global stocks. asia closed lower. europe opened down, but just turned up a bit here. dick s sporting goods expects to lose customers over the new gun policy, but it is still moving ahead. after the parkland shooting, dick s stopped selling assault-style rifles and raised the age of sale. the decision received support from some customers, but the ceo warned on an earnings call it could also hurt foot traffic and sales, adding it was just too early to measure the impact. dick s shares fell 2% following the call. google is banning all cryptocurrency ads. cryptocurrency is digital money with no backing by a central bank. the meteoric rise of bitcoin has inspired scammers to use ads to promote fake cryptocurrency schemes. google removed more than 130 million such ads last year. google s new policy follows facebook. it also blocked all cryptocurrency ads in january. and john oliver did a funny takedown of cryptocurrencies. he says it s the worst combination for people. everything you don
let s check cnn money this morning. two of the biggest free trade advocates in the white house gone. wall street doesn t like it. last week gary cohn resigned as economic adviser. now rex tillerson is out as secretary of state. his firing sent all major stock averages lower. wall street opened higher after consumer price data calm eed inflation fears. politico reported the president wants new tariffs on billions of dollars of chinese imports, setting the tone for global stocks. asia closed lower. europe and u.s. futures just turned higher, so watch this space. dick s sporting goods expects to lose customers over the new gun policy but is forging ahead. after the parkland shooting, dick s stopped selling assault-style rifles and raised the age of sale. that received support from some, but an earnings call showed it s too early to measure the impact. shares fell 2% following the call. google is banning
afghan president hamid karzai slamming the u.s. for its role in his nation s 12-year-old war. he tells the washington post the common cause the u.s. shared with his country has deteriorated because of civilian casualties. he insists u.s. forces should have focused more on hitting taliban havens in pakistan, less focus on afghan villages. karzai has refused to sign a security pact with washington that would keep some u.s. troops in his country beyond 2014. a show of might from north korea, firing two short-range missiles into the sea on monday after similar rocket launches last week, part of a now yearly routine with the south koreans as they carry out joint military exercises with the u.s. the annual drills began last week and were immediately condemned by the north as preparations for war. the north korean missiles had been identified as scuds with the capability of reaching japan. all right, political and economic instability in ukraine, increased tension between russia and the
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