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Amazon reports higher sales and earnings for 3Q, helped by strong customer spending

Amazon reports higher sales and earnings for 3Q, helped by strong customer spending

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon posted higher fiscal third quarter profit and sales compared with a year ago, as the online giant kept attracting shoppers looking for good prices while inflation resurges. ...

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Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg team up for ‘Call of Duty’ film

Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg team up for ‘Call of Duty’ film

“Call of Duty,” one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, is becoming a feature film with Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan spearheading the adaptation, Paramount Pictures and Act...

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WADA launches ‘Operation Puncture’ to investigate leak about Chinese swimmers’ doping tests

WADA launches ‘Operation Puncture’ to investigate leak about Chinese swimmers’ doping tests

LONDON (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed on Thursday it is looking into a leak about an investigation that resulted in the agency clearing 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a...

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Agreement between Trump and Xi turns back the clock

Agreement between Trump and Xi turns back the clock

BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Three-digit tariffs are off the table, but import duties on each other are higher than in January. Rare earth materials will flow more smoothly, but China has put in pla...

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Trade agreement with China opens door for US rare earth production

Trade agreement with China opens door for US rare earth production

China’s promise to delay its newest restrictions on the export of the rare earths that are crucial to many high-tech products for one year as part of a trade agreement President Donald Trump secur...

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Dictionary.com’s word of the year is ‘6-7.’ What does it mean?

Dictionary.com’s word of the year is ‘6-7.’ What does it mean?

Go ahead and roll your eyes. Shrug your shoulders. Or maybe just juggle your hands in the air. Dictionary.com’s word of the year isn’t even really a word. It’s the viral term “6-7” that kids and t...

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