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U.S. automated trading proposal out of date: CFTC commissioner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Resistance to the chief U.S. derivatives regulator's proposal on automated trading is coming from within the leadership of the agency, with a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday saying it does not fit the current digital world.
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Abe: Japan's shrinking population not burden but incentive
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan's aging, shrinking population was not a burden, but an incentive to boost productivity through innovations like robots, wireless sensors and Artificial Intelligence.
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Canada police says schools closed in province after bomb threat
TORONTO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Canadian police said they closed all schools in the eastern province of Prince Edward Island after getting a threat that a bomb would detonate in a school there on Wednesday.
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European tech firms tiptoe back to IPO market
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A handful of European tech firms are testing the appetite for initial public offerings, taking their lead from a modest rebound in listings in the United States following a two-year slump.
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Rising demand for self-driving, greener cars to fuel Alten's growth
(Reuters) - France's Alten sees organic growth of 5 to 6 percent in 2016, slightly better than last year, as the consultancy firm benefits from rising demand for technology for autonomous driving and greener cars.
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Google launches Allo, bets on AI to spice up chats
(Reuters) - Google-parent Alphabet Inc
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'Clash of Clans' maker Supercell buys majority stake in next door start-up
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish mobile game maker Supercell said on Wednesday it has bought a 51 percent stake in a fellow Helsinki game start-up Frogmind in the first acquisition for the company behind hit game 'Clash Of Clans'.
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Discipline cases in Canada spy agency hit peak in 2015 -govt data
TORONTO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The number of disciplinary cases in Canada's main spy agency nearly quadrupled over six years to reach 26 in fiscal 2015, before dropping to 13 the following year, government data showed.
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BlackBerry to resell app from startup that found major Android bug
TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd has agreed to offer anti-hacking software from a startup that last year discovered a major Android bug, it said on Wednesday, as the once-dominant smartphone company seeks to leverage ties to corporate and government clients to boost its software revenue.
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Swiss voters likely to back new law on surveillance: survey
ZURICH (Reuters) - Voters in Switzerland on Sunday are likely to back a law extending the spy service's authority to monitor internet traffic, deploy drones and hack foreign computer systems to combat militant attacks, a survey shows.
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