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Facebook plans changes after Russian political ad purchases

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday broad changes to its political ad policies including increased human scrutiny and an effort to give its two billion-strong user base more transparency into who is paying for what political advertising.

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MarketWatch First Take: Why Google’s HTC deal may be different than the Motorola bomb

Alphabet Inc.’s $1.1 billion deal to buy of part of HTC’s smartphone assets has some investors jittery that its Google division may be making another big hardware mistake, much like its controversial $12.5 billion buy of Motorola Mobility in 2012.

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Crypto chatter on Reddit is up 930% this year. So... is THIS the top?

How do you know what the price of bitcoin is going to be? The amount of bitcoin-related internet chatter may provide the clearest picture

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The Wall Street Journal: Google, partners to refund advertisers over fake traffic on Doubleclick

Google confirmed Thursday it will issue refunds for ads bought through its systems that ran on websites with fake traffic, and said a handful of its partners have agreed to do the same.

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The Wall Street Journal: Telia settles Uzbekistan bribery investigations for nearly $1 billion

Swedish telecoms firm Telia Co. AB agreed to pay nearly $1 billion to U.S. and Dutch authorities to settle allegations that the company and a subsidiary paid about $331 million in bribes in Uzbekistan.

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Beat the System: I bought my first Apple iPhone — and I regret it

I can’t figure out why millions of people overspend on such an average smartphone, writes Brett Arends.

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Apple stock on track for worst week ahead of an iPhone launch

Apple Inc. shares head for their worst week ahead of a major product launch since the original iPhone was released back in 2007 after the consumer electronics giant is battered by less-than-stellar reviews on its new slate of product offerings.

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Market Extra: Apple’s divergence from Nasdaq could spell trouble for tech stocks’ rally

Apple Inc. is marching to a different drumbeat to the Nasdaq and that is a bearish sign for the technology sector’s powerful rally which has helped the U.S. stock market notch back-to-back records this year.

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The Tell: Man who called S&P 500 to hit 2,500, says don’t bet against this stock market

A prominent equity bull Laszlo Birinyi, who accurately forecast that the S&P 500 would hit 2,500 by September, thinks the stock market has more room to run before 2017 is over.