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The Latest: Wisconsin workplace shooter dead, shot by police

Officials say the suspect in a Wisconsin workplace shooting has died after being shot by police. Middleton Police Chief Chuck Foulke says there are no other suspects in the attack that occurred Wednesday morning at software company WTS Paradigm. Foulke says the suspect died after being shot by officers. …read more […]

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Apple is officially wading into 'phablet' territory with the iPhone XS Max — here it is compared to an iPad Mini (AAPL)

Apple unveiled three new iPhones this month, including its largest iPhone yet, the iPhone XS Max. With its 6.5-inch OLED display, the iPhone XS Max is officially wading into “phablet” territory. Back in 2012, the largest iPhone you could get — the iPhone 5 — had a screen that measured just four inches diagonally. …read more […]

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Woman who helped kidnap Elizabeth Smart released from prison

A woman who helped kidnap Elizabeth Smart when she was a teenager and stood by as the Utah girl was sexually assaulted was released Wednesday after spending 15 years in prison. Wanda Barzee, 72, quietly left the state prison in the Salt Lake City suburb of Draper, bypassing a throng of reporters gathered outside, spokeswoman Kaitlin Felsted said. Smart, now 30, has said she was shocked and disappointed by the move and hopes Barzee will be closely watched and given treatment. …read more […]

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US STOCKS-S&P, Dow lifted by financials; Microsoft pressures Nasdaq

The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrials Average rose on Wednesday, helped by upbeat housing data and a gain for bank stocks driven by rising Treasury yields, while a drop in Microsoft pressured the tech-heavy Nasdaq. The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield moved back above the symbolic 3 percent mark on Tuesday and hit its highest in four months on Wednesday, while two-year rates reached 2.8 percent, the highest in over a decade. …read more […]

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China says won’t weaken currency to boost exports, as U.S. tariffs mount

China will not stoop to competitive devaluation of its currency, Premier Li Keqiang stressed, hours after China hit back, with a softer punch than the one landed by the United States, in an escalating tariff war between the world’s largest economies. “One-way depreciation of the yuan brings more harm than benefits for China,” he said. China will not do that to chase “thin profits” and “a few small bucks”. …read more […]

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China will use trade war with U.S. to replace imports – state media

China is not afraid of “extreme measures” the United States is taking in their trade war and will use it as an opportunity to replace imports, promote localisation and accelerate the development of high-tech products, state media said. The world’s two largest economies dove deeper into a trade war on Tuesday after Beijing added $60 billion of U.S. products to its import tariff list in retaliation for U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned levies on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. “To deal with the trade war, what China really should do is to focus on doing its own …read more […]