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  • Will Amazon Get Into The Construction Business?

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    Amazon seems to be everywhere, from groceries to books to clothes and shoes. Its two-day shipping means customers turn to Amazon for nearly everything they could ever need delivered straight to their homes. Additionally, Amazon now offers free in-home consulting on how to create a smart home. Many customers who have newer homes have created a smart […]

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  • Eurasian Blockchain Association Takes Legal Action against the Internet Giants

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    The cryptocurrency and blockchain associations in South Korea, China and Russia are formed to take a legal action against social media giants – Google, Facebook and Twitter – for banning cryptocurrency and ICO-related ads. This was revealed by the president of The Russian Association of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, Yuri Pripachkin before several media representatives on March […]

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  • 9 killed, scores wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza protest

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    KHUZAA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Palestinians protested along Gaza’s sealed border with Israel on Friday, engulfing the volatile area in black smoke from burning tires to try to block the view of Israeli snipers and cheering a Hamas strongman who pledged that the border fence will eventually fall. Israeli troops opened fire from […]

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  • What It’s Like to be an Architect who Doesn’t Design Buildings

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    There’s an old, weary tune that people sing to caution against being an architect: the long years of academic training, the studio work that takes away from sleep, and the small job market in which too many people are vying for the same positions. When you finally get going, the work is trying as well. Many spend […]

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  • Ghouta evacuation stalls over differences among Syria rebels

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    Al-Wafideen – Evacuations of rebels and civilians from the last opposition pocket in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta stalled on Thursday as divisions continued within the Islamist faction that holds the area, state media said. A convoy of 20 buses organised by the government had entered the former rebel bastion’s main town of Douma to prepare for […]

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  • Oil, global stocks slide on Trump’s new trade salvo

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    NEW YORK (Reuters) – Crude prices and global equity markets fell on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump upped the ante in a trade dispute with China that added to investor jitters about the potential impact the heated rhetoric may have on the world economy. MSCI’s gauge of worldwide stock indexes fell 0.65 percent, and […]

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  • The Trade War That Wasn’t: Tit-For-Tat Tariffs Are Unlikely To Have Any Real Effect

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    When Donald Trump announced punitive tariffs on some $50 billion of Chinese imports two weeks ago, the business world held its breath in expectation of the Chinese response. When China hit back this week with tit-for-tat tariffs on $50 billion of American goods, no one in the business world was surprised. The business press went into full panic mode, […]

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  • Coinbase Launching Venture Arm to Invest in Crypto Startups

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    Company plans to spend $100,000 to $200,000 per investment Interests include ‘stablecoins’ and decentralized exchanges The best-known U.S. cryptocurrency exchange is forming Coinbase Ventures, a team that will focus on providing funding to crypto and fintech startups as the San Francisco-based company looks to nurture the development of new products and services “We’re not wedded […]

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  • South Korean court jails former president Park for 24 years

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    SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court jailed former President Park Geun-hye for 24 years on Friday over a scandal that exposed webs of corruption between political leaders and the country’s conglomerates. Park became South Korea’s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office last year when the Constitutional Court ordered her out over […]

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  • Design Army Gives Back to D.C. With a Creative Space Everyone Can Use

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    Design Army has made the chicken. Now it’s going back to the egg. The Washington, D.C., agency, perhaps best known for its gorgeously crafted ads for Georgetown Optician, is planning to open a new space in a warehouse district over on the Maryland border. But it’s not another office, or even a traditional workspace. It’s intended to […]

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