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• Tilray, one of Canada's largest cannabis companies, surged on Thursday after the company announced it had received regulatory clearance to export flower products to Germany. 
• The company is poised to become the first to sell both flower and oil products in Germany. 
• Tilray has soared over 500% since it went public in July. Other marijuana stocks have also seen big price gains. 
• Watch Tilray trade in real time here.

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• At a time when big tech cofounders are increasingly stepping into the spotlight, Google cofounder Larry Page has faded from public view.
• He is increasingly taking less and less interest in Google's day-to-day and spending more time secluded on his private Caribbean island, Bloomberg reports.
• Page is still active in the tech world but devotes his time to futuristic projects, such as investing in flying taxi firms.
• Larry Page declined... Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump appeared to raise the level of alarm over the coming Hurricane Florence on Twitter on Thursday by saying the storm had grown "even larger and more powerful."
• But the storm had been downgraded 2 categories since Wednesday.
• Though the storm has expanded in area and still poses a serious threat of flooding, its windspeeds have reduced.
• Trump prides himself on his administration's response to hurricanes, despite 2,975 dying from storms Puerto Rico in 2017. Читать дальше...

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• Kroger beat on profits but missed on sales.
• The grocer reiterated its full-year guidance.
• Shares dropped more than 7% ahead of Thursday's opening bell. 
• Watch Kroger trade in real-time here.

Kroger shares plunged more than 7% ahead of Thursday's opening bell after missing Wall Street's sales forecast.

The grocer posted revenue of $27.9 billion, missing the $28.6 billion that was expected by Wall Street analysts, according to Bloomberg data. Читать дальше...

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The US smart home market has still yet to meet the expectations many observers had in the early part of this decade.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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Naomi Osaka steht Berichten zufolge kurz vor dem größten Deal, den Adidas jemals mit einer Athletin geschlossen hat. Am Samstag besiegte die 20-jährige Osaka Tennisstar Serena Williams im Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York und gewann damit die US-Open sowie ihren ersten Grand-Slam-Titel. Zusätzlich erhielt sie ein Preisgeld in Höhe von 3,8 Millionen US-Dollar. 

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• European Central Bank leaves monetary policy entirely unchanged at the September meeting of its governing council.
• Base deposit rate stays at -0.4%, and will remain there until at least next summer, the ECB said.
• It continues to expect to end its quantitative easing programme by the end of 2018.

The European Central Bank left its monetary policy entirely unchanged at the September meeting of its governing council on Thursday, as had been expected. Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump has responded to JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, who said he could beat Trump in an election.
• Dimon said yesterday that he is smarter and as tough as Trump, as well as being self-made rather than having inherited wealth.
• Dimon quickly walked the comments back and said he was wrong about beating Trump.
• Trump pounced on him and said he didn't have the "smarts" to win an election, and also that he is a poor public speaker. Читать дальше...

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• Morgan Stanley is diving deeper into the world of cryptocurrencies and is planning to offer trading of a new product tied to bitcoin, according to a Bloomberg News report. 
• The new bitcoin swaps at Morgan Stanley would represent the latest move by a Wall Street bank in the crypto space. 
• Watch bitcoin trade in real time here.

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Viele Jahre nach der Nuklearkatastrophe in Fukushima ist das Ausmaß noch immer spürbar. Die radioaktive Kontamination von Luft und Boden durch den Reaktorunfall hat bis heute schwerwiegende Folgen für Pflanzen, Menschen und Tiere.

Es gibt viele Möglichkeiten, wie es mit der Erde zu Ende gehen könnte. Beispielsweise könnten wir in einen anderen Planeten krachen, von einem schwarzen Loch geschluckt oder von Asteroiden erschlagen werden. Allerdings können wir nicht sagen, wann oder ob eines dieser Szenarien auch tatsächlich eintreffen wird.

Schon im sehr jungen Alter haben viele Menschen mit Übergewicht zu kämpfen. Jeder fünfte Kind in Deutschland gilt als übergewichtig. 

Nach langem hin- und her ist die Fusion der beiden größten deutschen Kaufhäuser, Galeria Kaufhof und Karstadt, seit diesem Dienstag offiziell. Die neue Holding soll europaweit 243 Standorte haben und insgesamt rund 32.000 Mitarbeiter beschäftigen. Dies teilten der österreichische Karstadt-Eigentümer Signa und der Kaufhof-Besitzer Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) aus Kanada am Dienstag mit.

• Turkey's central bank raised the interest rate from 17.75% to 24% on Thursday, beating market forecasts.
• Earlier in the day, Turkish President Erdogan stoked fears that the central bank's independence could be under threat by calling for low interest rates.
• The lira is surging against the dollar as a result, with a swing of 4% from negative to positive.

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Apple-Fans haben sehnsüchtig gewartet — und dürften doch am Ende aber mal wieder mit vielen Fragezeichen auf die Präsentation der neuen iPhones zurückblicken. Zwar gibt es mit dem XS, XS Max und XR drei neue Modelle auf dem Markt und sicher werden sie sich auch wieder erfolgreich verkaufen. Aber doch fehlt bei Apples Smartphones der Hauch Überraschung.

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• Serena Williams is being attacked by an Australian newspaper.
• The American tennis player recently lost the 2018 US Open women's final to Naomi Osaka, after getting slapped with three code violations.
• These violations were criticised, perhaps fairly, by The Herald Sun.
• But the paper has continued a mean-spirited crusade against Williams. It has lampooned her in a vulgar cartoon, and a headline in a conservative columnist's article claimed she "is... Читать дальше...

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• Mark Wahlberg shared the full details of his daily routine with his Instagram followers.
• He said he wakes up at 2.30 a.m. and goes to bed at 7.30 p.m.
• His day involves two workouts, lots of snacks and meals, and a cryotherapy session.
• However, there are a few discrepancies in his schedule.

From Elon Musk's ability to plan his day in five-minute slots to Richard Branson's habit of powering through emails "before most of... Читать дальше...

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• Mark Zuckerberg published a long Facebook post on Thursday entitled "Preparing for Elections", two months before the US midterm elections.
• Zuckerberg outlined the challenges Facebook faces in trying to combat election interference, and highlighted the areas it is targeting to prevent it.
• He wrote that Facebook will not be able to fight bad actors alone, it will always need help from third parties such as governments, other tech companies, and journalists.

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A new round of trade talks between the US and China is coming. "I guarantee nothing," Larry Kudlow, who heads the White House Economic Council, told reports, Reuters says.

Hurricane Florence weakens, but 'life-threatening' storm surges and flooding remain likely.  Hurricane Florence was downgrade to a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of up to 110 miles per hour; however, storm surge of between nine and 15 feet is still expected along parts... Читать дальше...

Dieses Produkt aus der „Höhle der Löwen“ ist schon nach wenigen Tagen zum Mega-Hit geworden. In der Folge vom vergangenen Dienstag präsentierte Rudolf Wild aus Baunach seine „Ruwi Multiharke“,  eine „4 in 1“-Multifunktionsharke für den Garten. Sein Ziel: Ein Investment von 80.000 Euro für 30 Prozent der Anteile an seinem Unternehmen. Sein Auftritt war ein voller Erfolg. Investor Ralf Dümmel machte mit Wild den Deal. Und die Harke scheint besonders begehrt zu sein. 

Dieses Produkt aus der „Höhle der Löwen“ ist schon nach wenigen Tagen zum Mega-Hit geworden. In der Folge vom vergangenen Dienstag präsentierte Rudolf Wild aus Baunach seine „Ruwi Multiharke“,  eine „4 in 1“-Multifunktionsharke für den Garten. Sein Ziel: Ein Investment von 80.000 Euro für 30 Prozent der Anteile an seinem Unternehmen. Sein Auftritt war ein voller Erfolg. Investor Ralf Dümmel machte mit Wild den Deal. Und die Harke scheint besonders begehrt zu sein. 

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• Turkish President Recep Erdogan on Thursday said interest rates are a "tool of exploitation" and called for low interest rates.
• The Turkish central bank makes an interest rate decision today. It is meant to be independent but has been coming under increasing pressure from Erdogan.
• Analysts say Turkey needs to raise interest rates to combat inflation, which is running at 16%.
• Erdogan's comments sent the Turkish lira down by as much as 3% against the US dollar. Читать дальше...

In einem am Mittwoch veröffentlichten Tweet warnt der deutsche Astronaut Alexander Gerst die US-Bürger vor Hurrikan Florence.