What Do Stephen King and Shakespeare Have in Common?...Why If the War Doesn’t End Soon, Everyone Will Pay, . . .Stocks Swing as Trump Posts

 

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‘He Has the Market in a Chokehold’: Stocks Swing as Trump Posts

For the past 15 months, traders’ fortunes have been largely tethered to the whims of a single person: President Donald Trump.

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Why If the War Doesn’t End Soon, Everyone Will Pay

Like the Ernest Hemingway quote, the energy crisis triggered by the US-Israel conflict with Iran will get worse gradually, then suddenly. 

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Trump Scraps U.S. Trip for Iran Talks, Leaving Ceasefire in Limbo

President Donald Trump canceled a planned trip to Pakistan by his top envoys for negotiations over the Iran conflict, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

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Unlocking the Deep Mysteries of the Universe Will Require Private Money

The Large Hadron Collider discovered the Higgs Boson, but CERN’s physicists now have bigger plans.

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What Do Stephen King and Shakespeare Have in Common?

A new book on King’s archives argues his enduring power lies not in shock, but in a disciplined realism that links him to Shakespeare.

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Pokémon’s Multibillion-Dollar Card Boom Sparks a Crime Wave

As a childhood hobby becomes an asset class, theft and fraud are spreading across the fast-growing market.

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Asia’s Billionaires Are Bankrolling a Push for More Babies

From Hong Kong to Seoul, tycoons are offering cash and perks to boost birth rates, testing whether private wealth can succeed where governments have struggled.

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