What VW diesel owners should know about payout and other top stories.

• What VW diesel owners should know about payout

  

  Loyal owners of Volkswagen diesel cars understandably felt betrayed when they learned the German automaker had rigged the testing process to bypass U.S. emissions standards. But many are having a change of heart after learning how much VW will pay them to turn in their cars. San Diego resident Mark Holthoff, a manager for a community site for used-car enthusiasts called Klipnik.com, was disappointed when he saw the value of his 2014 Volkswagen Golf TDI plummet 30 percent after the “dieselgate” ..

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• A Trump-Clinton Double Standard?

  

  Credit Illustration by Tom Bachtell Hillary Clinton was on her new campaign plane last Tuesday, talking to reporters about Donald Trump and his record: “the scams, the frauds, the questionable relationships.” His businesses had murky debts, and he hadn’t released his tax returns. There were reports that his personal foundation had violated the law by channelling a twenty-five-thousand-dollar campaign donation to Pam Bondi, the Florida attorney general, just as her office was decid..

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• Samsung tells consumers to stop using Galaxy Note 7

  

  Samsung Electronics on Saturday urged consumers to stop using Galaxy Note 7 smartphones immediately and exchange them as soon as possible, as more reports of the phones catching fire emerged even after the company's global recall. The call from the South Korean company, the world's largest smartphone maker, comes after U.S. authorities urged consumers to switch the Galaxy Note 7 off and not to use or charge it during a flight. Several airlines around the world asked travelers not switch on the..

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• Hanjin Collapse Is Triggering Short-Term Rate Spike, Maersk Says

  

  Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, is seeing a short-term rise in freight rates and an inflow of new clients after the collapse of Hanjin Shipping Co.“There’s no doubt that we’re seeing a reaction in the rate market,” Klaus Rud Sejling, the executive in charge of Maersk Line’s east-west network, said in a phone interview. “The question is, what will happen with the rates in the longer term. In the short term, the effect is positive, but there are many factors that can ..

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• Someone invented a $50 EpiPen — when will it arrive? A conversation with the doctor who invented it

  

  How much is a potentially lifesaving medicine worth? The question is easy to answer for number-crunching drug company CEOs: as much as they can get away with charging. But for people depend on the drugs to survive, the answer is more difficult. Patients struggle with ever-rising health care bills and insurance premiums while lawmakers have failed for years to reel in costs.The latest outrage over the astronomically high prices that Americans fork out for health care is centered on the EpiPen, t..

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• Libyan troops recapture key oil terminals from militia

  

  Libyan troops recapture key oil terminals from militia BENGHAZI, Libya -- Libyan officials say forces loyal to a powerful general have recaptured two key oil terminals from militias in a surprise attack. Forces led by Gen. Khalifa Hifter took over the Ras Lanuf and al-Sidra terminals on Libya's Mediterranean coast on Sunday and hope to seize a third terminal, al-Zueitina. The majority of Libya's oil exports went through the three terminals before a militia known as Petroleum Faci..

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• North Dakota Oil Pipeline Delays Could Hit Producers, Shippers

  

  With the U.S. government siding in favor of Native American protests against a key North Dakota pipeline, local oil producers and shippers are facing the possibility of greater delays in getting a quick route to ship oil to the Gulf of Mexico. On Friday, following ongoing protests from environmentalists and Native American tribes, the U.S. Justice Department asked operators of the Dakota Access pipeline to suspend construction along a 40-mile (64 km) stretch in North Dakota, just minutes after ..

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• Hyperbole Alert On The Street - Federal Reserve One Of The Best Central Banks, Not Worst

  

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