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President Donald Trump unexpectedly fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday. Not even Comey saw it coming. He reportedly found out, like many other people, via headlines on television.

Even Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater, weighed in. "Heroes typically get crucified or martyred in the end," he said.

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fleet of Democratic senators called on the SEC and others to investigate Carl Icahn for "possible insider trading."

A 233-year-old Wall Street giant has developed an army of robots. Jesse Eisenberg will star in a film about the traders that have been vilified on Wall Street. The equity chief at one of Wall Street's biggest firms shared his best piece of investing advice.

A nightmare scenario is beginning for Ford and General Motors. Abercrombie is putting itself up for sale. And t

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Elsewhere in tech news:

  • Apple just became the first company in the US to cross $800 billion in market capitalization
  • Apple just bought a company that tracks your sleep
  • APPLE EXPERT: "Transportation is Apple's future"
  • One of the biggest questions ahead of Snap's first earnings call is whether its CEO will show up
  • Yelp crashes 28% after missing on revenue and slashing guidance
  • Disney beats on earnings, misses on revenue amid weakness at ESPN
  • ELON MUSK: Tesla is beginning solar roof orders today

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