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Ohio cargo pilot strike may delay Amazon, DHL orders as holiday shopping kicks off
Pilots for a cargo airline that carries packages for Amazon and DHL went on strike Tuesday, potentially causing delivery delays just as the holiday shopping season swings into high gear. The airline, ABX Air, said it would seek a court order to end the strike by about 250 pilots. The ...
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Trump charity admits violating IRS conflict of interest rules, again
President-elect Donald Trump’s charity has admitted that it violated IRS regulations barring it from using its money or assets to benefit Trump, his family, his companies or substantial contributors to the foundation. According to a 2015 tax return posted on the nonprofit monitoring website GuideStar, the Donald J. Trump Foundation ...
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Asia, except China, laments Trump rejection of TPP, weighs ways to salvage pact
President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership but other Pacific Rim leaders are vowing to push market-opening efforts they say are vital for growth. The possible decline of the 12-nation TPP could give a boost to alternative initiatives including one promoted by China in ...
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Trump victory unlikely to stifle Abe’s free trade crusade
With U.S. President-elect Donald Trump pledging to kill the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s pro-growth Abenomics campaign is on the ropes. Many analysts say that whether or not the TPP is saved, Abe’s job remains unchanged: continue working to bolster free trade with other major economies, such ...
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Nissan sells stake in auto parts firm as it focuses on future technologies
Nissan is selling its stake in the auto parts company Calsonic Kansei as it casts off noncore businesses to focus on electric vehicles and self-driving cars. The automaker is hiving off its 41 percent stake to the U.S. buyout firm KKR, which is buying the Japan-based Calsonic in a deal ...
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One year after Nikkei deal, FT eyes acquisitions to strengthen digital subscriptions
The Financial Times is in talks to buy companies that strengthen its digital subscription business as the newspaper capitalizes on greater financial support from its new owner, Japan’s Nikkei Inc., FT Chief Executive Officer John Ridding said. The publisher is hunting for companies that can “support and accelerate our growth ...
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Trump’s NAFTA revamp would require concessions, borrowed elements from TPP
President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement to make it “a lot better” for U.S. workers would not be a one-way street for his administration, as Canada and Mexico prepare their own list of demands that could require difficult U.S. concessions. The 22-year-old NAFTA and ...
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Censorship tool built as Facebook eyes China: report
Facebook has built a tool for geographically censoring posts at the leading social network as it seeks a path back into China, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The New York Times cited three current and former Facebook employees, who asked for anonymity, as saying that the tool could ...
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Dow breaks 19,000 barrier, fueled by Trump tax-cut, deregulation hopes
Wall Street’s post-election rally forged ever higher Tuesday, with the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing above 19,000 for the first time while stock indexes across the globe also rose. The Dow finished up 0.4 percent while the broader S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq likewise had record finishes, gaining 0.2 ...
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Self-driving car lobby wants NHTSA to gear up faster for nationwide debut
An industry-backed autonomous car lobbying group on Tuesday urged U.S. regulators to go further to remove speed bumps than what was laid out in guidelines published two months ago. In a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a Self-Driving Coalition founded early this year by Google, Ford, Volvo, ...