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Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous, Jared Blikre, Dan Roberts and Melody Hahm discuss the big stories of the day.

Today’s Topics

Concerns over Russia grow
The fight against Amazon
Black Panther’s marvelous debut
Dow futures drop
Trump endorses Mitt Romney for Utah Senate
Students in Florida hope to make changes to gun laws
U.S. men’s hockey team advances to quarterfinals
Boring company gets permit for NYC-DC Hyperloop
Qualcomm raises bid for NXP to $44B: WSJ
Amazon Prime members get 5% back at Whole Foods using Prime credit card
GM offers to convert debt to keep South Korean plants open: Reuters
Edible Arrangements sues Google
KFC chicken shortage in the UK
Albertsons to buy Rite Aid stores not already bought by Walgreens
Sony to launch a ride-hailing app in Japan

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