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Korean Peace Talks

South Korea’s Moon ups defence spending, urges North to talk

SEOUL: South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said Seoul would increase military spending and urged the North to return to dialogue in a budget speech on Tuesday (Oct 22) that could infuriate Pyongyang with nuclear talks gridlocked. Contact between North and So…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Chinese Economy

Commentary: Chinese economy resilient enough to withstand external headwinds

People's Daily Online (Xinhua) 08:01, October 21, 2019 BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese economy slowed down in the third quarter, but it is no cause for panic. Although the country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth cooled down to 6 percent in t…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Feudalism

What has triggered the explosion of payments for order flow? Not Fidelity

The Robinhood effect popped up again, as Schwab slashed its stock commissions to zero and forced TD America, E-trade, Interactive Brokers, Ally Invest, and Fidelity to follow suit over the next few days. Schwab called this the zero commission brokerage war, o…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Korean War

John Clarke Dies: ‘Days Of Our Lives’ Actor & Lifetime Achievement Emmy Recipient Was 88

John “Jack” Shelton Clarke, who won over fans with his portrayal of “Mickey Horton” on Days of Our Lives, has died. He was 88. Clarke passed away from complications of pneumonia on October 16, in Laguna Beach, a representative for the actor told Deadline Mon…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Skateboard

Skateboarding Adventure “Session” Delayed on Xbox One

Credit: Crea-ture Studios If you were looking forward to skating game Session, you’re going to be waiting a little longer to give it a try. It looks like developer Crea-ture Studios confirmed that the game has now officially been delayed. It was supposed to…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Grexit

Three Words, 11 Million Jobs: Draghi’s Euro-Area Economic Legacy

(Bloomberg) -- Explore whats moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Subscribe via Pocket Cast or iTunes. Three words -- whatever it takes -- defined Mario Draghis time as European Central Bank president, but hes prouder of a…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Animal Protection

Catherine McKenna re-elected in Ottawa Centre

CBC projects Liberal Catherine McKenna will hold onto her seat in Ottawa Centre. The area's only cabinet minister looked to keep Ottawa's core red after an upset in 2015. McKenna took Ottawa Centre from the NDP in 2015 by more than 3,000 votes and was appoi…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Alibaba

Tim Cook now serves as chairman of a Chinese business school

In what feels like an extremely weird move given the on-going issues with China, Apple CEO Tim Cook has just been appointed the chairman of the advisory board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in Beijing, an influential Beijing univers…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Star Wars

Final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker plays up the “Reylo” angle

3 with 3 posters participating It's here: the final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Disney finally dropped the hotly anticipated final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, during the Patriots vs. Jets game on Monday Night Football. It…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Refugees Welcome

Gov. Brown responds to Trump order, says refugees welcome in Oregon

SALEM, Ore. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has responded to President Donald Trump's executive order giving state and local governments the authority to refuse to accept refugees. Brown said in a video posted Monday on Twitter that refugees are welcome in Oregon, an…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

South Korea’s Moon ups defence spending, urges North to talk

Commentary: Chinese economy resilient enough to withstand external headwinds

What has triggered the explosion of payments for order flow? Not Fidelity

John Clarke Dies: ‘Days Of Our Lives’ Actor & Lifetime Achievement Emmy Recipient Was 88

Skateboarding Adventure “Session” Delayed on Xbox One

Three Words, 11 Million Jobs: Draghi’s Euro-Area Economic Legacy

Catherine McKenna re-elected in Ottawa Centre

Tim Cook now serves as chairman of a Chinese business school

Final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker plays up the “Reylo” angle

Gov. Brown responds to Trump order, says refugees welcome in Oregon

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