It may be a squishy timeline on fossil fuels for Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, but that there’s a timeline at all for moving away from oil and gas is a factor in key swing states heading into the Nov. 3 election finale. Biden said in Thursday’s debate he would …
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The scope of the Google-Apple deal has long been a mystery among analysts. AFP/Getty Images Inside Google, they called the scenario “Code Red,” so stark was the prospect of losing the search engine’s lucrative pipeline from Apple Inc.’s iPhone. Now that possibility is officially on the table. Google’s partnership with Apple is at …
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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 31: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday she may keep the chamber in session, and House …
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TikTok’s campus in Culver City, Calif. AFP/Getty Images The clock is ticking on TikTok after potential avenues to avoid President Donald Trump’s promised ban on the Chinese app appeared to dry up as the week began. Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -0.65% announced Sunday that its bid for TikTok had been turned …
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Renters and housing advocates attend a protest to cancel rent and avoid evictions in front of a courthouse on Aug. 21 in Los Angeles. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images California’s governor, legislators and other stakeholders on Friday agreed to an emergency measure to try to stave off evictions in the …
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On a white board in his office earlier this year, Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro made a list of potential companies that could manufacture pharmaceuticals in the U.S. He separated them into three columns, one for each stage of the production process. Eastman Kodak Co. stood out, overlapping two of …
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Asian markets were little changed in early trading Friday, after stocks fell on Wall Street as the stalemate over a second coronavirus-aid plan continued to fester on Capitol Hill. Japan’s Nikkei 225 NIK, +0.17% was nearly flay, while Hong Hong’s Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.05% slipped 0.2%. The Shanghai Composite …
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Twitter Inc. has had preliminary talks about a potential combination with TikTok, the popular video-sharing app that the Trump administration has declared a national-security threat due to its Chinese ownership, according to people familiar with the matter. It is unclear whether Twitter will pursue a deal with TikTok, which would …
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks to the media as White House chief of staff Mark Meadows listens Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol. Getty Images After more than a week of almost daily face-to-face meetings, Trump administration officials and congressional Democratic leaders have agreed to try to reach a coronavirus-aid bill …
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