Tag: news blog

  • A Few Thoughts on the iPhone XS Max

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    It’s been awhile. Over a month since my last post, in fact. I’ve been busy — in the best way possible.¹ Since it has also been about a month that I’ve had the latest iPhone, I wanted to jot down some thoughts before they fade into time. (Apologies in advance for the more stream-of-consciousness style — sleep is at […]

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  • ‘Halloween’ Posts Biggest Opening Weekend for a Film With a 55+ Woman as Lead

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    Jamie Lee Curtis has broken new ground for women at the box office thanks to the role that first made her famous: Laurie Strode, the protagonist of “Halloween” and one of horror’s most famous heroines. This weekend, David Gordon Green’s sequel to the 1978 slasher earned an opening of $77.5 million, making it the largest box […]

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  • Crown prince was unaware of Khashoggi’s death, Saudi foreign minister says

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    “There obviously was a tremendous mistake made, and what compounded the mistake was the attempt to try to cover up,” the official said. Saudi Arabia said Sunday that it had formally apologized to the family of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even as its foreign minister called his killing at a consulate in Istanbul “a rogue […]

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  • New trade pact leaves most U.S. industry at mercy of Mexico’s courts

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    NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY – The new North American trade agreement ends key legal protections for many U.S. businesses operating in Mexico, leaving their operations exposed to a risk they had avoided under the old trade deal: Mexico’s court system. For thousands of U.S. firms, the change could add complications and uncertainty to doing business south […]

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  • Twitter Trolls Are Affecting the Company’s Bottom Line. Here’s How.

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    Tech stocks are down again today, but which companies on the Entrepreneur Index™ were up? An end of week rally in the stock market this morning petered out, with the Dow index posting a small gain while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indexes ended up in the red. The Entrepreneur Index™ was down 0.45 percent. Real […]

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  • Russia nuclear treaty: US warned over threat to scrap deal

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    Russia has condemned US plans to withdraw from a Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty and threatened to retaliate for a “very dangerous step”. On Saturday, President Trump said he intended to “terminate” the three-decade-old 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty. He said Russia had been “violating it for many years”. The deal banned ground-launched medium-range […]

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  • Google to charge Android partners up to $40 per device for apps: source

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    BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google will charge hardware firms up to $40 per device to use its apps under a new licensing system to replace one that the European Union this year deemed anti-competitive, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. The new fee goes into effect on Oct. 29 for […]

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  • Khashoggi killing: Turkey vows to reveal ‘truth’ on Saudi critic’s death

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    Turkey has vowed to reveal all details about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after Saudi Arabia admitted for the first time he had been killed in its consulate in Istanbul. “Turkey will never allow a cover-up,” a ruling party spokesperson said. Saudi Arabia suggested on Friday Mr Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi critic, had died […]

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  • This Week in Weed: O, Cannabis!

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    Canada legalizes Cannabis — then it almost sells out of it. Welcome to Green Entrepreneur’s video recap of the cannabis news you might have missed this week, hosted by our cannabis correspondent Conrad Martin. Canada Federally Legalizes Recreational Marijuana Wednesday was a historic day as Canada federally legalized marijuana for recreational use. Across the country, adults of legal age […]

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  • Exclusive: OPEC, allies struggle to fully deliver pledged oil output boost – internal document

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    LONDON – OPEC is struggling to add barrels to the market after agreeing in June to increase output, an internal document seen by Reuters showed, as an increase in Saudi Arabia was offset by declines in Iran, Venezuela and Angola. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies agreed in June to boost supply […]

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