZ ALDERMAN via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2HnboQm

Bank, healthcare stocks pressure S&P; Nasdaq hits record

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(Reuters) - Declines in financial and healthcare stocks weighed on the S&P 500 and Dow on Tuesday, while strong gains in tech heavyweights lifted the Nasdaq to a record intra-day high. from Reuters: Business News https://ift.tt/2sI9XGO

Want to extend the bull market by $6 trillion? Add women

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LONDON (Reuters) - The secret to unlocking a further $6 trillion of gains in global stocks and adding another ten years to this bull run? Forget tax cuts and share buybacks, women are key, according to research by S&P Global. from Reuters: Business News https://ift.tt/2HlFjZ5

Twitter shares jump 5 percent as they win new follower: The S&P 500

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consider it the ultimate "like" for a stock: Twitter Inc is joining the benchmark S&P 500 U.S. index, pushing the social media company's stock price up 5 percent on Tuesday as demand surged from equities investors. from Reuters: Business News https://ift.tt/2sx8Muu

U.S. services sector activity picks up; job openings at record high

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. services sector activity accelerated in May, pointing to robust economic growth in the second quarter, but trade tariffs and a shortage of workers posed a threat to the outlook. from Reuters: Business News https://ift.tt/2sJAL9H

Tech propels Nasdaq to record; bank, health stocks weigh on S&P

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(Reuters) - Strong gains in tech heavyweights lifted the Nasdaq to a record intra-day high on Tuesday, while declines in financial and healthcare stocks weighed on the S&P 500 and Dow. from Reuters: Business News https://ift.tt/2xH6QVj

Ex-State Street executive cheated clients with secret fees: U.S. prosecutor

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BOSTON (Reuters) - A former State Street Corp executive directed a fraudulent scheme to overcharge several of the bank's clients, including Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund, by applying secret commissions to billions of dollars' worth of trades, a U.S. prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday. from Reuters: Business News https://ift.tt/2HnI7Vn

StanChart plans to bring Asian operations under two main hubs

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LONDON (Reuters) - Standard Chartered is drawing up plans to consolidate its Asian operations into two hubs - one in Hong Kong and one in Singapore - in order to better manage its capital, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. from Reuters: Business News https://ift.tt/2LnYtjh

Two Allergan shareholders call for split of chairman-CEO position

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(Reuters) - Two of Allergan Plc's shareholders - hedge funds Appaloosa Management and Senator Investment Group - on Tuesday asked the drugmaker's board to split the role of chief executive officer and chairman, and end its acquisition strategy. from Reuters: Business News https://ift.tt/2JuZ99m

Britain clears way for Murdoch to battle Comcast for Sky

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LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch faces a 22 billion pound ($29.3 billion) fight with U.S. cable company Comcast for European pay-TV company Sky after Britain cleared his bid providing he sells off its TV news business. from Reuters: Business News https://ift.tt/2syi9dz