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Jun 21, 2018
The Supreme Court handed states broad authority Thursday to require online retailers to collect sales taxes, overturning a pre-internet court precedent that had effectively exempted many merchants from collection duties.
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Jun 21, 2018
The stock market has been rattled by the threat of a global trade war, creating an environment that would be expected to draw support for gold as investors look for havens. But gold isn't responding. Here are some reasons that might explain why.
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Jun 21, 2018
Global oil prices head sharply lower Thursday after media reports said Iran might accept a modest increase in production when a group of OPEC members and non-cartel members meet to discuss their output targets in Vienna later this week.
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Jun 21, 2018
Don't do anything rash.
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Jun 21, 2018
On Tuesday, AMC will begin offering guests the option of seeing three movies per week for a monthly fee of $19.95.
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Jun 21, 2018
The Dow Jones Industrial Average isn't a barometer for the entire market, especially small-cap stocks, which are hitting record highs.
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Jun 21, 2018
Time magazine on Thursday used a viral image of a sobbing 2-year-old Honduran child snapped by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer John Moore alongside a towering Donald Trump for its "Welcome to America" cover illustration.
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Jun 21, 2018
The stock market has been rattled by the threat of a global trade war, creating an environment that would be expected to draw support for gold as investors look for havens. But gold isn't responding. Here are some reasons that might explain why.
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Jun 21, 2018
Select lawmakers want Alphabet's Google to rethink the security risk they believe comes with the company's close ties to Chinese technology giant Huawei.
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Jun 21, 2018
U.S. stocks trade mostly lower on Thursday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was on track to extend its lengthy losing streak to an eighth straight day.
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Jun 21, 2018
Treasury prices rose, pushing yields lower, Thursday after investors grapple with the potential threat of a euroskeptic government in Italy and the impact of a trade war on a global economy
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Jun 21, 2018
Intel Corp. Chief Executive Brian Krzanich has resigned from the company effective immediately, the tech giant said Thursday, after he was found to have violated company policies through a past relationship with another employee.
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Jun 21, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife has been indicted on charges of fraud for allegedly ordering thousands of dollars of gourmet meals at government expense to the family's official residence.
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Jun 21, 2018
How technology can help older people at work.
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Jun 21, 2018
The mobile-payments revolution is still in its early stages. And that means big winners are still out there
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Jun 21, 2018
Freedom comes at an increasingly high cost for detained immigrants.
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Jun 21, 2018
June has been chocked full of meetings that have shaken up investors, but now it is oil's turn as OPEC revs up. Still, don't bet you know the cartel so well, says our call of the day.
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Jun 21, 2018
A House immigration bill is on thin ice as a vote nears; President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly plan to meet in July; Trump calls coverage of his North Korea summit ‘almost treasonous'; and more.
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Jun 21, 2018
The number of Americans losing their jobs fell for the fourth week in a row in mid-June, keeping the rate of layoffs near levels last seen in the early 1970s. Initial jobless claims declined by 3,000 to 218,000.
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Jun 21, 2018
U.S. stock futures lose ground early Thursday, putting the Dow Jones Industrial Average at risk of an eighth down session in a row.
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Jun 21, 2018
The Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index slowed to a reading of 19.9 in June from 34.4 in May.
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Jun 21, 2018
The downtrend in digital currencies remains well intact with all major coins down for the month and still showing significant losses year-to-date.
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Jun 21, 2018
June has been chocked full of meetings that have shaken up investors, but now it is oil's turn as OPEC revs up. Still, don't bet you know the cartel so well, says our call of the day.
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Jun 21, 2018
Retirees are thinking about risk all wrong
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Jun 21, 2018
The two programs are closely matched in terms of value.
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Jun 21, 2018
Eurozone finance ministers are expected Thursday to approve Greece's graduation from its third bailout in August and provide some debt relief measures. But despite a pickup in the economy, Athens still faces big challenges.
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Jun 21, 2018
Gold hits a fresh low for 2018 on Thursday as a leading dollar index reached its highest level since last summer.
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Jun 21, 2018
Gold hits a fresh low for 2018 on Thursday as a leading dollar index reached its highest level since last summer.
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Jun 21, 2018
European stocks fell Thursday, facing their fourth loss in five sessions, with auto shares under pressure and Italian shares flipping down following developments surrounding the country's coalition government.
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Jun 21, 2018
The dollar marched higher on Thursday with a key buck index trading at an 11-month high as investors digested the latest round of central banker comments.
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Jun 21, 2018
BJ's Wholesale Club, operator of 215 warehouse clubs across 16 states on the U.S. East Coast, is planning an initial public offering, returning to the public markets after a seven-year spell as a private company.
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Jun 21, 2018
After a few consecutive quarters of disappointing cloud revenue growth, on Tuesday, Oracle Corp. suddenly stopped separating its much touted business in its recent quarterly financial statement.
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Jun 21, 2018
File this under "day traders can do the darndest things" — this week has provided the tale of a huge demo trading platform mixup.
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Jun 21, 2018
U.S. stock futures lose ground early Thursday, putting the Dow Jones Industrial Average at risk of an eighth down session in a row.
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Jun 21, 2018
Oil prices headed lower on Thursday after media reports said Iran might accept a modest increase in production when a group of OPEC members and non-cartel members meet to discuss their output target in Vienna later this week.
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Jun 21, 2018
Today's economy is not the greatest ever in U.S. history. In fact, it was just as strong in 2014.
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Jun 21, 2018
They need to go in with their eyes open to the challenges, and with strategies to overcome them.
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Jun 21, 2018
Can't you just kick back in retirement? Or can you enjoy life while making the world a better place?
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Jun 21, 2018
Cash-back debit cards are growing in popularity, especially among millennials who shun credit.
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Jun 21, 2018
U.K. stocks moved higher Thursday, aided by pound weakness before the Bank of England renders its latest decision on interest rates.
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Jun 21, 2018
Sterling bulls might want to take the dollar out of the equation, analysts say.
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Jun 21, 2018
It's been a rough ride for active fund managers in recent years, as they wrestle with tougher regulations, increased competition on fees and technological disruptions hurting the industry. But there's a silver lining — or three, to be exact.
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Jun 21, 2018
The two programs are closely matched in terms of value.
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Jun 20, 2018
President Donald Trump reportedly tossed a Starburst toward German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the G-7 summit in Canada.
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Jun 20, 2018
An uncertain start for Asia-Pacific stocks has turned into broad gains in early trading Thursday, with indexes Down Under leading the way.
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Jun 20, 2018
A SoftBank Group Corp. director told the Japanese giant's shareholders that its breakneck investment pace worries him, highlighting tensions over Chief Executive Masayoshi Son's penchant for big bets in loss-making startups.
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Jun 20, 2018
President Donald Trump spoke at a Republican campaign rally in Duluth, Minn., on Wednesday night, where he mocked the so-called "elite."
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Jun 20, 2018
President Donald Trump on Wednesday stopped his administration's widely condemned policy of separating children from their parents at the border, but one big question lingers: What happens to the nearly 2,500 children already in federal custody?
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Jun 20, 2018
An announcement is planned for Thursday morning, after a monthslong review of cabinet agencies with an eye toward shrinking the federal government.
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Jun 20, 2018
Micron Technology Inc. once again countered all the doubts surrounding the stock Wednesday, as executives forcefully contended that the current strength in memory markets is not just a cyclical upturn.
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Jun 20, 2018
The junk-bond market has been on fire. But as corporate debt piles up to "precarious heights" in the face of a rising-rate environment, Wall Street pros are licking their lips over the potential popping of the bubble.
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Jun 20, 2018
RockSteady2323 isn't even 30 years old, but he's already ticking all the boxes. He's got a wife, a high-paying tech job and a condo in Southern California. He's also got a cat and a roommate, although, depending on your personal preferences, those might not count as tickable boxes.
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Jun 20, 2018
It doesn't necessarily have to do with how they taste.
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Jun 20, 2018
This man says he tried to find the son he fathered in his teens, but his son found him and discovered he was loaded.
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Jun 20, 2018
Real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield filed preliminary plans for an initial public offering, hoping to cash in on the nine-year bull market in the commercial real-estate industry.
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Jun 20, 2018
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former longtime lawyer, resigned from his post as national deputy finance chairman at the Republican National Committee on Wednesday, according to an RNC official, saying the investigations into his contacts with Russia and his business dealings were proving too great a distraction.
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Jun 20, 2018
Several U.S. airlines have told federal officials they don't want to transport children separated from their parents attempting to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Jun 20, 2018
Companies with the most optimistic forecasts usually don't do as well as predicted, writes Gary Smith.
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Jun 20, 2018
MSCI returned Argentina to emerging-market status for the first time in nearly a decade, a move that is expected to provide a much-needed boost to the beleaguered country as it struggles to maintain credibility with investors after a widespread selloff in its currency.
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Jun 20, 2018
Recreational marijuana use in Canada will be legal in mid-October after legislation cleared its final hurdle Tuesday night, marking what officials here say is a wholesale shift in how the country approaches cannabis use.
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Jun 20, 2018
Federal authorities have subpoenaed the publisher of the National Enquirer for records related to its $150,000 payment to a former Playboy model for the rights to her story alleging an affair with Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Jun 20, 2018
The Trump administration has officially nominated Robert Wilkie to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to the White House, ending weeks of unexplained delay in sending the official nomination paperwork to the Senate.
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Jun 20, 2018
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to spend $80 million on political campaigns this year, largely pumping the money into an effort to help Democrats win control of the House of Representatives.
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Jun 20, 2018
The new IRS Form 1040 will be released next week, and it will be significantly smaller than the current version, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday.
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Jun 20, 2018
Micron Technology Inc. continued to post huge gains in profit and revenue amid high memory-chip prices in a Wednesday earnings report, and the company's forecast showed confidence the rise will continue and pushed shares higher.
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Jun 20, 2018
Two Jack Dorsey companies, alike in their huge stock rallies, differ when it comes to recent short-selling sentiment.
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Jun 20, 2018
What looked at first to be good news for Oracle Corp. ended up prompting some hard questions from analysts about a lack of information in the software giant's latest numbers. Shares plunged Wednesday.
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Jun 20, 2018
Hosting the World Cup doesn't pay off, says an economist who's written the book on big-budget sporting spectacles.
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Jun 20, 2018
Donald Trump's trade war is not being received well by foreign investors, with markets from Shanghai to Germany taking a beating the past week. Here are some stocks that are at risk if the selling picks up in the U.S. market.
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Jun 20, 2018
Security issues continue to dog the cryptocurrency industry after yet another hack of a prominent South Korean exchange.
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Jun 20, 2018
Many doctors worry that private equity and other companies emphasize profit, to the detriment of patient care.
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Jun 20, 2018
Gawande isn't known for financial or health-care management credentials. But he does have plenty of experience when it comes to health care costs and working to innovate.
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Jun 20, 2018
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. have gained nearly 30% in the past month, but the stock's rapid rise hasn't put to rest worries about the revenue AMD generates from cryptocurrency mining.
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Jun 20, 2018
As lawmakers in Washington, D.C. continue to debate where digital currencies stand, the public will soon know which officials are crypto-believers and those who are not.
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Jun 20, 2018
A new study shows how people can perform well in high-stakes situations.
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Jun 20, 2018
The court's decision found fault with the Trump administration's approach to former Corinthian College students
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Jun 20, 2018
Donald Trump's trade war is not being received well by foreign investors, with markets from Shanghai to Germany taking a beating the past week. Here are some stocks that are at risk if the selling picks up in the U.S. market.
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Jun 20, 2018
Both companies revealed strategic deals this week.
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Jun 20, 2018
Treasury yields rise Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reasserted the need for gradual rate increases, suggesting interest rates still remained far from its end of the rate hike cycle.
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Jun 20, 2018
Pubs and fans are reporting at least sporadic suds scarcities, but big brewers Baltika and Heineken are saying their business is just fine.
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Jun 20, 2018
Stocks deleted from an index often outperform their replacements, writes Mark Hulbert.
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Jun 20, 2018
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that will keep families together at the U.S.-Mexico border, but said his "zero tolerance" policy of prosecution for people who enter the U.S. illegally will continue.
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Jun 20, 2018
Wednesday's top personal finance stories
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Jun 20, 2018
Tesla Inc. in a lawsuit Wednesday accused a former employee of hacking into the auto maker's computer system to steal company data and send it to an unnamed third party.
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Jun 20, 2018
It used to be that surging gasoline prices whacked Americans and stunted the economy. But is that still the case?
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Jun 20, 2018
On the same day Starbucks said it would close 150 U.S. stores, voters in Washington, D.C. approved a ballot measure to raise the minimum wage for restaurant workers to $15. The two decisions are not unrelated.
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Jun 20, 2018
Prices for the U.S. benchmark oil futures settled higher Wednesday, at a nearly one-week high, after U.S. government data reveal the biggest weekly drop in U.S. crude supplies since January.
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Jun 20, 2018
Donald Trump's trade war is not being received well by foreign investors, with markets from Shanghai to Germany taking a beating the past week. Here are some stocks that are at risk if the selling picks up in the U.S. market.
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Jun 20, 2018
Gold futures settle lower on Wednesday and mark a fresh nadir for 2018 as overall strength in dollar diminishes appetite for the yellow metal.
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Jun 20, 2018
U.S. equity benchmarks are trading mostly higher on Wednesday, driven by a rally in technology shares, though the Dow is struggling to hold on to gains and break its six-day losing streak.
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Jun 20, 2018
Same-store sales took a hit after the racial bias incident in a Philadelphia Starbucks, according to company executives.
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Jun 20, 2018
An earlier version of this story on June 20 incorrectly identified Air Products and Chemical(TICKER:APD) as one of the KPMG clients impacted by the actions described. The correct company is Chemical Financial Corporation(TICKER:CHFC) . The story has been corrected.
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Jun 20, 2018
The junk-bond market has been on fire. But as corporate debt piles up to "precarious heights" in the face of a rising-rate environment, Wall Street pros are licking their lips over the potential popping of the bubble.
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Jun 20, 2018
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will sign an executive order addressing his policy that's resulted in family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border, telling lawmakers "we're going to keep families together."
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Jun 20, 2018
The junk-bond market has been on fire. But as corporate debt piles up to "precarious heights" in the face of a rising-rate environment, Wall Street pros are licking their lips over the potential popping of the bubble.
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Jun 20, 2018
Leaders of some of the world's largest central banks expressed alarm over growing trade tensions.
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Jun 20, 2018
Emerging-market equities, one of the top-performing segments of the global economy in 2017, have undergone a dramatic reversal thus far this year, tumbling amid the twin headwinds of a stronger U.S. dollar and ongoing trade uncertainty between the U.S. and China.
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Jun 20, 2018
Heron Therapeutics, Cara Therapeutics and Alkermes are discovering novel replacements for dangerous opioids, says Michael Brush.
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Jun 20, 2018
Micron Technology Inc. faces many questions when it reports earnings, with the most important focusing on concern that memory chip prices have wandered too high even amid continued strong demand from data centers.
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Jun 20, 2018
The dollar is seeing muted action Wednesday, as major currency trading calms somewhat, a day after fears of a trade war between China and the U.S. sparked fresh haven-currency buying.
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