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China’s desire to display its sovereign might could be part of why it has approved a draft national security law for Hong Kong, one analyst told CNBC. “There’s probably sort of a multi-layered cake of Chinese motivations,” Christopher Johnson, Freeman Chair in China Studies at think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies, said Thursday before China’s
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A Chinese and U.S. flag at a booth during the first China International Import Expo in Shanghai, November 6, 2018. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Stock futures slipped on Thursday night as traders braced for an upcoming news conference on U.S.-China relations from President Donald Trump. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures dipped 52 points,
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By David Jarmul, Next Avenue Contributor Kate Szerszen watches Alan Teasley’s online OLLI class about Stephen Sondheim Dennis Szerszen “Folks, this is a big experiment,” Alan Teasley laughed, as he began his online adult education class about Stephen Sondheim with a song from West Side Story, using the Zoom videoconferencing technology. During the next hour,
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Many homeowners want to refinance existing mortgages to take advantage of record-low interest rates. Getty Mortgage rates have been hitting record lows during the economic downturn and could fall even further. Lenders have responded to the increased economic uncertainty by raising minimum credit scores, requiring higher down payments, checking and rechecking employment status and eliminating
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Delta Air Lines passenger planes are seen parked due to flight reductions made to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. March 25, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters Delta Air Lines offered retirement and buyout packages to employees on Thursday, an effort to cut costs as the coronavirus
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Photographer Frank Gallagher Courtesy of Frank Gallagher Why are so many Americans over 65 self-employed? If you’re thinking the answer lies in Nelly’s lyrics, “Hey, must be the money!” you are mistaken. At least that’s what three researchers found in their recent research looking at self-employment and contract work by age. “In some cases, financial
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A Popeyes fast food chain restaurant is seen on August 30, 2019 on a street of Washington D.C. – Chick it out! US restaurant chain Popeyes launched a fried chicken sandwich which became such a social media sensation, the company has run out of stock nationwide, leaving would-be consumers crying fowl. On August 12, Popeyes
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The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus passed 100,000 late Wednesday, far exceeding reported deaths in every other country. Black Americans made up a disproportionately large share of the deaths, according to an analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two new studies that looked at the share of total infections that are asymptomatic
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