Amazon.com will buy the maker of the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner for $1.7 billion … the blank-check company taking Donald Trump’s social app public needs more time to finish the deal … and Morgan Stanley will pay $200 million to U.S. regulators to resolve investigations into its record-keeping practices
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Some 10 warships each from China and Taiwan sailed at close quarters in the Taiwan Strait, with some Chinese vessels crossing the median line, following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit last week to the island.
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