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E-cigarette use 'skyrocketing' among young Americans: report

The number of young Americans using e-cigarettes grew by 1.5 million in 2018, undermining years of progress in reducing youth smoking, health authorities said Monday. Some 3.6 million middle and high school students were current users of vaping products, up from 2.1 million the year before, according to the report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC said the number of current cigarette smokers and consumers

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Few tears shed by French workers after Macron's Alstom dream is blocked

After four decades on the production line at French trainmaker Alstom, Claude Gemino had little sympathy for Emmanuel Macron when Brussels scotched the French president’s hopes of creating a European rail champion. For Gemino and many co-workers at Alstom’s Belfort factory, Macron’s support for the blocked merger with Germany’s Siemens signaled a readiness to put shareholders ahead of jobs and protecting France’s fragile manufacturing sector.

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How to Set Up a Credit Fraud Alert in 3 Easy Steps

A fraud alert can prevent you from becoming a victim, and is easier to set up than you may think.Image source: Getty Images.

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Exclusive: Walmart, Google-backed Deliv end online grocery partnership

The world’s largest retailer began bolstering its partnerships with third-party courier firms to reach consumers in 100 U.S. cities last year, after failing to use Uber and Lyft to deliver groceries, and struggling in its attempt to use its own employees to deliver goods. Deliv, which was one of Walmart’s earliest partners with pilot programs in Miami and San Jose…

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Five takeaways from Trump's El Paso rally on border wall, shutdown talks

President Trump held his first rally of the year Monday, using the backdrop of El Paso, Texas, to make a case for his controversial border wall.

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Debenhams Gets Breathing Room With 40 Million-Pound Credit Deal

The company also announced an agreement with export and logistics company Li & Fung Ltd. on a sourcing partnership for Debenhams own-brand products. The deal “will help us anticipate and respond more quickly to trends and our customers’ preferences, as well as delivering better quality product,� Chief Executive Officer Sergio Bucher said in a statement Tuesday. Debenhams, laden

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Former Fed Chair Paul Volcker takes Trump to task on taxes, trade

“We have not been on a constructive track,â€� Volcker told Bridgewater co-chief investment officer Ray Dalio, in a podcast video released on Tuesday. “I think that’s fair to…

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The Global Iron Ore Crisis: What's Next in Four Charts

Since the initial incident in Brazil in late January, the top producer has announced supply cuts of as much as 70 million tons, although it’s said it will try to offset some lost production. The mainland has a very substantial ore-mining industry, but production has been hurt in recent years

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Exclusive: Russia expects to recover far less from 'bad bank' assets – sources

Russia will dramatically cut its estimate of the sum it expects to recover from a “bad bank” set up after the collapse of three major lenders, according to three sources familiar with new calculations being prepared for the central bank

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Banned Chinese billionaire calls Australia 'a giant baby'

A Chinese billionaire barred from Australia on suspicions he is part of a Communist Party influence campaign has lashed out at Canberra, calling it a “giant baby” that hasn’t found its place in international politics. Huang …

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