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China says some factories have violated anti-smog measures – WHIO
WHIOChina says some factories have violated anti-smog measuresWHIOPeople wearing protection masks walk near the iconic headquarters of China's state broadcaster Central China Television (CCTV) at the Central Business District in Beijing as the capital of China is blanked by heavy smog on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. China ...Video of Smog Engulfing Beijing Shows Extent of PollutionNew ...
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Asian Stocks Climb With Oil, While Dollar Weakens: Markets Wrap – Bloomberg
BloombergAsian Stocks Climb With Oil, While Dollar Weakens: Markets WrapBloombergAsian stocks advanced and crude oil climbed on the first full trading day of the New Year as a private factory gauge indicated strength in China's economy. The dollar fell against most of its peers, paring some gains that have been spurred by the ...Asia stocks edge ...
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Finland Is Giving Nearly $600 a Month to 2000 Jobless Citizens, No Questions Asked – Fortune
FortuneFinland Is Giving Nearly $600 a Month to 2000 Jobless Citizens, No Questions AskedFortuneFinland kicked off the New Year by rolling out a groundbreaking trial that will give some of its citizens a universal basic income, in a bid to reduce poverty and increase employment. Little over a year after the Finnish government first announced its ...
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SEE IT: American man booted off flight after going on racist rant – New York Daily News
New York Daily NewsSEE IT: American man booted off flight after going on racist rantNew York Daily NewsAn American man kicked off 2017 by getting kicked off an airplane for going on a racist tirade and boasting about how "cool" it would be if he caused the flight to be diverted, video shows. The unidentified U.S. national ...
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Baggage handler locked in cargo hold during 1.5-hour flight from Charlotte to DC – Washington Post
Washington PostBaggage handler locked in cargo hold during 1.5-hour flight from Charlotte to DCWashington PostA baggage handler was locked inside an airplane's cargo area during a 1.5-hour flight from North Carolina to Northern Virginia on Sunday. A United Airlines spokeswoman said Monday that the airline was looking into how it had happened. The baggage ...United investigates after ...
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After Obama, Some Health Reforms May Prove Lasting – New York Times
New York TimesAfter Obama, Some Health Reforms May Prove LastingNew York TimesDr. Arthur C. Coffey performing a coronary artery bypass grafting at Indiana University Health's Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Credit Jonah Kessel/The New York Times. skip ad. After Obama, Some Health Reforms May Prove Lasting. A transformation ...Why Obamacare is unlikely to die a swift deathWashington ...
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Finland just launched an experiment giving 2000 people free money until 2019 – Business Insider
Business InsiderFinland just launched an experiment giving 2000 people free money until 2019Business InsiderFinland has an ambitious New Year's resolution in mind: learn how offering free money for two years helps the unemployed get back to work. Starting Monday and lasting until 2019, the federal social-security institution Kela will distribute roughly $590 ...Money for nothing: 2000 ...
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Twitter China Chief Kathy Chen Departs – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalTwitter China Chief Kathy Chen DepartsWall Street JournalBEIJING— Twitter Inc.'s controversial China chief has departed after only eight months, the latest executive to leave amid a global reorganization. A stream of executives has left the company since it announced layoffs in October amid continued losses.Twitter's China boss Kathy Chen quits after 8 monthsReutersUPDATE ...
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As Second Avenue Subway Opens, a Train Delay Ends in (Happy) Tears – New York Times
New York TimesAs Second Avenue Subway Opens, a Train Delay Ends in (Happy) TearsNew York TimesAfter decades of failed efforts to bring a line to one of the few corners of Manhattan the subway system didn't reach, the Second Avenue subway opened to the public on Sunday, with three stations. Credit Alex Wroblewski for The New York ...
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China’s Manufacturing Expands for 5th Consecutive Month – New York Times
ReutersChina's Manufacturing Expands for 5th Consecutive MonthNew York TimesBEIJING — Activity at China's factories slowed in December but still represented the fifth consecutive month of expansion in the latest sign that the world's No. 2 economy is stabilizing. The monthly purchasing managers' index by the Chinese ...Growth in China's factories, services slows in December: official PMIReuters