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Turkey warns Saudi-Iran row will harm both countries

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir announced the cut in relations late Sunday and gave Iranian diplomatic personnel 48 hours to leave his country.

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Lyft, GM Forge $500M Partnership Toward Self-Driving Cars

GM is making a $500 million bet that it can use Lyft’s rideshare technology to provide self-driving cars to customers. A spokeswoman for Lyft says it’s yet to be determined

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Dubai’s Emaar Properties hires contractor to restore fire-ravaged hotel

Shares in the company fell on Sunday morning, the first day of trading since the incident on Thursday night.

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Iran says boosting oil exports depends on future demand

Brent crude, reflecting the price of Global oils, dipped 6 cents to close at $37.22 a barrel in London. According to Bloomberg, UN’s nuclear monitors concluded their investigation just last

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London displays fireworks over Big Ben, London Eye

Revellers around the world have rung in 2016 in spectacular and subdued fashion as militant attacks of the past few months remain fresh in their minds.

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Areas affected by flooding

Marty Pope, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service’s office in Pearl, Mississippi, said that crests are lower because dams held back water in Kentucky and that less water from

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How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Monday

At one point during trading Monday the Dow was down 450 points and fell below the 17,000-point mark, and was briefly on pace to become the worst open since 1932.

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Book on Xi’s love life linked to Hong Kong kidnaps

Protest co-organiser Avery Ng says the fact the Chinese government would neither confirm nor deny its involvement in the disappearances has created widespread fear.

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General Motors and Lyft plan to develop autonomous ride-sharing vehicles

· Autonomous On-Demand Network: The joint development of a network of on-demand autonomous vehicles will leverage GM’s deep knowledge of autonomous technology and Lyft’s capabilities in providing a broad choice

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China Worries Send US Stocks Tumbling

Weak manufacturing data was behind the sell-off on Monday along with Middle East tensions, which pushed up oil prices.

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Yahoo shuts down Yahoo Screen

According to a spokeswoman, all of Yahoo’s video content be routed to the company’s various digital magazines, the Tumblr-powered topical sections of the Yahoo site that were 1st introduced in

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Baxalta reportedly warms up to Shire’s $32B pitch, despite an 11th-hour

Now, Bloomberg reports, a cash and stock deal valuing Baxalta at about $32 billion is near. Final details of the transaction are still being negotiated and the timing and structure

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