Tech companies would be forced to disclose if they allowed American adversaries, like Russia and China, to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military under proposed legislation, Senate staff told Reuters.
Netflix's stock market value ballooned to a record $153 billion on Thursday and eclipsed Walt Disney Co for the first time, making it the world's most valuable entertainment company, following a monumental shift by viewers away from cinemas and cable television.
A move by the United States to explore tariffs on auto imports is based on flimsy logic and is part of the pressure from Washington to renegotiate the NAFTA trade pact, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday.
Former U.S. FBI Director James Comey said that social media companies needed to "worry" about foreign political propaganda on their networks, but he had few ideas on how to counter it.
The U.S. House of Representatives broke on Thursday for an 11-day recess with majority Republicans deadlocked over legislation to protect "Dreamer" immigrants from deportation while President Donald Trump insisted that Congress meet all his hard-line immigration demands.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight champion, who was jailed a century ago due to his relationship with a white woman.
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia appreciated efforts by Europe to save the Iran nuclear deal despite the withdrawal of the United States and warned of "lamentable consequences" if it was not preserved.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
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| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+2.977
|
-0.026 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.472
|
+0.003 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.045
|
+0.000 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1719 | 0.0091 |
| EUR | 0.8532 | 1 | 0.0078 |
| JPY | 109.3000 | 128.0900 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
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| Gold |
1,303.70
USD
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+0.00
Exp: May 18
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| Copper |
3.09
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: May 18
|
| Crude Oil |
70.75
USD
|
+0.04
Exp: Jun 18
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President Donald Trump's cancellation of a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un risks a return to crisis mode between Washington and Pyongyang but both sides may be wary of letting the situation escalate into fears of war as it did last year.
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