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USA Giappone
Trump meets airline execs, eyes privatizing air traffic control system from FAA
President Donald Trump told airline and airport executives Thursday that he is interested in privatizing America’s air traffic control system and improving the nation’s airports and roads, which he called obsolete. Trump also promised to roll back government regulations and said he will announce a plan in the next three ...
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Remote control: Companies blur lines over who owns devices
When Samsung Electronics remotely disabled the last of its flawed Galaxy Note 7 smartphones last month, it further blurred the lines between who ultimately controls your phone, computer, car or appliance — you, or the companies that make it work? Industry executives and analysts say companies are exerting greater remote ...
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Trump trumpets ‘phenomenal’ tax announcement, divulges no specifics
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to announce the most ambitious tax reform plan since the Reagan era in the next few weeks, the White House said on Thursday, sending stock prices and the dollar higher on hopes for a cut in corporate tax rates. In a White House meeting with ...
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Same judge who blocked Trump travel ban lets Microsoft suit over secret state searches progress
A judge refused the U.S. government’s request to throw out a lawsuit from Microsoft that claims a federal law is unconstitutional because it prohibits technology companies from telling customers when the government demands their electronic data. U.S. District Judge James Robart, who temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s travel ban last ...
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Giappone
U.S. Postal Service logs $200 million loss over holiday season but parcel biz up
The U.S. Postal Service said Thursday it lost $200 million during the year-end holiday season, despite a strong quarter of package shipping and expanded use of vote-by-mail in the November presidential election. The results also reflect continued erosion in the delivery of first-class mail as well as expensive mandates for ...
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L.L. Bean to freeze pensions, offer voluntary exits, rethink generous shipping, return policy
L.L. Bean is moving to cut costs by freezing pensions and offering voluntary early retirements, and company officials say they are taking a hard look at its generous shipping and return policies. The Freeport-based outdoors retailer will freeze its defined-benefit pension plan and boost its 401(k) savings contributions to all ...
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Giappone
Trump works fast to gut consumer protections, curbs on bank excesses, ‘conflict minerals’
Just three weeks into his administration, President Donald Trump and his allies are moving quickly to dismantle the web of regulations the government passed after the 2008 financial crisis to tighten oversight of banks and protect consumers and taxpayers. Trump has branded the 2010 Dodd-Frank law — which imposed many ...
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Conway seen violating ethics law by pitching Ivanka’s goods from White House
A top White House aide on Thursday promoted the clothing line named after President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, drawing criticism from ethics experts one day after the president attacked a retailer for dropping her products. “Go buy Ivanka’s stuff … I’m going to go get some myself today,” Trump senior ...
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Now on religious grounds, Sioux sue to stall Dakota Access pipeline as completion work starts
Construction of the final segment of the Dakota Access pipeline has begun, and the full system should be operational within three months, the developer of the long-delayed project said Thursday, even as an American Indian tribe filed a legal challenge to block the work and protect its water supply. The ...
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Kenya
Kenya: Raila Odinga battles graft claims by Dominion group
Burgess, who has accused Raila and politicians associated with him of frustrating his business through extortion, violence and eviction threats, claimed his troubles began when he refused to fund the Opposition leader and his Orange party. He argued that this would have been against American law.