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Janet Yellen
The Fed chair will speak at 2.30 pm ET to let us know whether US interest rates are going up -- or not quite yet.

General Motors
Federal prosecutors are expected to announce the settlement of the GM investigation. The company's failure to fix a faulty ignition switch caused at least 124 deaths. GM will pay a nearly $1b penalty.
Chile
A million people are displaced after a magnitude 8.3 earthquake near Santiago. Tsunami warnings were issued all around the Pacific.

Washington Post
Amazon is offering "dirt cheap" subscriptions to the Bezos-owned Washington Post for Prime members. The deal begins with a six-month free trial, and then it’s $4 a month “indefinitely.”

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"Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed."
- Mark Zuckerberg, on Ahmed Mohamed

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