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name: In an email to Reuters, Callamard said the inquiry was being conducted at her request and that she would be accompanied by three experts, who have forensic expertise among other skills, according to The Guardian. She declined to name the experts for now. Agnes Callamard, the special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said she would evaluate the circumstances of the crime and the nature and the extent of states' and individuals' responsibilities for the killing . She will report on the findings from her five-day visit to the UN human rights council in June. Earlier on Thursday, the Turkish foreign minister, Mevl t avu o lu, said it was time for an international investigation and that the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdo an, had ordered preparations to be made. Riyadh has sent a large-scale ministerial delegation, which has expressed sorrow at Khashoggi's death while at the Swiss resort. The development came as western businesses moved towards normalising relations with Saudi Arabia at the World Economic Forum in Davos. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

move: Although short on details, the announcement signals that Washington is willing to go beyond traditional diplomatic measures and will seek to drain cash from Maduro's government, which is already struggling under an unprecedented economic meltdown, according to Nine News Australia. Such a move would significantly strengthen the hand of Guaido, who swore himself in as interim head of state on Wednesday with the support of Washington and nations around the region. To improve your experience update it here News WorldUS seeks to cut money supply to Maduro By AAP2 22pm Jan 25, 2019Facebook Tweet Mail The US is seeking to ensure Venezuelan oil revenue goes to opposition leader and self-declared interim president Juan Guaido, and to cut off money from isolated President Nicolas Maduro, a top US official says. What we're focusing on today is disconnecting the illegitimate Maduro regime from the sources of his revenues, national security advisor John Bolton told reporters at the White House. Bolton added that the process was very complicated and that officials were still studying how this would function. We think consistent with our recognition of Juan Guaido as the constitutional interim president of Venezuela that those revenues should go to the legitimate government. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

end: For the past two weeks, ever since Maduro took the oath for a second six-year term in the face of widespread international condemnation, the newly invigorated opposition had been preparing for nationwide demonstrations coinciding with the anniversary marking the end of Venezuela's last military dictatorship in 1958, according to Nine News Australia. While Maduro has shown no signs of leaving, his main rival, National Assembly President Juan Guaido, upped the ante by declaring himself interim president before masses of anti-government demonstrators the only way, he said, to rescue Venezuela from leader Juan Guaido declared himself Venezuela's interim president. To improve your experience update it here News World Opposition leader claims Venezuela presidency amid violent street protests By CNN11 36am Jan 24, crisis quickly escalated as an opposition leader backed by the Trump administration declared himself interim president in a direct challenge to embattled socialist Nicolas Maduro, who retaliated by breaking off relations with the United States, his biggest trade partner. AP Outside the capital, seven demonstrators were killed amid disturbances during protests that rocked several cities. AP In a seemingly coordinated action, the US led a chorus of Western hemisphere nations, including Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, that immediately recognized Guaido, with President Donald Trump calling on Maduro to resign and promising to use the full weight of the U.S. economic and diplomatic power to push for the restoration of Venezuela's democracy. Opponents demonstrate against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

michael: That's the concern of Ports Australia CEO Michael Gallacher, according to Nine News Australia. A few generations ago we had over a hundred vessels sadly now we've got less than a dozen, he told 9News. To improve your experience update it here News National An island without boats Australia's looming shipping problem By 9News Staff7 02pm Jan 24, may be surrounded by water, but when it comes to imports and exports we are at the mercy of foreign fleets. We very much are restricted to a lot of the ships coming out of Asia, particularly Chinese based. AAP While China owns more than 5000 vessels, Greece 4199, Japan 3901 and Germany 3090, Australia has just 47 bulk carriers. The absence of Australian-owned cargo ships is troubling the Labor Party. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

moscow skyscraper: The cuts will affect Buzz Feed's news operations, which had largely been insulated from previous rounds of redundancies, according to The Guardian. Earlier this week the site published a bombshell report claiming President Trump ordered his personal lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the construction of a Moscow skyscraper and last year made the shortlist for a Pulitzer award. Jonah Peretti, Buzz Feed's founder, said about 200 staff would be leaving, while in a separate announcement Verizon Media Group the owner of Huff Post, Yahoo, and AOL said it would sack about 800 employees. It is unclear whether the Buzz Feed cuts will affect the UK arm of the company, which was founded in 2013, and laid off a third of its editorial staff in cuts last year. Peretti told Buzz Feed staff in an email that revenue was growing but it now needed to cut costs to secure its financial future, with the aim of never having to raise outside funding again. The UK editor-in-chief, Janine Gibson, left the company at the end of last week. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

taxes regulations: Foreign direct investment to the United States fell in 2018, and companies gathered at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps this year say they are worried Trump's trade war with China will dampen the global economy and business investments even further. ; One key complaint here this week is that companies increasingly reliant on consumers in China have had to lower their earnings outlooks as the world's second-largest economy cools, according to The Japan Times. And while the U.S. administration has cut taxes and regulations to attract new investment, a wave of caution is rippling through many industries in the United States. It hasn't quite turned out that way. The trade war has been very damaging for the U.S. agricultural economy, said David Mac Lennan, chief executive of U.S. food and agricultural giant Cargill Inc, which announced worse-than-expected results out of China earlier in January. Foreign investment in the United States, which includes cross-border mergers and acquisitions and intra-company loans, fell about 18 percent in 2018 from the prior year, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD . That is close to the 19 percent year-on-year drop in foreign investment globally. The longer this goes on, the worse it is, he said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

month: The group, which has formed a detainee review panel, had sent an official request to the Saudi ambassador to the UK, Prince Mohammed bin Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz, at the beginning of this month to obtain first hand testimony from 10 women who are being held in a number of jails in the country, according to The Independent. ISOCountry Groups euro at be cy ee fi fr de gr ie it lv lt lu mc mt nl pt sk si sm es va uk gb us us variants 1 33.4, 2 33.3, 3 33.3 Join Independent Minds For exclusive articles, events and an advertising-free read for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial Get the best of The Independent With an Independent Minds subscription for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial Get the best of The Independent Without the ads for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial If there is no positive response by 29 January, they say, then a report will be published soon afterwards with details of allegations of mistreatment. Refusal by the kingdom to allow the visit to take place will result, they warn, in the publication of a damning report from accounts compiled by human rights organisations and activists who have accused the Saudi authorities of abuse against the detainees ranging from water-boarding to sexual assault. Failure to cooperate with the investigation would be a clear indication, say activists, of an admission of culpability by the Saudi authorities. Watch more If we want female activists freed, we have to work with Saudi Arabia Speaking at a meeting in the Houses of Parliament, three members of the panel, the Conservative MP Crispin Blunt, former chair of the foreign affairs select committee; Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran; and Paul Williams, the Labour member of the health and social care committee, wanted to stress that they were prepared to keep an open mind and listen to the Saudi government's case on the issue. The Saudi government has repeatedly denied the claims of mistreatment of the detainees. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

month: ISOCountry Groups euro at be cy ee fi fr de gr ie it lv lt lu mc mt nl pt sk si sm es va uk gb us us variants 1 33.4, 2 33.3, 3 33.3 Join Independent Minds For exclusive articles, events and an advertising-free read for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial Get the best of The Independent With an Independent Minds subscription for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial Get the best of The Independent Without the ads for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial After confirming he was from the mechanic shop she frequents, the man then said I couldn't help but to let you know, at which point the woman responds with a lengthy text message explaining why it is a teachable moment for the employee, according to The Independent. In addition to calling the compliment completely unnecessary and unsolicited, the woman informs the man of the inappropriateness of his actions considering he is a service provider and she is a customer. Screenshots of the exchange were shared to the Instagram account Girl Boss and on Twitter by the woman's sister, where she wrote My sister got creeped on and sexually harassed by a Jiffy Lube guy via text from his personal phone and The conversation begins with the man, who found the customer's number in her file at Jiffy Lube, writing You are gorgeous before identifying himself as your favourite oil change guy. Created with Sketch. Created with Sketch. The best, worst, and most unusual dating sites Show all 18 Created with Sketch. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

stock: How can burying our heads in the sand be a good idea But the stock market's recent correction or bear market, depending on which benchmark you focus on is likely to cause you to react in self-destructive ways, according to Market Watch. Unless you can change your psyche, which is unlikely, it's not a bad idea to just not look. That seems like an odd thing to say, since retirees' livelihoods are crucially dependent on the financial markets. Or, if you do look, to do so with your hands tied behind your back. In fact, the stock market in 2018 experienced its first loss since 2008, in the middle of the Great Recession. Consider how the stock market performed in 2018 The S&P 500 SPX, 0.85% fell by 4.6% after adding dividends back in after nine straight years of gains the last two of which were in the double digits. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

trade war: For instance, the US government bond market is a good place to invest, according to Global Times China. Therefore, China is unlikely to sharply reduce its holdings or investment in US government securities. Fang Xinghai, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland that as a savings surplus country, China needs to make investments in overseas markets. Fang's remarks came as China and the US work to strike a deal to end a trade war that started in 2018 and inflicted losses on both sides. It is undeniable that China's holdings of US debt fell continuously last year. Since the initiation of the trade war, there has been speculation that China might cut its massive holdings of US Treasury securities as part of its retaliation against US tariffs, and global investors have been watching closely for any clues in this regard. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

singh: DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS I'd say, OK, let me check with my wife.' I'd get back a day later and the place would be gone, Singh said, according to The Toronto Star. The market's really hard out here. Jagmeet Singh began calling landlords last year as he prepared to move across the country from Brampton, Ont., to run in a byelection in Burnaby South.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is proposing to build 500,000 new affordable units over the next decade. If it's hard for me, I can only imagine how hard it is for so many people. In Burnaby, renters have been kicked out of older apartments to make way for luxury condos, and sky-high prices are shutting millennials out of the market. Housing is shaping up to be a defining issue in the byelection, set for Feb. 25, and in the federal election later this year. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

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wine: And I've awarded it 96 points the highest score I've given a wine under 10, according to The Toronto Star. It's the kind of wine you put on the table and want to keep refilling your glass with all night long. It's a 7.95 wonder called Toro Bravo from Spain that delivers incredible value for money not just because it tastes good it does but because it drinks well. It's not the fruit bomb you usually get at this price point. Here's how it happened. It took the agent two years of steady work to bring it to Ontario, but it's a testament to the idea that yes, good wine produced inexpensively abroad can arrive in this market without an extravagant mark-up. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

shane: One leading economist signalled there was even worse to come for Sydney and Melbourne, according to The Guardian. Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP, revised his forecast for prices in the big two cities and now thinks they could fall 25%, citing the plunging auction clearance rate and accelerated price falls late last year. The latest report from Domain Group for the fourth quarter of 2018 has revealed Australia's housing market has continued to slow, with national prices recording the steepest annual fall in 15 years while Sydney house prices are back to mid-2016 levels. But while the continued downward trend in the harbour city's overheated housing market will give hope to first-home buyers, the median house price in Sydney remains above the 1m mark first set in 2015. It's only the second time since Domain began keeping records in 1993 that prices in the city have fallen for four consecutive quarters. Prices in Sydney have now fallen by 11.4% since their peak in mid-2017. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

visor-style sunglasses: Along with what the fashion industry paper-of-record cited as multiple sources, she was snapped in a tease A pair of oversized, visor-style sunglasses with the name Fenty stamped prominently in gold on the side, according to The Toronto Star. Fans went straight to speculation and jubilation. Women's Wear Daily ran a front-page scoop last week detailing rumours that Rihanna is knee-deep in negotiations with LVMH to produce a designer-level fashion label under her name. There has yet to be public confirmation from LVMH, the Paris-based multinational conglomerate that controls a slew of top heritage fashion brands from Louis Vuitton and Dior to Givenchy, Fendi, and Celine. Women's Wear Daily ran a front-page scoop last week detailing rumours that Rihanna is knee-deep in negotiations with LVMH to produce a designer-level fashion label under her name. These exist alongside a stable of aspirational luxury brands in the categories of fine wines and liquors including Mo t Hennessy beauty and perfume, as well as international duty-free outlets, and the beauty behemoth Sephora. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

africa aids: Capitalism is not immoral it's amoral, according to The Independent. It requires our instruction, Bono said, adding Capitalism has taken more people out of poverty than any other ism'. But it is a wild beast that, if not tamed, can chew up a lot of people along the way. The social activist urged global business leaders to join the fight against extreme poverty in Africa and Aids on a panel debating how to end global poverty by 2030 a UN goal. ISOCountry Groups euro at be cy ee fi fr de gr ie it lv lt lu mc mt nl pt sk si sm es va uk gb us us variants 1 33.4, 2 33.3, 3 33.3 Join Independent Minds For exclusive articles, events and an advertising-free read for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial Get the best of The Independent With an Independent Minds subscription for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial Get the best of The Independent Without the ads for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial The musician said that unfettered capitalism has caused an international drive towards populism and that public-sector spending is more vulnerable than ever due to issues such as homelessness in European cities. The 40 best albums to listen to before you die Show all 40 Created with Sketch. Created with Sketch. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

balance sheet: The central bank has already declared that rates won't be lifted until at least the end of summer, according to Market Watch. In December it ended its monthly asset purchases, the ECB's version of quantitative easing, or QE, while committing to maintaining the size of its bulked up balance sheet by reinvesting the proceeds of maturing bonds. The ECB is widely expected to announce no new actions when it concludes its first policy meeting of 2019 on Thursday. That means Draghi's postmeeting news conference will be the main event. In this case, an acknowledgment that risks to the economic outlook are skewed to the downside would set the stage for an eventual round of cheap loans designed to bolster financial conditions, though any concrete action would be unlikely to come before the next policy meeting in March, said Oliver Rakau, chief German economist at Oxford Economics, in a note. And as is often the case with monetary policy and financial markets, words count nearly as much as actions. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

cac px: FTSE 250-listed Metro Bank PLC MTRO, -1.69% lost 28% after it announced weaker growth in the final quarter, according to Market Watch. What are markets doing The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, 0.86% dropped by 0.2% to 354.41, after closing 0.4% on Tuesday. Reports that U.S. officials had canceled trade talks with China, scheduled for later this week, added to the uncertainty. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 UKX, 0.57% was the biggest loser of Europe's major indexes, falling 0.5% to 6,868.77. The euro EURUSD, 0.1857% stayed flat on Wednesday, fetching 1.1361, while the British pound GBPUSD, 0.0995% was up to 1.2987 from 1.2955 late Tuesday in New York. Germany's DAX 30 DAX, 1.32% lost 0.3% to 11,058.08 and Italy's FTSE MIB Italy index I945, 0.85% dipped 1%. France's CAC 40 PX1, 0.86% remained mostly unchanged at 4,844.73. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

data-fueled algorithm: Absent are the bold printed pillows and the bookshelves made from reclaimed scaffolding found elsewhere in Minted's San Francisco offices, the better to advertise the 10-year-old company's design pedigree, according to The Independent. The only decorations on the room's industrial gray walls are 4-by-8-foot poster boards, each pinned with around 100 printed designs. And is it ever dull. Inside this antiseptic merchandising room, the output of the company's secret technology, a crowdsourcing system that combines the collective intelligence of consumers with Minted's own data-fueled algorithm of what sells best, is on display. Some of the one million votes cast in the contest count more than others After 10 years of dissecting data, Minted knows which kinds of voters are likely to be better at predicting bestsellers. The public has voted for these save-the-date cards, children's murals and living room paintings, all created by a network of designers who've entered the company's contests. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

metoo movement: Call it bonding over vice, according to The Japan Times. It's a culture that sits uneasily with the MeToo movement that has swept across Europe and the U.S. In parts of Asia, corporate men continue to openly drink with colleagues or business clients at venues where female escorts are paid to consume alcohol, sing karaoke and often illegally perform sexual favors, according to interviews with men and women, including Regina Yuan, who works at a Shanghai-based startup. ; For 27-year-old Yuan, her job entails entertaining clients from out of town often for several evenings in a row sometimes drinking with them while picking up the bill, and shouldering most of the burden for her own safety. As dusk falls, businessmen flock to karaoke and hostess clubs to close deals and build relationships in the liquor-lubricated intimacy of young women. She said the roster of clients who visit such clubs includes prestigious Chinese investment banks, insurance and finance companies and, increasingly, venture capital funds. Pretty much going to hostess clubs is like a tourist destination when our clients and investors come to town. You just have to think of yourself as a man, Yuan said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

offering nothing: Lawmakers will vote on January 29 on a series of amendments to decide what kind of Brexit they want to see, according to Global Times China. As Brexit's future is still up in the air, a lot of Chinese companies are worried about the uncertain impact of Brexit on their businesses. Prime Minister Theresa May will seek further talks with Brussels to try to salvage her Brexit deal, but she was accused of offering nothing new to break the political deadlock just 10 weeks before Britain leaves the EU. Photo AFP Beleaguered British Prime Minister Theresa May trying to break out of an impasse created by her defeated Brexit proposal laid out Plan B before parliament on Monday. Catherine McGuinness, policy chair at the City of London Corporation, urged Parliament to work together pragmatically to find a way through the Brexit impasse that removes damaging uncertainty for households, businesses and the sector. As a result, businesses have been shifting operations and contracts through expensive, time-consuming and sometimes inefficient processes. McGuinness said, The continuing uncertainty about whether a Brexit deal will be secured means some firms have to continue planning for a no deal departure, even if it means racking up large costs that may ultimately be unnecessary. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

percent: Exports have been a major component of the economy's current expansion cycle, which is likely to be the longest since the end of World War II. But demand has waned in recent months amid a trade war between the United States and China, according to The Japan Times. Nidec Corp., a maker of electric motors, last week warned investors that it expects a fall in profit for the year ending in March due to a fall in orders from China as a result of the trade tensions. Imports rose 9.7 percent from a year earlier to 82.69 trillion, outpacing a 4.1 percent increase in exports to 81.49 trillion. ; For December alone, exports marked their steepest fall since October 2016, down 3.8 percent to 7.02 trillion, and shipments to China, Japan's largest trading partner, sank 7 percent from a year earlier amid slumping demand for devices from Chinese makers of mobile phones, semiconductors and liquid crystal displays. Kazuma Maeda, an analyst at Barclays Securities Japan, warned that looking forward the fading boost to China-bound exports of capital goods driven by Made in China 2025' could prove a drag on exports. A string of natural disasters in the summer, including a powerful typhoon that temporarily shut down Osaka's main airport, may have also played a part in slowing imports. Made in China 2025, President Xi Jinping's blueprint for growing the country's technology industry, has been a source of U.S. President Donald Trump's ire and could be revised in bilateral trade talks. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

conduct transactions: Macau's Judicial Police said the syndicate was formed in 2016 and relied on point-of-sale machines -- the devices used by shops to conduct transactions with credit cards or debit cards -- which were smuggled in from China, according to CNN. These in theory would allow Chinese citizens to make withdrawals from their bank accounts that appeared to be domestic transactions, thereby avoiding China's strict limits on how much money people can move across its borders. The case is a high-profile example of Beijing's crackdown on attempts to dodge its capital controls, which it has tightened in recent years to prevent money from flooding out of the country and destabilizing the economy. Wealthy Chinese nationals living in the mainland have long sought to skirt the country's capital controls by moving money through Hong Kong and Macau. Read More China's state-run Xinhua News Agency said authorities found evidence that the group, run by a suspect surnamed Xu, was using the point-of-sale machines to allow gamblers to secretly cash out their casino winnings in Hong Kong dollars and Macanese patacas. The cities are technically part of the People's Republic of China but governed as special administrative regions, with their own currencies and far fewer restrictions than mainland China on moving money internationally. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

fraud: Ed Brown QC, prosecuting on behalf of the Serious Fraud Office, said the case would examine how those at the very top of the bank responded to the pressure that it created . As the trial, which is expected to last four to six months, began at Southwark crown court on Wednesday, the judge Mr Justice Robert Jay told the jury to to put aside their feelings towards bankers and the damage the financial crisis caused to society, according to The Guardian. The backdrop of this case is the global financial crisis of 2008, Brown told the jury. John Varley, the former chief executive of Barclays, is the first boss of a major bank to face a jury trial over alleged crimes during the global financial crisis a decade ago. The first obvious and outward sign of it, at least to the UK public, was the closing of the doors of the bank Northern Rock in 2007. Brown alleged that Varley, and the other former Barclays bosses, made secret payments to Qatar in order to secure investment from the Gulf state and therefore avoid a UK government bailout. However, the crisis in the UK and across the world worsened and deepened as time went on and into 2008. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

end: For the past two weeks, ever since Maduro took the oath for a second six-year term in the face of widespread international condemnation, the newly invigorated opposition had been preparing for nationwide demonstrations coinciding with the anniversary marking the end of Venezuela's last military dictatorship in 1958, according to Nine News Australia. While Maduro has shown no signs of leaving, his main rival, National Assembly President Juan Guaido, upped the ante by declaring himself interim president before masses of anti-government demonstrators the only way, he said, to rescue Venezuela from leader Juan Guaido declared himself Venezuela's interim president. To improve your experience update it here News World Opposition leader claims Venezuela presidency amid violent street protests By CNN11 36am Jan 24, crisis quickly escalated as an opposition leader backed by the Trump administration declared himself interim president in a direct challenge to embattled socialist Nicolas Maduro, who retaliated by breaking off relations with the United States, his biggest trade partner. AP Outside the capital, seven demonstrators were killed amid disturbances during protests that rocked several cities. AP In a seemingly coordinated action, the US led a chorus of Western hemisphere nations, including Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, that immediately recognized Guaido, with President Donald Trump calling on Maduro to resign and promising to use the full weight of the U.S. economic and diplomatic power to push for the restoration of Venezuela's democracy. Opponents demonstrate against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

news websites: News Guard is run by news industry veterans and says it is trying to establish industry-standard benchmarks for which news websites should be trusted, according to The Guardian. It employs analysts to manually check whether sites meet a series of journalistic standards, making all its judgments public and inviting outlets to respond to criticism and improve their standards to gain a higher rating. Visitors to Mail Online who use Microsoft Edge can now see a statement asserting that this website generally fails to maintain basic standards of accuracy and accountability and has been forced to pay damages in numerous high-profile cases . The message, which is produced by a third-party startup called News Guard, tells readers to proceed carefully given that the site regularly publishes content that has damaged reputations, caused widespread alarm, or constituted harassment or invasion of privacy . It gives Mail Online, one of the world's biggest news websites, one out of five on credibility the same level as the Kremlin-backed RT news service. Facebook Twitter Pinterest News Guard's verdict on the Mail Online. Edge has a tiny proportion of the global internet browser market and the News Guard plug-in is only included on the version for mobile users, not desktop users. Photograph Daily mail Until now, the service has only been available as a downloadable plug-in but this week Microsoft began installing it automatically on all mobile editions of its Edge browser, the successor to Internet Explorer, in the first stage of what its creators hope will be a widespread roll-out across multiple platforms. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.