US election 2016: Battlegrounds targeted as polls tighten

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump fight for every vote as polls suggest a close White House race.

CBS Corp revenue rises 4.3 percent

Nov 3 (Reuters) - CBS Corp, owner of the
most-watched U.S. TV network, reported a 4.3 percent rise in
quarterly revenue, helped by increase in fees from
CBS-affiliated stations as well as growth from digital
distribution platforms.

BRIEF-Dorchester minerals reports qtrly net income per unit of $0.21

* Dorchester Minerals LP qtrly net income per common unit
$0.21

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Angela's Horst of troubles

THE next election for Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, is less than a year off, but as the country mercifully lacks America's interminable primary system, its campaign season is only now getting underway. The kick-off was a gathering on November 4th of Bavaria's centre-right party, the Christian Social Union (CSU). The party, led by the Bavarian premier, Horst Seehofer (pictured, right), hoped to appeal to conservatives with tough talk on immigration. But one figure was conspicuously absent. For the first time since 2000, the CSU did not invite Angela Merkel, the boss of the Christian Democrats (CDU) and Germany's chancellor.

The CDU is the CSU's national sister party, and the two back Mrs Merkel as a bloc in Bundestag elections. But since September 2015, when the chancellor opened Germany's borders to refugees, Mr Seehofer has become her most vexing critic. At the CSU's convention in November 2015, he harangued her for nearly 15 minutes with demands for a limit to the number of refugees Germany would accept, addressing her with the informal pronoun Continue reading

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The robo-advisory industry is about to peak, then fade away

As big players enter the fray, investors eventually will realize they're overpaying for a simple service, says Cullen Roche.