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Law Decoded: Loose ends and long dramas, Feb. 19–26 Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note One day in the not-so-distant future, the curious experience of episodic television with its week-by-week gaps will be a weird thing that old people strain […]
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A woman walks past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at Wall Street on January 12, 2021 in New York City. ANGELA WEISS | AFP | Getty Images U.S. stock futures rose in overnight trading on Sunday, pointing to a strong open on the first trading day of March. Dow futures rose 80 points. S&P […]
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© Reuters. Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:) Corp called symbols of hate “abhorrent” on Sunday after the design of a stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference at one of its hotels drew comparisons to a Norse rune used by Nazis during World War Two. High-profile Republicans […]
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3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando 2/3 By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump on Sunday hinted at a possible run for president again in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden, and repeated his fraudulent claims that he won the 2020 election in his […]
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Economist David Rosenberg says he made a career by not following the herd, and his bond forecast could be considered the latest example. According to the Rosenberg Research president, this year’s rate yield shock surrounding the benchmark 10-year Treasury Note is temporary. “This bond market is so radically oversold,” Rosenberg told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on […]
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President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani speaks during the National Combat Board Meeting with Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Tehran, Iran on Nov. 21, 2020. Iranian Presidency Handout | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Iran rejected on Sunday an invitation from global powers who signed the 2015 nuclear deal to discuss the regime’s potential return to […]
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© Reuters. NBA: Utah Jazz at Orlando Magic The Utah Jazz have the best record in the NBA. They have lost consecutive games just once this season. They’ll try to continue rolling when they visit the erratic New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night. The Jazz avoided a potential second consecutive loss when they beat the […]
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2020 may have been a gloomy year thanks to the pandemic – but it was also an extraordinary year for vinyl. In the United States, the format outsold CD albums on a monetary basis in 2020, according to new data from industry body the RIAA. It was the first time that vinyl trumped CD’s annual […]
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© Reuters. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Buckingham LONDON (Reuters) – Up to six cases of a highly transmissible variant of coronavirus first identified in the Brazilian city of Manaus have been detected in Britain for the first time, English health officials said on Sunday. Three cases were found in England and another three in […]
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3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Palestinian laborers gather near an Israeli checkpoint closed amid fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections, near Hebron 2/3 By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel approved plans on Sunday to offer COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians with Israeli work permits, a step a rights group said did not go […]
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