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Trump calls for more troops at border as midterms near. The president amplified his anti-immigration message ahead of next week’s elections, saying he was now prepared to deploy as many as 15,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. |
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IPhone prices position Apple for another record quarter. Apple is scheduled to report results for its fiscal fourth quarter after the market closes. Here’s what you need to know. |
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Health law faces toughest test yet. The Affordable Care Act’s sixth open-enrollment season begins today, marking a test of its stability following a series of Republican efforts to roll it back. |
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Coastal property was once king. Fears of climate change are undermining its value. In a growing number of coastal communities, homes near the sea are appreciating more slowly than those inland. That's bad news for people on the beach, good news for those farther away. |
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Private equity lures newbie bankers with $300,000 offers. Private-equity titans are used to competing for billion-dollar buyouts. Now they are squaring off for 22-year-old spreadsheet crunchers. |
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How many guns do Americans own? Lack of a central database makes gun tallies tricky, but research shows a sharp rise in gun ownership. |
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Jeff Sessions’ friends offer a refuge from Trump’s attacks. The president’s withering attacks on the attorney general have become a spectacle. But back in Alabama, Mr. Sessions has a safe haven in a group of steadfast friends. |
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Biotech IPOs grow riskier in 2018. Biotech IPOs are on track for a near-record year, with a crop of offerings that are younger, more highly valued—and some say riskier—than any in recent memory. Driven by swift advances in medical science and an accommodative Food and Drug Administration that is increasingly willing to accelerate approval of innovative drugs, biotechnology companies are tapping the public markets at very early stages of development—some even before they have a drug in a clinical trial. |
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U.K. financial services could have a lifeline after Brexit. British and European negotiators have reached a tentative deal for a services partnership and data exchange after the U.K. leaves the European Union. | via the Times of London |
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Finnish police officers raided properties linked to Russia. One tiny island had nine piers, a helipad and enough housing for a small army but authorities said the raids were linked to money laundering and pension fraud. | via the New York Times |
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Scientists have been counting whales from space. The British Antarctic Survey used high resolution satellite pictures to identify whale species and better track their movements. | via the BBC |
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European Union Goes Into Effect The Maastricht Treaty, signed in February 1992, officially went into effect on Nov. 1, 1993, and effectively created the European Union. The bloc's beginnings weren't without hangups. European leaders worked to build confidence in unification, including the creation of a 40,000-member "Eurocorps," the Journal reported Nov. 8, 1993. The corps will be composed of troops from France, Germany and Belgium and may be expanded to other European Community nations. The goal is for a joint force to participate in multilateral missions led by the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and perhaps someday act on its own. The push for joint defense came days after French and German finance ministers vowed to press ahead with the plan to create a single EC currency by the end of the decade. The European Union was able to withstand its early growing pains to become 28 members strong. That strength has been tested recently with the negotiations over the U.K.'s exit from the EU. |
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