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American heroes don’t need Trump’s garden

On his way out the door, ex-President Donald Trump issued an executive order expanding on his earlier call for the creation of a “Garden of American Heroes.” The context is that recent events have supposedly shown that the US no longer believes in its own greatness and has mocked its own history and heritage, and so this new tonic is ...

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Is being iPhone supplier a blessing?

Becoming an iPhone supplier these days isn’t quite the blessing it once was. Stagnating smartphone sales mean companies can’t just hitch themselves to Apple’s mast and hang on for the ride. So it’s fair enough that Lumentum Holdings Inc, a maker of laser components used in the 3-D sensors of Apple Inc’s Face ID, is seeking alternative ways to grow. ...

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Italy has problems that money can’t solve

For the past year and a half, European Union leaders must have hoped that Italy’s political troubles were only a distant memory. The ongoing showdown between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and former premier Matteo Renzi shows that the lack of a stable and effective government in Rome remains one of Europe’s biggest challenges. Conte only managed to scrape through a ...

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