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Fed Raises Rates, Signals Faster Pace in Coming Years - The Federal Reserve said it would raise short-term interest rates a quarter-percentage point and signaled it could lift them at a slightly more aggressive pace in coming years to keep the strengt... ow.ly/gpiU50gWZOx

Video Shows Uber Robot Car Rammed Into Pedestrian - A newly released video of the fatal accident involving a pedestrian and an Uber self-driving car appears to show the vehicle heading straight into a woman walking her bike across the road without slo... ow.ly/AAQx50gWZOy

Facebook's Lax Data Policies Led to Cambridge Analytica Crisis - Facebook’s loose approach to policing how app creators and others deployed its user data persisted for years, including after a 2015 effort by the social network to restrict access, acco... ow.ly/80uV50gW43e

Who's Afraid of Huawei? Security Worries Spread Beyond the U.S. - National-security concerns surrounding China’s Huawei Technologies—the world’s biggest supplier of wireless equipment and No. 3 vendor of smartphones—are spreading beyond the U.S. to ke... ow.ly/TJ0i50gW43f

Aramco Scales Back IPO Plan, Eyes Saudi-Only Listing - Saudi Arabia is scaling back its ambitions for a public offering for oil giant Aramco, moving ahead with a listing next year solely on the Saudi stock exchange while taking more time to decide if ... ow.ly/SGGh50gV8tk

Rivals Chip Away at Google's and Facebook's Digital Ad Dominance - Google and Facebook have dominated the U.S. digital advertising market for years, but new data show signs that platforms like Amazon and Snapchat are chipping away at the digital duopo... ow.ly/6tkO50gV8tl

Now China's Internet Giants Are Shaking Up the Car Industry - Tech firms Baidu Inc., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd.—aka the BATs—have conquered e-commerce and mobile payments on smartphones and now are moving onto their next plat... ow.ly/D52a50gUe9S

Natural Gas Under Assault in Some States After Brief Reign at the Top - State mandates and renewable advocates argue new gas plants aren’t needed or should be replaced by renewable-energy plants. ow.ly/gPCZ50gUe9T

Qualcomm: In the Market for Fresh Perspective - Can Qualcomm break from its past without endangering its future? That should be the key question on the minds of the chipmaker’s board of directors in the wake of its close call with Broadcom. ow.ly/qJ6C50gTDwZ

Facebook Suspends Data Firm That Helped Trump Campaign - The social-media giant said it been given information that Cambridge Analytica, along with two individuals who don’t work there, improperly kept Facebook user data for years despite telling the ... ow.ly/pBE550gTDx0

U.S. Consumer Confidence Hits 14-Year High - U.S. consumers’ confidence reached a 14-year high this month, as lower-income households reported feeling more optimistic about the economy. ow.ly/2gJI50gSYQN

Second Nike Exec Leaves in Wake of Workplace Complaints - A second veteran executive is leaving Nike Inc. in the wake of internal complaints about inappropriate workplace behavior at the sneaker and sportswear giant, according to people familiar with ... ow.ly/HB9p50gSYQO

What to Expect With Kudlow Heading Economic Council - Former TV commentator Lawrence Kudlow is well-suited to play the role of salesman for Trump’s economic agenda. ow.ly/W7YJ50gS6yU

To Lure Amazon, Cities Offer Perks but Unleash Unintended Demands - U.S. cities vying for Amazon’s second headquarters risk facing an unexpected consequence to victory: Other companies will demand the same hefty tax breaks conferred on the online reta... ow.ly/PsCn50gS6yT

Kudlow Accepts Post as White House Economic Adviser - Lawrence Kudlow, a conservative economic commentator whose career included jobs in the White House, Wall Street, and media, will become one of President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers. ow.ly/AZ9W50gRbMo

Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Charged With Fraud - The Securities and Exchange Commission said that it has charged Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes with fraud and forced the company’s founder to give up control of the company. ow.ly/1K6850gRbMn

Elderly in U.S. Are Projected to Outnumber Children for First Time - Americans over 65 years old will outnumber children in the U.S. by 2035, a first in the nation’s history, according to updated Census Bureau projections. ow.ly/Kp7350gQg9L

In U.S.-China Tech Rivalry, Whose Side Is Qualcomm On? - Qualcomm’s strategic value to the U.S. saved it from a hostile takeover, but the mobile-chip giant is now at the center of an escalating tech rivalry between its home country and its biggest mar... ow.ly/g9P050gQg9M

Trump Tariffs May Threaten U.S. Auto Jobs, European Executives Warn - Europe’s automotive chiefs are warning that if President Trump imposes prohibitive duties on imports, they could be forced to curb investment in their U.S. factories, threatening Am... ow.ly/cZI350gPleI

Why Blockchain Will Survive, Even If Bitcoin Doesn't - Forget bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies: Here’s how blockchain, the underlying technology, is actually going to change critical if unsexy functions in shipping, real estate and…diamonds. ow.ly/b0Tw50gOtGn