HOUSTON/NEW YORK - All it took was a pair of bolt cutters and the elbow grease of a few climate activists to carry out an audacious act of sabotage on North America's massive oil and gas pipeline system.
BEIRUT Heavy air strikes on rebel-held areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo killed 25 people on Wednesday, most of them at a market, a rescue service said, as the Syrian government and Russia pursued their joint offensive to capture the whole city.
LONDON Money managers charged with investing trillions of dollars of global savings haven't abandoned Britain just yet, but the uncertainty created by Brexit has made them extremely wary about investing in UK Plc.
SEOUL Samsung Electronics Co slashed its quarterly profit estimate by a third on Wednesday, soaking up a $2.3 billion hit from ditching its flagship smartphone in what could be one of the costliest product safety failures in tech history.
Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday launched a full-fledged music streaming service with subscriptions as low as $3.99 per month for owners of its Amazon Echo speaker, accelerating the industry trend toward more flexible pricing after years of sticking to $9.99 subscriptions.
ERBIL/BAGHDAD Islamic State militants have placed booby traps across the city of Mosul, dug tunnels and recruited children as spies in anticipation of an offensive to dislodge the jihadists from their Iraqi stronghold, Iraqis and U.S. officials said.
PARIS Lawyers defending the man believed to be the sole living suspect in Islamist militant attacks that killed 130 people in France last November have resigned from the case after months in which their client has refused to talk.
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| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+1.796
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+0.037 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.066
|
+0.043 |
| JP 10YR |
-0.057
|
+0.000 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1014 | 0.0096 |
| EUR | 0.9079 | 1 | 0.0087 |
| JPY | 104.3400 | 114.9300 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,253.00
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Oct16
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| Copper |
2.18
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Oct16
|
| Crude Oil |
50.01
USD
|
-0.78
Exp: Oct16
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SANAA/DOHA Forces loyal to Yemen's exiled government clashed with Houthi fighters over a strategic town close to the border with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in a sign a new front may be opening in the 19-month-old civil war.
Handbag and accessories maker Vera Bradley Inc said on Wednesday hackers may have accessed customer data from payment processing systems in its stores, causing a delay in an upgrade of its website and potentially hurting holiday-season sales.
