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  • Could Netflix theaters be a thing?
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    Home builders like these lower interest rates. Movie studios could have their own theaters if the DOJ gets its way. Trump makes nice with the Fed.

  • Get rich, AI buyin’
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    The FCC auctions off airwaves to make way for 5G. PG&E tries to get out its financial responsibility to those affected by west coast fires. Technology is squeezing finance middlemen.

  • Where art meets anger

    The U.S. and Korea fight over military funding. Why is the humble onion causing so much trouble in south Asia? We hear from a 19-year-old student protester in Iraq.

  • Lila Johnson, a 72-year-old custodian at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said she would retire if she could afford it.
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    President Trump might give vaping companies a reprieve. High home prices are deterring buyers. Ford’s CEO talks China trade. A federal government worker looks back at the shutdown as another one looms.

  • When it comes to the motorcycle industry, the future is female
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    Saudi Arabia’s giant oil IPO hits a snag. Google is launching its console-free video game service. Millennial women are keeping motorcycles in business. A Ford Mustang SUV?

  • Iranians inspect the wreckage of a bus that was set ablaze by protesters during a demonstration against a rise in gasoline prices in the central city of Isfahan (Credit: Getty Images).

    Protests erupt across Iran over fuel price rises. Saudi Aramco values its share listing. The popularity of electric cars means searching for power sources… at the bottom of the ocean.

  • John Legere (R), CEO and President of T-Mobile US, and Marcelo Claure, Executive Chairman of Sprint, testify about the T-Mobile and Sprint merger during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 13, 2019.
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    The trade deal that never was. Some are calling Colin Kaepernick’s NFL tryout a league publicity stunt. Why is the Sprint-T-Mobile merger taking so long?

  • With a “Chill” section and selfie studio, this isn’t your mother’s Penney’s
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    Amazon sues the Pentagon for going with Microsoft’s cloud instead. J.C. Penney entices the youth with new “chill” and “on point” sections. Looking at private equity through an anthropologist’s eyes.

  • Instagram influencers can still fake it till you make it
    BBC

    The world’s longest passenger flight touches down in Sydney. We look at France a year after the Yellow Vest protests. Making big bucks from Instagram selfies isn’t for everyone.

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