Romania to scrap corruption decree that sparked mass protests and other top stories.

• Romania to scrap corruption decree that sparked mass protests

  

  Grindeanu said he will call a Sunday Cabinet meeting to scrap the measure, which he passed Tuesday without the vote of Parliament."I don't want to divide Romania," Grindeanu said in a televised address as crowds protested across the country, including in Bucharest's Victory Square just outside the government headquarters. "Romania cannot be torn apart. Romania, in this moment, due to what's going on seems to be divided, but it's my last wish to get to anything like that," he said.The decree woul..

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• Early Signs Suggest Trump's Actions Are Taking a Toll on Trump Brand

  

  On Friday, MillerCoors, a brewing company, contacted Shannon Coulter, a founder of GrabYourWallet.org, a campaign pushing for boycotts of Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and other businesses associated with the Trump name. “He wanted to talk about why they were on the list,” she said, adding, “I think all the companies are paying close attention.”At a time when protests and boycotts can easily be organized online, brands face more pressure to respond to consumer demands.Chris Allieri, a marketing cons..

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• The rise of Snapchat from a sexting app by Stanford frat bros to a $3 billion IPO

  

  An early photo of Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy.SnapchatSnapchat's beginning sounds a lot like Facebook's from "The Social Network." In Snapchat's case, it wasn't two ousted cofounders (the Winklevoss twins) against Mark Zuckerberg. But still, it featured the backdrop of an elite university — Stanford versus Harvard — and ended up in litigation, with Snapchat cofounders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy against Reggie Brown. At stake was the founding story of a social network to make photos disapp..

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• Documents confirm Trump still benefiting from his business

  

  Before taking office, President Trump promised to place his assets in a trust designed to erect a wall between him and the businesses that made him wealthy. But newly released documents show that Trump himself is the sole beneficiary of the trust and that it is legally controlled by his oldest son and a longtime employee. The documents, obtained through a public records request by the investigative news service ProPublica and first reported by the New York Times, also show that Trump retains th..

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• Those Britney Spears Pepsi Spots Were Some Of The Best Celebrity Super Bowl Commercials Of All Time!

  

  It's been a rough past few weeks for America. Thankfully, the Super Bowl is right around the corner — just in time to unite our country with patriotic contact sports, Lady GaGa's halftime performance, and the best commercials of the year. The big game draws in some big names for its coveted ad space, with past years bringing us commercials starring Beyoncé, Brad Pitt, Kim Kardashian, and Megan Fox. Of course, nothing can top Britney Spears' Pepsi commercial in which the pop icon danced her way..

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• US refiners face weakening demand at pump for first time in 5 years

  

  A cyclist rides past sign showing prices of gas at filling station in San Francisco Thomson Reuters By Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. refiners are facing the prospects of weakening gasoline demand for the first time in five years, stoking fears that earnings this year may be even worse than the dismal performances seen in 2016. The sign of weakening U.S. gasoline demand comes as U.S. refiners are in the midst of reporting their worst year of earnings sinc..

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