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The Worst Market Crashes

In 2015 China's benchmark Shanghai index plummeted by 40 percent
Fifteen years ago, on September 15, 2008, the Lehman Brothers investment bank went bankrupt, a victim of the global financial crisis during which stock markets crashed.

Strike Worries Overshadow Detroit Auto Show

President Joe Biden gave a boost to the 2022 Detroit Auto Show, which has been scaled back from its glory days before the Covid-19 pandemic
This week's Detroit Auto Show is meant to showcase impressive new electric vehicles, but the fanfare looks destined to be upstaged by a brewing labor dispute and the increasing likelihood of a strike.
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Over ten weeks of testimony involving more than hundred witnesses, Google will try to persuade a federal judge that the landmark case brought by the US Department of Justice is without merit

US Takes On Google In Landmark Antitrust Trial

Google faces its biggest ever legal challenge in a Washington court on Tuesday, as it fends off accusations from the US government that it acted unlawfully to build its overwhelming dominance of online search.
Iranian military seizing the US-bound oil tanker Advantage Sweet in April, shortly after the US moved to seize a Greek-managed tanker, the Suez Rajan, carrying Iranian oil to China

US Confirms April Seizure Of Iran Oil Shipment

The United States confirmed Friday that it seized a tanker load of Iranian oil in April, just before Iran seized two vessels in the Gulf region, in the Justice Department's first official statement on the incident.
US actress-director Patricia Arquette supported her union at the premiere of "Gonzo Girl" during the Toronto International Film Festival

No Progress On Resolving Actors' Strike: Union Negotiator

Hollywood's major studios and streamers have made no contract overtures to striking actors since they walked off the job in July, the performers' chief negotiator said Thursday, urging the companies to make a good-faith effort.
Mali

Mali River Boat, Base Attacks Kill 64

Attacks on an army base and a passenger boat on the Niger River in northern Mali on Thursday by suspected jihadists killed 64 people, a Malian official said.

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