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Wall Street slips after soft GDP data, earnings
U.S. stocks edged lower for a second consecutive session on Friday as some underwhelming corporate earnings and gross domestic product data offset recent enthusiasm over policy actions by President Donald Trump. The stock was the biggest drag on the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average indexes.
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Wallonia premier says region not opposed to EU-Canada free trade deal
Wallonia premier Paul Magnette said the Belgian region was not opposed to a planned EU-Canada free trade deal in itself but that an arbitration scheme needed to be dropped and public services protected. All 28 EU governments support the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) but Belgium cannot give assent without backing from five sub-federal…