Headlines – April 5/18

  • Facebook, Amazon lead Wall St higher at open. Read story
  • Russian TV airs ‘Yulia Skripal phone call’. Read story
  • Facebook says data leak hit 87 million users, widening privacy scandal. Read story
  • US trade deficit rises to near 9.5-year high. Read story
  • Bitcoin and crypto cousins are trading at lowest prices in five months. Read story
  • Venezuela currency is doing even worse than previously thought. Read story
  • JPMorgan CEO Dimon praises Trump’s deregulatory efforts in annual letter. Read story
  • London bloodbath continues as stabbed man becomes 53rd person killed this year. Read story
  • Google employees want company to drop Pentagon ‘war’ drone project. Read story
  • Finland has practically ended homelessness. Read story
  • Bill Ackman’s hedge fund Pershing Square is losing investors at a ‘rapid pace’. Read story
  • When Uber drivers replace ambulances. Read story
  • Portugal generated enough renewable energy to power the whole country in March. Read story
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