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The lawmakers told Boeing chief Dennis Muilenburg in a letter sent Monday that commercial aviation sales to Iran would subsidize a country that continues to be a leading sponsor of terrorism. Iran Air has already signed agreements to buy 118 planes from the European consortium Airbus and 20 more from French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. [...] American firms have been more cautious than their foreign competitors as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has threatened... Читать дальше...

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There are only 24 hours in every day, and you can’t squeeze out an extra second.

Yet some people manage to be so productive and innovative they become billionaires at an age when most of us are still struggling to make ends meet.

Even among billionaires, some stand out more than others, capturing the hearts of admirers everywhere.

Elon Musk is arguably one of the most well-liked and respected billionaires today.

With Tesla’s recent Model 3 announcement, he continues to stay relevant. Читать дальше...

Zenobia Dobson in her son Zaevion’s room. Lawmakers have declined to use his death as a catalyst for stricter gun control, but she prays that “one day they’ll have a change of heart.”

Ben Carson has the answers.

Tribune Publishing Co. shares were up 4.4% in Wednesday after-hours trading after it said it sent a letter to Gannett Co. Inc. rejecting its acquisition offer of $12.25 per share in cash. Gannett shares are unchanged in after-hours trading. Tribune says the company's board "unanimously determined that Gannett's opportunistic proposal understates the company's true value and is not in the best interests of its shareholders," the release said. In the letter, written by Chief Executive Justin Dearborn... Читать дальше...

A new type of robot can perform tricky surgery at least as well as — and in some cases better than — human surgeons, researchers reported Wednesday.

NHTSA: Up to 69 million Takata air bag inflators are now considered a safety risk to American motorists

Designating the small swath of land will mark a major act of national recognition for gay-rights advocates and their struggles over the last half-century. Since the 1969 uprising in Greenwich Village, the U.S. has enacted antidiscrimination protections, allowed gays and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. military and legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Though the land must still be transferred to the federal government and other details worked out, the president is expected to move quickly... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Whole Foods says sales declined 3 percent at established locations during its fiscal second quarter as it prepares to launch an offshoot chain intended to expand its customer base.

NEW YORK (AP) — Whole Foods says sales declined 3 percent at established locations during its fiscal second quarter as it prepares to launch an offshoot chain intended to expand its customer base.

♫ Coming out of my cage and I’ve been doing just fine♫

It might be the first time the tiny community of Grassland, Alta. has seemed like an oasis. But that's precisely what it's become for many of the thousands of people fleeing the wildfire of Fort McMurray.

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South Africa needs to move away from stereotypes and acknowledge complexity in issues, people and problems, writes Mike Wills.

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Today, 150 Microsoft customers, developers, and partners descended on San Francisco to discuss the present and future of SharePoint, the team-collaboration tool for the workplace — with another 17,000 tuning in for the webcast.

At that event, Microsoft announced a smartphone version of SharePoint is imminent, with a new design coming to the main product.

Since its inception in 2000, SharePoint has always occupied a weird psychic space among the Microsoft Office suite. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market:

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market:

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market:

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market: The real estate website operator raised its projections for the year after it posted strong sales in the first quarter. The sporting goods retailer said warm weather hurt its sales of winter products and sales non-winter items weren't as strong as it expected.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers have taken the first step toward banning cellphone cases designed to look like handguns.

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Yale University announced last week that it will retain the name of Calhoun College, one of its 12 residential colleges. The college was named for John C. Calhoun, a 19th-century alumnus and a fervent supporter of slavery.

The decision set off an angry response from students on campus, who condemned the decision at an intense university-sponsored town hall last Thursday.

But one prominent race relations expert doesn't believe that Yale made a mistake... Читать дальше...

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In September 2015, writer and statistician Nate Silver urged people to "calm down" about the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Republican presidential nomination.

Two months later, he wrote that the media should "stop freaking out about Donald Trump's polls" and that Trump's odds were "higher than 0 but (considerably) less than 20 percent."

Six months after that, after Ted Cruz had dropped out of the race but before John Kasich had done so, Silver wrote... Читать дальше...

BERLIN - Police say they have arrested a third suspect over an explosion last month at a Sikh temple in the German city of Essen.

BERLIN (AP) — Police say they have arrested a third suspect over an explosion last month at a Sikh temple in the German city of Essen.