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Doping in Cycling

The weekly spin: 10 cycling books for the holiday season

The holidays are a great time for buying and reading books, whether that means curling up on the couch on a cold day with a good read, gift giving, or both. It’s also a quiet time for the sport of cycling, a perfect opportunity to fill the void with the…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Alibaba

Apple’s Tim Cook is now top adviser to the business school at ‘China’s Harvard’

Hong Kong (CNN Business)China and the United States are locked in a struggle for tech supremacy but you wouldn't know it from the list of luminaries on the advisory board of Tsinghua University's business school. Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella and Elon Musk a…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Brexit

Metals Stocks: Gold attempts to halt 3-session slide and creeps back toward $1,500

Gold prices enjoyed a fillip from haven buying on Wednesday as a retreat in assets considered risky, amid political uncertainties like Brexit, underpinned gains in the yellow metal. The commodity is attempting to end a three-session stumble that had kept it p…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Trade War

America’s stockpile of bacon has hit a 48-year high — but the latest US-China trade deal might help

American hog farmers built up their herds this summer in anticipation of an export boom as African swine fever decimated Asian pig herds.However, the US-China trade war has weighed on demand for US exports, resulting in 40 million pounds of p…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Trade War

America’s stockpile of bacon has hit a 48-year high — but the latest US-China trade deal might help

Reuters American hog farmers built up their herds this summer in anticipation of an export boom as African swine fever decimated Asian pig herds.However, the US-China trade war has weighed on demand for US exports, resulting in 40 million po…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Super Heroes

Tony Stark: 5 Great Lessons He Peter (& 5 That Didn’t Really Make Sense)

Since the events of Civil War, Tony Stark had treated the young Peter Parker like his son. He's given Peter numerous advanced suits; he's made sure that Peter stayed out of trouble, and he's given Peter the right amount of life lessons. Some of them weren't t…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

North Korean leader orders South Korea’s hotels destroyed

Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader has ordered that all hotels built by South Korea at its resort should be demolished. North Korean Leader, Kim Jong-Un during a tour of the resort site. PHOTO: Reuters The resort, a famous tourist site, Mount Kumgang was …

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Top US delegation to attend Saudi summit next week: Reports

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and presidential adviser Jared Kushner will lead an American delegation to Saudi Arabia's annual financial conference, US media reported, after widespread boycotts of last year's event in protest over the killing of dissid…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

China's Strategy

Bowe Bergdahl’s Story Was Never Just About One Soldier’s Desertion

Bowe Bergdahl leaves the courthouse after his arraignment hearing at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 2015. (Photo by Andrew Craft / The Fayetteville Observer via AP) On June 30, 2009, early in the Obama administrations troop surge in Afghanistan, Pfc. Bowe Bergd…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Brexit

Bond Report: Treasury yields edge lower after hopes for immediate Brexit breakthrough wane

U.S. Treasury yields fell early Wednesday as the chance of a Brexit deal being ratified before the end of October dimmed, drawing investors into haven assets like U.S. government paper. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y,…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

The weekly spin: 10 cycling books for the holiday season

Apple’s Tim Cook is now top adviser to the business school at ‘China’s Harvard’

Metals Stocks: Gold attempts to halt 3-session slide and creeps back toward $1,500

America’s stockpile of bacon has hit a 48-year high — but the latest US-China trade deal might help

America’s stockpile of bacon has hit a 48-year high — but the latest US-China trade deal might help

Tony Stark: 5 Great Lessons He Peter (& 5 That Didn’t Really Make Sense)

North Korean leader orders South Korea’s hotels destroyed

Top US delegation to attend Saudi summit next week: Reports

Bowe Bergdahl’s Story Was Never Just About One Soldier’s Desertion

Bond Report: Treasury yields edge lower after hopes for immediate Brexit breakthrough wane

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