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Aston Martin gets in touch with its feminine side for first SUV

James Bond's carmaker of choice Aston Martin took a first step into the lucrative SUV market on Wednesday with an eye on winning female customers, hoping it can dig itself out of a financial black hole.



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Smart Cities Offer Promises and Concerns Over Privacy

Cointelegraph | Justin O’Connell | Apr 9, 2019 The promise is great for so-called smart cities, which will deploy a network of interactive sensors to achieve efficiency and innovation. The smart city vision includes driverless cars, renewable energy to aid a city’s power consumption, energy-efficient buildings, and communications systems that work with the location’s infrastructure to

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Emirates jet swap opens door to Boeing 787 deal in Dubai

Emirates agreed to buy its first Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a last-minute, $9 billion deal at the Dubai Airshow on Wednesday while reducing its order for the U.S. planemaker's delayed 777X model.



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Chinese airlines turn to Asia as long-haul losses pile up

BENGALURU/BEIJING - Chinese airlines are adding seats on short- and mid-range Asian flights in a strategic shift away from prestigious but loss-making North American routes to a market that promises better returns and growth.



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PSA's small car platforms should be favored in FCA merger: executive

Small car platforms developed by France's Peugeot should be favored if plans to merge PSA and FiatChrysler go ahead, PSA executive Gaetano Thorel told Reuters on Wednesday.



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Wall Street slips at open on escalating U.S.-China tensions

Wall Street's three main indexes opened lower on Wednesday on concerns that increasing political strain between Washington and Beijing could derail trade negotiations between the two sides.



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Why Icahn is making a $400 million bet against malls: Record store closures this year

So far in 2019, more than 9,100 stores have closed across the country, according to Bank of America.

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Singapore Poised to Allow Crypto Derivatives on Approved Venues

Reuters | Nov 20, 2019 HONG KONG (Reuters) - Singapore’s central bank plans to bring bitcoin and other similar cryptocurrency futures traded on approved exchanges under its regulation in response to interest from international institutional investors, it said on Wednesday. Market watchdogs worldwide have been debating whether and how they should regulate the cryptocurrency industry.

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U.S. aviation regulator pledges rigorous certification for Boeing 777X

The U.S. aviation regulator will ensure certification of Boeing's 777X wide-body jet is conducted rigorously, the agency's head said on Wednesday while reaffirming that its review of the grounded 737 MAX will not be rushed.



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Goldman Sachs is planning on giving some of its most valuable software to Wall Street for free

The move is the latest step by Wall Street to follow the lead of tech giants like Google and Facebook that regularly release its code to outside developers

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Scooter maker Superpedestrian raises $20 million, promises fewer breakdowns

Electric scooter company Superpedestrian on Wednesday said it had raised $20 million for its diagnostic software that can spot impending hardware failure, a major problem for scooter operators.



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China's Great Wall aims to sell 300,000 WEY vehicles a year by 2025: chairman

China's top sport-utility vehicle maker Great Wall Motor aims to sell 300,000 of its premium brand WEY vehicles a year by 2025, its chairman said on Wednesday.



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U.S. begins issuing some licenses for companies to supply goods to Huawei

The U.S. Commerce Department confirmed Wednesday it has begun issuing licenses for some U.S companies to supply non-sensitive goods to China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.



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Strike pushes South African Airways to brink of collapse

South African Airways (SAA) has nearly no cash left and may miss salary payments this month, a board member said on Wednesday, as a crippling six-day strike has pushed the state-owned airline to the brink of financial collapse.



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Cramer: Walmart and Target CEOs 'made me feel terrific' about US consumers despite trade tariffs

Optimism from the two of the nation's biggest retailers show that American consumers are not tightening their belts due to trade tariffs, says CNBC's Jim Cramer.

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