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Jonathan Frewin

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  • A wine cellar in Vevey, Switzerland. (Photo by Prisma by Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

    Interest rate cuts in Asia. Netflix goes for growth overseas. The Swiss are famous for chocolate and cheese. What about wine?

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  • South LA resident Olympia Auset started a produce stand three years ago and now wants to expand into a physical store.
    John F. Peters

    Summer gives way to stable markets. A look at the systemic problem of low African-American homeownership. An activist is opening up her own healthy grocery store where there is none.

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  • Democratic Senator and presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, wipes sweat from his face as he greets supporters after a speech at a packed rally inside the gymnasium at Clinton College, a historically black college, before a rally in Rock Hill, SC on June, 23 2019.
    LOGAN CYRUS/AFP/Getty Images

    The WTO rules against both the U.S. and China over trade. All this hot weather is cutting into productivity. Sotheby’s caters to sneaker heads.

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  • The Swedish flag is displayed in the capital Stockholm. (Photo by Luca Teuchmann/WireImage)

    The Nordic nation’s economic model faces strain. Amazon retreats in China.

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  • Cashing in on e-scooter excitement
    TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

    An uptick in retail sales and U.S. factory production shows vigor in the economy. G7 finance ministers take a closer look at Facebook’s global digital currency, Libra. And entrepreneurs in Philadelphia want to bring e-scooters to the city. 

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  • Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera, is escorted by marines as he is presented to the press on Feb. 22, 2014 in Mexico City.
    RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images

    Talks continue on a debt ceiling deal. Big Tech faces antitrust questions on Capitol Hill. And Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán awaits sentencing, as U.S. puts a price tag on years of violent crime.  

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  • A Chinese clerk counts banknotes. (Photo by Jie Zhao/Corbis via Getty Images)

    Germany’s defense minister fights for the EU’s top job. Is the end of the printed textbook in sight? A new study lifts the lid on China’s “hidden debt”.

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  • Would you pay to block robocalls?
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    How are U.S. business in this trade spat? AT&T will offer a paid robocall blocker. Who loses when companies solely focus on the short term?

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  • Signs for company Cambridge Analytica in the lobby of the building in which they are based on March 21, 2018 in London, England.
    Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

    The FTC is set to issue a $5-billion fine against Facebook over data breaches. The Big Three will negotiate a new contract with its auto unions. Why U.S. banks should be thankful for regulation.

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  • Turkish President and the leader of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen behind a Turkish Flag (Photo by Onur Coban/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

    It’s not all bad news as China’s economy slows again. Will Turkey cope with new U.S. and E.U. sanctions?

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