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Trump administration says no U.S. trading partners manipulate currency

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Trump administration says no U.S. trading partners manipulate currency

Trump administration says no U.S. trading partners manipulate currencyBy David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration declined to name any major trading partner as a currency manipulator in a highly anticipated report on Friday, backing away from a key Trump campaign promise to slap such a label on China. The semi-annual U.S. Treasury currency report did, however, keep China on a currency "monitoring list" despite a lower global current account surplus, citing China's unusually large, bilateral trade surplus with the United States.


Hacked files suggest NSA penetrated SWIFT, Mideast banks

Hacked files suggest NSA penetrated SWIFT, Mideast banksFiles released by the mysterious hacker Shadow Brokers suggested Friday the US National Security Agency had penetrated the SWIFT banking network and monitored a number of Middle East banks. The files, according to computer security analysts, also showed the NSA had found and exploited numerous vulnerabilities in a range of Microsoft Windows products widely used on computers around the world. Analysts generally accepted the files, which show someone exploiting so-called "zero-day" or hitherto unknown vulnerabilities in common software and hardware, came from the NSA.


Former Contestant on 'The Voice' Left With Hole in Face After Spider Bite

Former Contestant on 'The Voice' Left With Hole in Face After Spider BiteMeghan Linsey was bitten by a brown recluse spider.


The iPhone of cars? Apple enters self-driving car race

The iPhone of cars? Apple enters self-driving car raceSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is joining the fiercely competitive race to design self-driving cars, raising the possibility that a company that has already re-shaped culture with its iPhone may try to transform transportation, too.


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