While two of the individuals he named, now-former DPWorld CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem and Bath & Body Works co-founder Lex Wexner, were powerful, public figures, four of the men were unknowns.
Besides a downward trend in inflation, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly report also showed the overall index for energy fell 1.5% in January.
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Beijing is actively attempting to undermine the U.S.–Japan alliance
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Four Cuban American members of Congress on Friday wrote to President Trump calling for the indictment of Cuba's de facto dictator, Raul Castro , for allegedly ordering the 1996 downing of a plane that was dropping supplies to people who were fleeing to the U.S. on rafts. - Four members of an aid group were killed in the incident. Why it matters: If Trump's Justice Department acts on the request and secures an indictment, it would be the latest move by his administration aimed at pressuring Cuba's struggling government to change its communist leadership. - Crippling U.S. sanctions and government mismanagement have brought Cuba closer to collapse than ever since the revolution of 1959. Zoom in: The letter, citing a Miami Herald story from…
The National Science Foundation said management of the machine, used by researchers for forecasts, disaster warnings and pure science, would be transferred to a “third-party operator.”
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Floral arrangements crafted from carefully-folded, colorful bank notes, had become a popular symbol of love in Nairobi.
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Speaking at a security conference, the New York progressive argued that “extreme levels of income inequality lead to social instability” and eventually far-right populism.
Stocks have prospered while the world has plunged into disorder, an economist says. “Keep calm and carry on” may be the best investors can do.
Solid jobs data and a soft inflation reading for January are welcome news for President Trump. But the bigger economic picture is less encouraging.
Thorbjorn Jagland, a former prime minister of Norway who led the Nobel Committee, promised influence, and the disgraced financier had gifts to give, new emails show.
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