The New York Post: Richard Branson puts $1 billion Saudi investment plan on hold over missing journalist

Virgin Group founder Richard Branson has suspended a $1 billion investment project with Saudi Arabia due to the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

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The Wall Street Journal: Some FBI employees recalled from Asia amid probe into prostitution, partying

Several FBI employees, stationed in cities across Asia, have been recalled to Washington in recent months while the agency investigates allegations related to parties and interactions with prostitutes, according to people familiar with the matter.

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The Wall Street Journal: Russian rocket-launch failure could hinder future U.S. space missions

A Russian rocket launch failure, followed by the safe emergency landing of a capsule intended to carry an American astronaut and his Russian counterpart into orbit, could prompt major disruptions for U.S. human space exploration.

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The Wall Street Journal: Hurricane Michael leaves trail of devastation; 1 million without power

The remnants of Hurricane Michael plowed through the Southeast U.S. on Thursday after killing at least six people, demolishing homes and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers a day after devastating the Florida Panhandle.

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Europe Markets: Italian stock index ends in bear market as Europe benchmarks mauled

European stocks got hammered on Wednesday, bringing vulnerable Italian markets to finish in a bear market as a Wall Street selloff continued to rattle investors around the globe.

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The New York Post: Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen now reportedly a Democrat

President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen — who once served as the Republican Party’s deputy finance chair — is now a registered Democrat, according to a report.

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Market Extra: Why the stock market just ushered in its worst start to October since 2008

It has been an ugly stretch for U.S. stocks, which was capped by Thursday’s more-than-540-point tumble for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, coming immediately after a 831-point drop in the prior session.

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Tesla’s sales in the U.S. are gaining on BMW and other luxury car makers

Quarterly U.S. sales show Tesla Inc. closing in on Mercedes-Benz, other luxury car makers, and surpassing those of Audi, Acura, and others.

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The Wall Street Journal: Trump plans to meet China’s Xi as trade tensions rise

With U.S. markets tanking and the trade battle with China intensifying, the White House decided to move ahead with plans for President Donald Trump to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a multilateral summit in November to see if the two leaders can find a way out of the mess, according to officials in both nations.

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The Wall Street Journal: Canada unveils tariffs to safeguard from overseas steel dumping

Canada on Thursday unveiled new quotas and tariffs aimed at thwarting the dumping of certain steel products, and convincing the Trump administration that it won’t be used as a backdoor for steel from China and other low-cost producers to enter the U.S.

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