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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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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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Oil retreats on doubts OPEC cuts can ease glut

U.S. crude futures strengthened Monday before retreating in post-settlement trade as the market lost confidence OPEC cuts would be sufficient to reduce oversupply given increased U.S. drilling. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose early

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US homebuilder confidence holds steady in November

U.S. homebuilders' confidence in the housing market held steady this month, but many are worried that another fight over the federal budget could cause would-be buyers to put off home purchases.

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Nissan, dealers fined 6 million euros over antitrust practices in Spain

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish competition regulator CNMC said on Monday that Nissan's unit in the Iberian Peninsula and several of its autodealers had been fined 6 million euros ($6.69 million) over antitrust practices.

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GM asks judge to throw out ignition switch case over ‘fabricated’ key

General Motors Co on Monday asked a Texas judge to throw out a lawsuit over a fatal 2011 crash blamed on a faulty ignition switch, accusing plaintiffs and their lawyers of fabricating evidence about the vehicle’s key during the ongoing trial. According to a GM court filing, plaintiffs Zachary Stevens and his parents and their lawyers showed jurors in Harris…

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U.S. crude breaks below $40/bbl as oil slumps 4 percent on glut worry

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. crude tumbled below $40 per barrel for the first time since April as oil prices fell nearly 4 percent on Monday on heightened worries of an oil glut after a survey suggested OPEC output reached record highs last month.

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Alphabet profit sends shares up; overtakes Apple in value

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday, sending shares of Google's parent soaring in after-hours trading and making it the most valuable U.S. company ahead of rival Apple Inc.

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GM, Lyft announce $500 million investment by automaker and strategic alliance

By Steve Trousdale SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – General Motors Inc and Lyft Inc Monday announced an alliance to develop an on-demand network of autonomous vehicles as well as a $500 million investment by the automaker as part of a $1 billion fund-raising round by the ride-sharing service. The two companies said the partnership, which involves one of…

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Fidelity drops credit card partners American Express, Bank of America

By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) – Fidelity Investments said on Monday it is dropping long-time credit card partners American Express Co and Bank of America Corp , ending a 12-year partnership that has generated billions of dollars in fees. Boston-based Fidelity, which has 24 million customers, said its new partners will be U.S. Bancorp and

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