Business
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Baltimore battles ship owners’ effort to limit liability in bridge collapse
The owners of the Dali cargo ship were negligent and should be held fully liable for the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which killed six...
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Trump says RFK Jr. will hurt Biden. In private, he’s not so sure.
After mostly ignoring Kennedy earlier, Trump has stepped up his efforts to brand the independent candidate as left-wing and make him Biden’s problem.
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Demonstrators at NYU taken into custody as Pro-Palestinian campus protests escalate
Students at Columbia University, Yale and other universities are holding pro-Palestinian protests on campus
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Biden to speak at Morehouse College commencement, sparking faculty concerns
Morehouse College is set to announce that President Joe Biden will deliver its commencement address on May 19, but some faculty members have raised...
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MARKET REPORT: Retailers lead the way on FTSE's historic day
On a positive day for investors, London's blue-chip index rose 1.% to 8023.87. That left it above its previous record close of 8014.31.
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UK limbers up for rate cut... and not before time, says ALEX BRUMMER
Andrew Bailey has had little to celebrate of late. He has suffered the slings and arrows of the barbed Bernanke report on Bank of England forecasting.
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Footsie hits a record as Investors eye lower interest rates in UK
On a bumper day for savers with money tied up in stocks through pensions, Isas and other investments, the blue chip index closed up 1.6%.
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Takeovers leave UK stock market facing 'death by a thousand cuts'
Shares in Hipgnosis, which owns the rights to back catalogues ranging from Blondie (pictured) to Neil Young, rose 11.6%, or 10.7p, to 102.6p
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Donald Trump set to receive $1.25 billion worth of Trump Media stock in DJT earnout bonus
Former President Donald Trump is poised to receive an additional 36 million shares of Trump Media Tuesday — an “earnout” bonus worth more than...
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Supreme Court conservatives skeptical of challenge to Oregon city's crackdown on homeless
The Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of municipal ordinances that punish homeless people for camping on public property when they have...
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Police arrest pro-Palestinian supporters at encampment on Yale University plaza
Police officers on Monday arrested protesters who had set up an encampment on Yale University’s campus in support of the Palestinian cause, one of...
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Express files for bankruptcy, plans to close nearly 100 stores as investor group looks to save the brand
Longtime mall retailer Express filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, but a group of investors led by brand management firm WHP...