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Executives and creators for Fox TV, including Ryan Murphy, the man behind “American Horror Story” and “Glee,” are weighing their futures if the Disney deal goes through.

The streaming music giant filed a confidential registration with the S.E.C. in late December, with the intention of listing its shares in the first quarter of the year.

Both countries have floated plans to create homegrown virtual currencies that would put them outside the global financial and banking system.

Taking Stock of a Very Weird Year in Markets Rarely have investors had such consistent, steady gains. That bodes well for the future. Bloomberg, January 3, 2018, 11:32 AM EST     Last year was just plain weird. I am not referring to politics, although that certainly was one for the ages. Rather, I mean the technical state of… Read More The post 2017 Was a Technically Unusual Year appeared first on The Big Picture.

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