You’re in the market for a new car, and you’ve done the math: you can spend around $25,000. Now how do you figure out what to buy? Our friends at Autoblog compiled a list of the best cars in that price range.

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With Donald Trump’s former lawyer turning on him and reports that prosecutors want to speak with his financial chief, federal investigators appear to be delving increasingly into the president’s business interests -- an area he has sought to keep off-limits. The Trump Organization is being put under the microscope as Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen signals a willingness to cooperate with U.S. prosecutors in New York. The FBI seized his emails and audio files, including at least a dozen with audio of Trump or of Cohen talking about Trump.

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Follow Amazon's stock price in real-time here. A much-overlooked bit in Amazon's earnings press release on Thursday — in which Amazon said "we want customers to be able to use Alexa wherever they are" — has one Macquarie analyst speculating that the e-commerce giant could be planning another foray into phones. "We suspect, though this is admittedly speculation, that Amazon will have to re-enter the phone market either directly or indirectly in order to drive Alexa adoption," Benjamin Schachter, the bank's technology analyst, said in a note to clients Friday following Amazon's record-breaking earnings report.

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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer explains how he started out as an assistant to Bill Gates in a new interview on "The David Rubenstein Show."

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These four major stories are more important to the biotech's future than its CEO leaving unexpectedly.

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The claims against Moonves involve incidents that go back, in part, more than 20 years, the Hollywood Reporter said earlier on Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the matter and the New Yorker magazine story who it did not identify. "Upon the conclusion of that investigation, which involves recently reported allegations that go back several decades, the board will promptly review the findings and take appropriate action," CBS said in a statement. Moonves and the New Yorker did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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British American Tobacco (BATS.L) plans to test its new Eclipse tobacco heating device in the United States this year, allowing it to pull ahead of Philip Morris (PM.N) in the world's biggest vaping market. Its shares rose 5 percent as BAT, the world's second-biggest international tobacco company by revenue, also reported better-than-expected first-half profit, helped by its recent takeover of Reynolds American. BAT said it received a "substantial equivalence" clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an improved version of its carbon-tipped tobacco heating product called Eclipse, a major regulatory hurdle that clears the way for a market launch.

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China's market regulator said it still hoped to find a solution to antitrust concerns that doomed Qualcomm Inc's (QCOM.O) $44 billion (£33.57 billion) takeover of NXP Semiconductors (NXPI.O), after finding that proposals to address the issue had fallen short. U.S.-based Qualcomm abandoned on Thursday what would have been the world's biggest ever semiconductor sector takeover after a deadline the companies set passed without the deal winning China's approval. China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said in a statement on Friday that proposals put forth by the firms to resolve Chinese antitrust concerns were insufficient, but it hoped to continue communicating with Qualcomm.

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This week US airlines changed their descriptions of Taiwan to meet a July 25 deadline imposed by China. The carriers dropped the word "Taiwan" from destinations on the self-ruled island. Despite the White House calling China's demands "Orwellian," dozens of airlines around the world have complied.

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Facebook Inc (FB.O) and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg were sued on Friday in what could be the first of many lawsuits over a disappointing earnings announcement by the social media company that wiped out about $120 billion of shareholder wealth. The complaint filed by shareholder James Kacouris in Manhattan federal court accused Facebook, Zuckerberg and Chief Financial Officer David Wehner of making misleading statements about or failing to disclose slowing revenue growth, falling operating margins, and declines in active users.

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Americans feel the Trump tax cuts favor businesses and the wealthy. New federal revenue numbers suggest they're right.

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Swiss drugmaker Roche (ROG.S) on Thursday outshone crosstown rival Novartis (NOVN.S) by boosting its 2018 sales outlook, helped by new medicines in a year when many feared patent expirations and cheaper copies would put growth at risk. Roche first-half sales rose 7 percent in constant currencies, topping the 5 percent rise Novartis reported last week. Its shares were 3 percent up by 0710 GMT, outperforming Novartis' 0.3 percent rise.

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JetBlue Airways Corp.’s pilots approved the first labor contract in the carrier’s history. The four-year pact was approved by 74 percent of those voting, with 98 percent of eligible pilots participating, the Air Line Pilots Association said in a statement Friday. Pilots also gained better vacation and disability benefits, the union said.

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Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger shared the ideology that has helped him achieve success in life at a USC Law commencement.

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Serious question marks emerge in Europe as Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Trump's agreement delays trade war between the EU and the US.

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Walt Disney Co.’s nearly yearlong quest to acquire the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox Inc. is nearly over. In a pair of meetings in New York on Friday, both sets of shareholders are expected to overwhelmingly approve the $71 billion deal, which will deliver the 20th Century Fox studio and other properties to Disney. With the deal, Disney inherits Fox’s 39 percent stake in Sky Plc and will have to decide whether to bid for the whole company or let Comcast Corp. take over.

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As an owner of golf courses, President Donald Trump needs to keep his fairways in good condition. "I bought a lot of John Deere equipment, millions and millions and millions of dollars worth of John Deere equipment, one of their bigger customers they tell me," Trump said during a roundtable discussion at Northeast Iowa Community College, just outside of Dubuque.

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The chip titan beat analyst expectations in the second quarter and painted some more ambitious guidance for the full year, but investors focused on slow manufacturing improvements.

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President Donald Trump had relationships with three more women who were paid "hush money" before the election, including one who says he got her pregnant, according to their attorney, Michael Avenatti. The payments were made in 2015 and 2016, Avenatti said Friday in an email confirming his new clients. “Three additional women,” Avenatti said in a tweet Friday.

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