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Ban on flavored vapes could lead to loss of 150,000 jobs, $8.4 billion sales hit: report

A potential U.S. ban on e-cigarette flavors could result in a loss of more than 150,000 jobs and a direct sales hit of $8.4 billion, according to a report released on Friday by a vaping industry trade group.



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Trump says he alone stopped massive Chinese crackdown on Hong Kong protests

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he alone was preventing China from crushing protesters in Hong Kong with a million soldiers, as he defended his attempts to strike a trade deal with Beijing amid fears of a Chinese crack down on the demonstrations.



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U.S. agency votes 5-0 to bar China's Huawei, ZTE from government subsidy program

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 5-0 Friday to designate China's Huawei and ZTE as national security risks, barring their U.S. rural carrier customers from tapping an $8.5 billion government fund to purchase equipment or .



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Peugeot still aims to sign merger deal with Fiat this year: source

French carmaker PSA plans to sign a $50 billion merger deal with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) this year, a source with direct knowledge of PSA's thinking said on Friday, brushing off concerns over a shock lawsuit filed this week.



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U.S. takes aim at judges pay in new attack on WTO system

Judges at the World Trade Organization can earn more than 300,000 Swiss francs tax-free for what is a part-time job, the United States said on Friday, in a fresh onslaught on its beleaguered arbitration system.



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Dollar, global shares gain as trade worries linger

The dollar gained and global equity markets rose on Friday on upbeat U.S. economic data while amicable messages from Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump helped ease recent tensions over the prolonged U.S.-Sino trade war.



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Trump, Xi send positive signals on initial deal to defuse U.S.-China trade war

The leaders of the United States and China on Friday both underscored their desire to sign an initial trade deal and defuse a 16-month tariff war that has lowered global growth, providing a welcome boost to financial markets.



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Use the dollars in this tax-advantaged account now or you may lose them for good

If you're still sitting on a hefty balance in your flexible spending account, you're running out of time to use the money for qualified medical expenses. Here's what you need to know.

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S&P 500, Dow tick higher on trade optimism; Nasdaq dips on Tesla

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones indexes eked out gains on Friday following upbeat trade deal comments from Washington and Beijing, while the Nasdaq was weighed down by a slump in shares of Tesla after the launch of its electric pickup truck.



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Activist investors to pressure privately held Palantir on human rights

A group advocating ethical investing will ask backers of tech analytics company Palantir Technologies to push for changes to its business practices, a rare case of coordinated shareholder action against a privately held company.



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Boeing's top communications official to retire as MAX crisis drags on

Boeing Co's head of corporate communications, Ann Toulouse, elected to step down from her role and would retire next year, the world's largest planemaker said on Friday.



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Trump says yet to decide whether to close trade deal with China

President Donald Trump said on Friday a potential U.S.-China trade deal was coming along well, but he had yet to decide whether he wanted to finalize it.



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More foreign firms abandoned U.S. deals amid Trump administration scrutiny: report

More overseas companies investigated by U.S. authorities for national security concerns have abandoned investments in the United States since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, a report showed on Friday.



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Wall Street higher on trade optimism, upbeat economic data

Wall Street rose on Friday as upbeat domestic economic data and positive comments from Washington and Beijing calmed investor worries about a delay in a potential trade deal, which had pushed U.S. stocks off record highs earlier in the week.



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British Airways, union agree pay deal to settle dispute: source

British Airways and its pilots' union BALPA have reached an agreement to end a pay dispute that resulted in the first walkout by pilots in the airline's history, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.



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