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Surprises lurk in Trump’s China tariff list, from thermostats to vaping devices

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports mostly shield consumers by targeting supply-chain components – but lurking inside the tariff lists are some surprises, from Google Nest thermostats to vaping devices to equipment used by aspiring rock stars.

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Ex-State Street executive pulled ‘bait-and-switch’ on clients: U.S. prosecutor

BOSTON (Reuters) – A former State Street Corp executive engaged in “bait-and switch” by promising to charge several of the bank’s clients low fees to execute billions of dollars of trades before secretly applying commissions to them, a U.S. prosecutor said on Monday.

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Exclusive: North American, UK, Asian regulators press EU on data privacy exemption

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Financial watchdogs from North America, Britain and Asia are urgently seeking a formal exemption from the European Union’s tough new data privacy law to avoid hampering cross-border investigations, regulatory officials told Reuters.

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