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US Fed to hike interest rates as Trump tax cut looms

TheUScentralbankissettoraisethebenchmarkinterestratethisweek,lookingtogetaheadofpriceincreasesthat,thoughabsentsofar,arestillexpectedtomaterialize.Itwouldbethet

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Vigorous US job creation continues in November

TheUSeconomycontinuedtoseerobustjobcreationinNovember,withstronggainsinmanufacturing,healthcareandconstruction,thegovernmentreportedFriday.Theresultshowedemploy

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Bitcoin drops after dramatic gains ahead of futures launch

Bitcoinlostalmostafifthofitsvaluein10hoursonFriday,havingsurgedmorethan40percentinthepreceding48hours,sparkingfearsthemarketmaybeheadingforapricecollapse.Inahec

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Global stocks rise on US jobs data, Brexit deal

GlobalstocksrocketedhigherFriday,withWallStreetindicesendingatfreshrecords,followingstrongUSjobsdataandabreakthroughinBrexittalksbetweenBritainandtheEuropeanUni

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Japan economy growing twice as fast as expected

Japanisgrowingtwiceasfastaspreviouslyestimated,officialdatashowedonFriday,withtheworld'sthird-largesteconomypostingitslongeststringofgainsinmorethantwodecades.G

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Are Earthlings alone? Half of humans believe in alien life

Nearlyhalfofhumansbelieveinalienlifeandwanttomakecontact,asurveyin24countrieshasfound,inwhatresearcherssaidhelpstoexplainthelastingpopularityofthe“StarWars”fran

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Merrill Lynch launches 10 global economic forecasts for 2018

BofAMerrillLynchGlobalResearchonTuesdayissuedabullishglobaleconomicoutlookfor2018,predicting10macrocallsfortheyearahead.TheSP500Indexcontinuestorise.TheStandard

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B&R by the Numbers: B&R countries need to speed up internet

Editor’sNote:ThisisthefifteenthinstallmentofBeltandRoadPortal'sspecialseriesontheBeltandRoadBigDataReport2017.Mobilephonesarethemaintelecommunicationtoolintheco

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Time is running out for BuzzFeed, Mashable

BuzzFeedhasgivenupongoingpublicfornowandMashableislookingforanemergencybuyer.Thehoneymoonperiodlookstobeoverforonlinenewswebsites--leftfragilebyamodelbuiltalmos

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Dollar gains on US tax-cut passage but Flynn deal fuels concerns

ThedollarroseinAsiaonMondayafterUSsenatorssqueezedthroughatax-cutbillattheweekend,butequitiesweremutedonnewsthataformeraidetoDonaldTrumphadagreedtoco-operatewit

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UBS: China's Q4 GDP likely to grow 6.6 pct

Draggeddownbyacoolingpropertymarketandinfrastructureinvestment,China'sGDPgrowthisexpectedtodipto6.6percentinthefourthquarterof2017,aUBSreportsaidFriday.GDPexpan

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Canada's economy slows in third quarter as exports fall

Canadianeconomicgrowthslowedto1.7percentinthethirdquarter,comingoffahotfirsthalfoftheyearasexportstumbledandbusinessespulledbackoninvestment,datafromStatisticsC

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Dow breaks 24,000, experts cautiously optimistic about U.S. equities

TheDowJonesIndustrialAveragebrokeabovethe24,000markandtheSP500closedatarecordhighonThursday,triggeringanotherroundofdebateonwhethertheU.S.stockmarketnowhashighe

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ILO report: Half the world's population faces lack of social security

TheInternationalLaborOrganization(ILO)releasedonWednesdayareportshowingoverhalftheworld'spopulationstilllivewithoutsocialsecurityandsignificanteffortsareneededt

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Vietnam's retail sales, service revenues surge in 11 months

Vietnam'stotalgoodsretailsalesandconsumerservicerevenueswerenearly3,601trillionVietnamesedong(over159.3billionU.S.dollars)inthefirst11monthsofthisyear,up10.7per

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Amazon adopts open cloud technology as competition heats up

AmazononWednesdayannounceditsadoptionofKubernetes,apopularopen-sourcetechnology,inasignofincreasedcompetitioninthecloudcomputingbusiness,whichAmazonWebServicesh

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Smartphone market seeing steady growth, as bigger screens rule

Theglobalsmartphonemarketisexpectedtoseesteadyifunspectaculargrowthinthenextfewyears,asconsumersturnincreasinglytolarge-screenhandsetsknownas"phablets,"amarkett