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A new report estimates that nearly half of all U.S. adults have some form of heart or blood vessel disease, a medical milestone that's mostly due to recent guidelines that expanded how many people have high blood pressure.
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The response comes after years of private stock transactions with diminishing returns, shareholders writing down their holdings and a drumbeat of political controversies tied to Thiel. For Morgan Stanley, the bank that hopes to win the IPO business,...
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PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany, France and Britain have officially set up a European mechanism to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran and circumvent U.S. sanctions, two diplomats said on Thursday. The EU has been preparing the system, in effect...
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The authority that oversees Australia's largest river system was accused of "maladministration", "gross negligence" and ignoring climate science Thursday, as its waterways were carpeted with hundreds of thousands of dead fish. A Royal Commission rep...
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A soldier stealthily emerges from the dense undergrowth of French Guiana's jungle, grabbing the shoulder of a man blasting gaping holes into the forest floor with a high-pressure hose, hoping the dirt will yield a golden payoff. "At sites that are e...
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Royal Dutch Shell vowed to stick to spending discipline this year even as 2018 profits jumped by more than a third to their highest since 2014 at $21.4 billion. The Anglo-Dutch oil company also reported a sharp rise in cash generation, in a further...
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China and the United States are ahead of the global competition to dominate artificial intelligence (AI), according to a study by the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published on Thursday. China accounted for 17 of the top 20 ac...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. land managers will move forward in March with the sale of oil and gas leases that include land near Chaco Culture National Historical Park and other sites sacred to Native American tribes.
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Recently, 626 organizations—mostly environmental groups, including 350.org and Greenpeace USA—sent& a letter& to Congress urging lawmakers to consider a number of principles when crafting climate legislation like a Green New Deal “t...
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state gas producer Gazprom has raised two loans worth 925 million euros ($1.06 billion) from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Citibank, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday citing company data.
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DENVER (AP) — Two years after jumping into a fight with the Trump administration over public lands, the U.S. outdoor industry is turning up the political pressure — though its impact is difficult to measure.
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General Motors Co said late on Wednesday it will temporarily suspend operations at 11 Michigan plants and its Warren Tech Center after a utility made an emergency appeal to users to conserve natural gas during extreme winter cold. Fiat Chrysler Auto...
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Net income fell to 8.3 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in the three months ended December, the Suwon, South Korea-based company said Thursday in a filing. While the figures underscore the impact of a global economic slowdown and U.S.-China trade tension...
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The Pentagon's report, released on Jan. 10, said climate change was a national security issue and listed 79 domestic military installations at risk from floods, drought, encroaching deserts, wildfires and, in Alaska, thawing permafrost. It also fail...
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The company said fourth-quarter sales were $16.91 billion, ahead of the $16.4 billion analysts expected. Facebook’s audience grew, bolstering its ability to collect data from users that can lure advertisers. Daily active users averaged 1.52 billion...