Finance
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Here’s how we ranked the economies of America’s biggest cities
In our ranking of the economies of the 40 biggest metro areas in the US, we looked at five measures of economic...
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Cryptocurrencies are diving
Cryptocurrencies are falling on Wednesday after rallying strongly over the last few days. Here’s the scoreboard as of 1.25 a.m. BST (8.25...
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NBC-owner Comcast gatecrashes Fox’s takeover of Sky with a £22 billion bid
LONDON — The US entertainment giant Comcast has made an official £22 billion bid for Sky, gatecrashing Rupert Murdoch’s takeover attempt for...
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67010 things you need to know before the opening bell (SPY, SPX, QQQ, DIA, SNAP, CAT, AMZN, JPM, BRK.A)
Members of the Honourable Artillery Company fire a 62 gun salute from the Tower of London to welcome the birth of Prince...
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A loud whistling noise halted trading on 7 global stock markets for several hours
LONDON — Stock market trading in seven European countries was knocked out for several hours last week with an unusual cause of...
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Takeda is buying Adderall maker Shire for $64 billion in pharma’s biggest deal of the year
Takeda has reached a preliminary agreement to buy Adderall drugmaker Shire for $64 billion in the largest pharma deal of the year....
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Fewer than 10% of people in Norway use cash — and a senior official thinks it could disappear completely in a decade
LONDON — Norway has effectively become the world’s first cashless society, according to one of the country’s most senior economic policymakers. Speaking...
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Intel may be flying high, but it faces plenty of challenges ahead (INTC)
It hasn’t been a great six months for Intel. Since September, the company has had to contend with product delays, major security...
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Don’t be fooled by retail’s market resurgence — one Wall Street firm explains why the worst is yet to come for brick-and-mortar stocks
2018 has been kind to retail stocks— at least for the most part. Sure, companies like Sears are still figuring out out...
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A popular text therapy app plans to start prescribing drugs to users — and it’s part of a major expansion
I began my first therapy session on a crisp spring night in 2015, in the middle of a crowd near Manhattan’s Union...