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FILE - This July 3, 2014, file photo, shows the Microsoft Corp. logo outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees in a shake-up aimed at selling more subscriptions to software applications that can be used on any internet-connected device. Most of the people losing their jobs work in sales and are located outside the U.S. The Redmond, Washington, company confirmed that it began sending the layoff notices Thursday, July 6, 2017, but declined to provide further specifics except that thousands of sales jobs will be cut. Microsoft employs about 121,500 people worldwide. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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FILE - In this June 6, 2017, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2018 budget. Democratic attorneys general in 18 states and the District of Columbia are suing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over her decision to suspend rules meant to protect students from abuses by for-profit colleges. The lawsuit was filed Thursday, July 6, 2017, in federal court in Washington and demands implementation of borrower defense to repayment rules. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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A woman shops for $8 irons at the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Thursday July 6, 2017 during a sale of the casino hotel's contents. Included in the items for sale were crystal chandeliers from Austria that now-President Donald Trump bought for the casino when he opened it in 1990. The casino shut down last year under different ownership. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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Gerald Winchester wheels away a flat-screen video monitor he bought for $50 at the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Thursday July 6, 2017 during a sale of the casino hotel's contents. Included in the items for sale were crystal chandeliers from Austria that now-President Donald Trump bought for the casino when he opened it in 1990. The casino shut down last year under different ownership. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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An employee of a liquidation company waits for customers at the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Thursday July 6, 2017 moments before a sale of the casino hotel's contents begins. Included in the items for sale were crystal chandeliers from Austria that now-President Donald Trump bought for the casino when he opened it in 1990. The casino shut down last year under different ownership. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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Three crystal chandeliers are illuminated at the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Thursday July 6, 2017 during a sale of the casino hotel's contents. Included in the items for sale were crystal chandeliers from Austria that now-President Donald Trump bought for the casino when he opened it in 1990. The casino shut down last year under different ownership. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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A crystal chandelier at the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City N.J. is tagged with a $7,500 price tag on Thursday July 6, 2017 during a sale of the casino hotel's contents. Included in the items for sale were crystal chandeliers from Austria that now-President Donald Trump bought for the casino when he opened it in 1990. The casino shut down last year under different ownership. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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A video monitor displays an image of a crystal chandelier at the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Thursday July 6, 2017 during a sale of the casino hotel's contents. Included in the items for sale were crystal chandeliers from Austria that now-President Donald Trump bought for the casino when he opened it in 1990. The casino shut down last year under different ownership. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, has proposed allowing customers choose to maintain robust plans or opt for less-elaborate plans that don't comply with Obamacare regulations. Analysts, however, say only the sickest customers will stay with the status quo, driving up costs. (Associated Press/File)

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A man walks past an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Asian markets were trading marginally lower on Thursday as investors brushed off tensions over North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch and instead focused on mixed signals from the U.S. central bank. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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Women walk past an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Asian markets were trading marginally lower on Thursday as investors brushed off tensions over North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch and instead focused on mixed signals from the U.S. central bank. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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A man looks at an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Asian markets were trading marginally lower on Thursday as investors brushed off tensions over North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch and instead focused on mixed signals from the U.S. central bank. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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People walk past an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Asian markets were trading marginally lower on Thursday as investors brushed off tensions over North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch and instead focused on mixed signals from the U.S. central bank. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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A currency trader walks near screens showing foreign exchange rates at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Asian markets were trading marginally lower on Thursday as investors brushed off tensions over North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch and instead focused on mixed signals from the U.S. central bank. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Asian markets were trading marginally lower on Thursday as investors brushed off tensions over North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch and instead focused on mixed signals from the U.S. central bank. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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A currency trader works at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Asian markets were trading marginally lower on Thursday as investors brushed off tensions over North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch and instead focused on mixed signals from the U.S. central bank. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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People use mobile phones in front of an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Asian markets were trading marginally lower on Thursday as investors brushed off tensions over North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch and instead focused on mixed signals from the U.S. central bank. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Asian markets were trading marginally lower on Thursday as investors brushed off tensions over North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch and instead focused on mixed signals from the U.S. central bank. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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FILE - In this Monday, June 12, 2017, file photograph the General Electric logo appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. EU authorities are accusing General Electric, drugmaker Merck and electronics manufacturer Canon of violating European rules to push through mergers or acquisitions. The Commission is not seeking to annul the mergers, but threatening hefty fines if further investigation confirms wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)