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May, Macron, Gentiloni push for quick removal of extremist online content

Leaders of France, Italy and the United Kingdom urged social media companies on Wednesday to more swiftly remove "terrorist content" from the internet, with the aim of stopping it from being uploaded in the first place. "The tech companies have made significant progress on this issue, but we need to go further and faster to reduce the time it takes to remove terrorist content online," British Prime Minister Theresa May said in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly of world leaders in New York. French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni later pushed in a separate event hosted by May for such content to be removed swiftly.


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Atlas Van Lines names new president

EVANSVILLE, IN – Atlas Van Lines announced a new president and chief operating officer (COO). The division of Atlas World Group named Joe Stackhouse to the role Tuesday. Stackhouse comes to Atlas with a 30-year background in the telecommunications industry, including senior leadership positions with AT&T, Comcast Corporation, and Charter Communications. He most recently served as the president and COO of American Utility Management in Chicago. ...Read the rest of this story

Instant View: Fed keeps rates steady, approves portfolio cuts in October

The Fed, as expected, also said it would begin in October to reduce its approximately $4.2 trillion in holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities by initially cutting up to $10 billion each month from the amount of maturing securities it reinvests. It kept the December rate hike on the table. “The US Federal Reserve has firmly signaled that a December rate rise is still on the table.


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