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Circle

After Circle publicly launched, it was hailed as the company that would bring the mysterious digital currency Bitcoin to the masses. With $76 million in venture capital and a CEO from the Yahoo-acquired streaming video service Brightcove, the company looked set to capitalize on public interest Bitcoin — not to mention the media frenzy over it. Circle's initial service was transferring bitcoin from person to person and then converting it to cash that could be held in normal bank accounts. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON, April 6 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has slammed Donald Trump's suggestion that South Korea and Japan develop their own nuclear weapons for self-defense, saying nothing can be "more volatile" or "more contrary" to peace an

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AMMAN, Jordan -- After every horrific act of violent extremism, we are inundated with right-wing incitement against followers of a major religion and, often from the West, with calls to use the Israeli approach in combating terrorism.

Very little effort is made by pundits to... Читать дальше...

U.S. stock-market gains reined in after release of Fed minutes

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WASHINGTON, April 6 (UPI) -- About one in 11 people has type 1 or type 2 diabetes, a number the World Health Organization expects to get worse, the agency says in a new report.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame though his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as "Okie From Muskogee" and "Sing Me Back Home," died Wednesday at 79, on his birthday.

Fred S. Allen, 95, of Corvallis died Friday, March 31, at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Memorial services are pending. Please leave your memories and condolences for the family at www.mchenryfuneralhome.com

Will Smith kisses a pregnant Naomie Harris while filming a new scene for their movie Collateral Beauty on Wednesday (April 6) in New York City. The pair held hands and walked around as Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, and Jacob Latimore, their co-stars, watched from afar. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Will Smith The [...]

Have you ever worked for someone who's overly blunt, direct, and/or rude? Certainly, they can be difficult to work with. You never know what to expect. They're often singularly focused on the task at hand without considering the people working for them.

On the other hand, have you ever worked for someone who's so kind -- even people-pleasing -- that it's difficult to get to the truth of what they're really saying? At the risk of hurting someone's feelings, they hold back their real thoughts and feelings on matters. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK - A 1930s-era oak chair that J.K. Rowling used while writing the first two books of the Harry Potter series has sold for $394,000.

Have you ever worked for someone who's overly blunt, direct, and/or rude? Certainly, they can be difficult to work with. You never know what to expect. They're often singularly focused on the task at hand without considering the people working for them.

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In an interview with Politico's Glenn Thrush, Hillary Clinton said something pretty interesting about gender and pronouns. She says it took her years to get comfortable with using the word "I" instead of words like "he," "she," or "we," and to directly ask people to vote for her instead of just appealing to collective ideals. And this tendency, she said, "may be gender-linked."

UConn star Morgan Tuck has made it official, she will forgo an extra year of eligibility and make herself available for the WNBA draft.

Only two days left for the real stars of American Idol to feign interest! Welcome back to Judging the Judges, our weekly power ranking* of Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez, and Harry Connick Jr. as Fox’s reality behemoth croaks its way to sudden death (a low note) this Thursday, April 7. * Unlike Keith Urban’s commitment to unbridled enthusiasm, the Judging the Judges points system is 100 percent arbitrary and subject to change. +300 for crooning the actual lyrics to “Tennessee Whiskey” along with Trent... Читать дальше...

Federal Reserve officials were leaning against raising short-term interest rates at their coming April policy meeting when they last gathered to consider the outlook for monetary policy, minutes from the Fed’s March meeting show.

ALMELO - Opnieuw heeft de gemeentelijke commissie voor de bezwaarschriften deze week gesproken over de stank die bakkerij Menekse aan de Bornerbroeksestraat veroorzaakt.

Federal Reserve policymakers debated last month whether an interest rate hike would be needed in April though a consensus emerged that risks from a global economic slowdown warranted a cautious approach.

Hillary Clinton offered a withering critique of her Democratic rival Wednesday, suggesting that Sen. Bernie Sanders hasn't done his homework and doesn’t have a plan for implementing many of his ideas.

Amna Goal Helps Hosts Salvage Point From Aizawl

The image of Russia as weak and withdrawn from the international arena is wrong, writes Eugene Rumer

DETROIT - Tumbling sales of Fiat Chrysler's main midsize car have driven the company to indefinitely lay off 1,300 employees at a Detroit-area factory.

Market reaction to the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent policy meeting was muted, with the main indexes trimming gains somewhat.