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Clinton, congressional Benghazi panel at odds over appearance date

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Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign said on Saturday the former secretary of state will testify on Oct. 22 before a House committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attacks, but a spokesman for the panel said no date had been set. Republican Representative Trey Gowdy, chairman of the Benghazi investigation committee, had sought to hear from Clinton on the attacks, in which four Americans were killed, and her use of a private email account while she was America's top diplomat.

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Under fire from U.S. group, Alibaba says fighting counterfeit goods

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By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said it had a range of measures to fight counterfeits on its websites – remarks that come after a trade group requested U.S. government help in prodding the Chinese e-commerce giant into action against fake goods. In the latest flare up over the issue, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) said in an April 8 letter to U.S

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Amazon, HarperCollins reach multi-year publishing deal: WSJ

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(Reuters) – E-commerce company Amazon.com Inc and publisher HarperCollins have reached a new multi-year publishing deal that covers both print and digital titles, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing HarperCollins. The deal calls for HarperCollins, owned by News Corp, to set the retail prices of its digital books, with incentives for HarperCollins to provide lower prices to consumers, the Journal said, citing a person familiar with the matter.

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U.S. says inaction on online piracy risks public safety

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By Krista Hughes WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trade office on Thursday urged a crackdown on website name registrars who fail to take action against sellers of illegal goods such as counterfeit medicines and warned that turning a blind eye puts public safety at risk. The U.S

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U.S. third bitcoin auction spurs more demand with 34 bids

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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S.

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U.S. has raised concerns with China about new cyber rules: official

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The Obama administration sees planned new cybersecurity rules in China as a “major barrier” to trade and has raised concerns with Beijing at the highest level, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. Deputy U.S.

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China to go after fraud on online dating sites: Xinhua

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Internet regulator will target fraud on dating websites and other online match-making sites, state news agency Xinhua reported. “Fraud on dating websites has become a public nuisance to millions of users, especially young people, who use such services,” Xinhua cited a statement from the Cyberspace Administration of China as saying, in a report released late on Thursday.

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U.S. tech groups ask White House for help with China policies

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Twitter: net user additions in line with rate in each of first three quarters of 2014

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Twitter on Thursday said that the absolute number of net user additions in the first quarter was on track to equal the rate in each of the first three quarters of 2014.