American Farmers Brace for Trade War Pain

Report American Farmers Brace for Trade War Pain The U.S. agricultural sector remains highly vulnerable to retaliation. By Christina Lu, an energy and environment reporter at Foreign Policy. Greg Porth harvests soybeans on October 2, 2013 near Worthington, Minnesota. Greg Porth harvests soybeans on October 2, 2013 near Worthington, Minnesota. Scott Olson/Getty Images Economics United…

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Breaking down the Big Ten title race, Purdue’s struggles and Coach of the Year picks

John Fanta College Basketball Broadcaster and Reporter Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer <!–> There are less than two weeks remaining in the college basketball regular season and plenty of must-see games ahead that will help shape conference-title races. All eyes will be on Purdue’s matchup against UCLA at 8 p.m. ET Friday…

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Palantir’s ‘revolving door’ with government spurs huge growth

Palantir is profiting from a “revolving door” of executives and officials passing between the $264bn data intelligence company and high level positions in Washington and Westminster, creating an influence network who have guided its extraordinary growth.The US group, whose billionaire chair Peter Thiel has been a key backer of Donald Trump, has enjoyed an astonishing…

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