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©2015 Bloomberg News NYAKNA6K50Y2 (Bloomberg) — The dollar maintained an advance against most major peers as the odds of a December interest rate increase climbed, with data due Tuesday forecast to show the U.S. economy last quarter expanded more than previously reported. The greenback traded near a seven-month high against the

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©2015 Bloomberg News NYANJZ6JIJV0 (Bloomberg) — Tesla Motors Inc. kicked off sales of its Model X sport utility vehicle Monday by inviting those who reserved a car the chance to give the company their personal specifications and by announcing the SUV’s price starts at $80,000 before federal tax credits or

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©2015 Bloomberg View NY87XX6KLVR4 (Bloomberg View) — There’s cause for concern in Hillaryland, the constellation of Democratic advisers, supporters and politicians counting on the former secretary of state to lead the party to a sweeping victory next November. Hillary Clinton’s nomination is almost a forgone conclusion, barring any unlikely legal

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©2015 Bloomberg News NUGR4M6JTSEM (Bloomberg Business) — Elon Musk likes to have fun. Sure, his schedule these days is full, managing SpaceX and developing Tesla’s game-changing Model X, a gullwing electric SUV. But he’s also the guy who sent a block of cheese into space as an inside joke, who

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©2015 Bloomberg News NY8T776JTSEK (Bloomberg) — Oil extended its decline as Venezuela predicted prices may drop as low as the mid-$20s a barrel unless the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries takes action to stabilize the market. January futures fell as much as 1.1 percent in New York after front-month prices slid

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©2015 Bloomberg View NY38WP6JTSEK (Bloomberg View) — UnitedHealth Group, the country’s largest health insurer, says it might stop selling plans on state insurance exchanges, citing higher-than-expected costs. This news would be mostly unremarkable except for the fact that those state exchanges are part of Obamacare, and it doesn’t take much

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©2015 Bloomberg News NY39236JIJV1 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. strengthened efforts to discourage corporate inversions by making the deals more difficult and limiting the benefits of the transactions, just as an iconic American firm considers shifting its legal address abroad to cut its taxes. Inversions — deals where U.S. companies take

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©2015 Bloomberg News NY3C9J6S972B (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump questioned Ben Carson’s qualifications to be president during an appearance Thursday evening in Iowa, highlighting a New York Times story this week that quoted an adviser to the retired neurosurgeon saying he’d been unable to teach the candidate about the Middle East.

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©2015 Bloomberg View NY0IVY6S972D (Bloomberg View) — Jammin’.Would you buy coffee from this company? We intend to be a business specializing in electronic waste collection, electronic waste recycling, and resource recovery. We believe that the disposal of electronic waste, or “e-Waste” is becoming a serious global issue. Electronics that have

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©2015 Bloomberg News NY14UPSYF01Y (Bloomberg) — Mike Huckabee pumped up the crowd at a rally for a Kentucky clerk jailed over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gays with the 1980s rock anthem “Eye of the Tiger” blaring in the background. Now the Republican presidential contender is facing a

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