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  • An employee of internet security company Kaspersky Lab has a microchip implanted in the area between his thumb and the index finger during a Kaspersky Lab press conference on biological, psychological and technological implications of microchip implants ahead of the opening of the 55th IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) electronics trade fair in Berlin on September 3, 2015.
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    Big spending deadlines are approaching in Congress. Bio-hacking is becoming big business. France opens a monument to monetary theory.

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  • U.S. technology companies will have to work out how to transfer data from Europe and comply with privacy rules.
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    Facebook’s privacy headache grows. Why art collectors are borrowing against the value of their Picasso paintings. How the coffee industry is trying to go green.

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  • Jul 8, 2019

    Brew Hawaii

    Brew Hawaii
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    Deutsche Bank announces massive layoffs. Investors aren’t happy with the most recent, actually great jobs numbers. What happens when a “Hawaiian beer” is made somewhere else?

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  • This photo shows a Ford logo on a front bumper as Ford 2018 and 2019 F-150 trucks sit on the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company's Rouge Complex on September 27, 2018 in Dearborn, Michigan.
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    Teens are choosing school over work during the summer. Older Americans are staying in their jobs longer. It turns out the “most American-made” cars might not be so American.

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  • A view of the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, western Germany. (Photo BORIS ROESSLER/AFP/Getty Images)

    Job cuts begin at Germany’s biggest lender. Greece votes for a new government. We look at the future of interest rates in Turkey.

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  • What does adding 224K jobs mean for long-awaited interest rate cuts?
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    Jobs rebounded in a big way in June. Amazon turns 25. Tariffs are changing the taste of your Scotch.

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  • An Amazon company timeline starts with the founding in 1994 at the Amazon Fulfillment Center on August 1, 2017 in Robbinsville, New Jersey.
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    Who wins and who loses with a lower trade deficit? Amazon turns 25 today. Who is watching the MLB All-Star Game Tuesday?

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  • Whisky being poured into a shoot glass at Stranahan's Colorado whisky, in Denver Colorado, (Photo by Amy Brothers /The Denver Post via Getty Images)

    India wants to double the size of its economy in the next five years. As the U.S. threatens whisky tariffs on Europe, the Scotch association relaxes rules governing how to craft the spirit.

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  • Iririn Srirada, the owner of Thai food stall So Zaap, at the East Hollywood Farmer's Market on Hollywood Boulevard.
    James Bernal for KPCC

    How did the jobs number hold up during the trade war? India safeguards against Amazon taking advantage of the emerging market. California is helping immigrant businesses thrive.

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  • A Bradley Fighting Vehicle arrives as preparations are made for the "Salute to America" Fourth of July event with US President Donald Trump at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC, July 3, 2019, which will feature flyovers by the Blue Angels, an airplane used as Air Force One, as well as military demonstrations and a speech by Trump.
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    The National Parks are losing out on some $2.5 million for Trump’s big parade. U.S. farmers don’t see the benefits of the “new NAFTA.” “Stranger Things” stays on brand.

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