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Bank of Japan, PBOC, Japan CPI, Fed rate cut

A Japanese flag is displayed as shoppers and pedestrians walk past stores at a shopping street in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher on Friday, after the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit new all-time highs overnight following the Federal Reserve’s outsized …

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US online passport renewal is now fully open for business

If you read my colleague Sean Hollister’s positive experience renewing his US passport online through a beta website from the State Department — without needing to ship his old passport — I have good news for you: that experience is now available for everyone. You can access it right here. “Instead of printing a paper application and mailing it with …

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Manchester City’s Rodri claims players are ‘close’ to going on strike over jam-packed soccer calendar

Manchester City’s Rodri said players are “close” to going on strike in protest of the crowded soccer calendar, which has increasingly become a point of tension in the sport amid concerns about player welfare. The midfielder addressed the topic in a press conference on Tuesday ahead of City’s UEFA Champions League match against Inter, and was asked directly if players …

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