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The logos of car makers : Opel, Vauxhall, Peugeot and Citroen are displayed during a press conference held in Paris, France, Monday, March 6, 2017. General Motors is selling its loss-making European car business, including Germany's Opel and British brand Vauxhall, to France's PSA group in a deal that realigns the industry in the region. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)
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FILE - In this Feb.14, 2017 file photo, nn Opel car, in front, is offered for sale by a Peugeot dealer in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. General Motors Co. is selling its loss-making European car business — including Germany's Opel and British brand Vauxhall — to French automaker PSA group. The 2.2 billion euro ($2.33 billion) deal announced Monday March 6, 2017 in Paris by GM and PSA — maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars.(AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
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FILE - This Friday, May 16, 2014, file photo, shows the General Motors logo at the company's world headquarters in Detroit. After billions in losses and years of unsuccessful turnaround attempts in Europe, General Motors decided that a foothold in the world’s third-largest auto market isn’t worth the drag on its bottom line. The Detroit automaker on Monday, March 6, 2017, announced that it’s all but getting out of Europe, selling its Opel and Vauxhall units to French automaker PSA Group. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, the logo of PSA Group is pictured during the presentation of the company's 2016 full year results, in Paris. After billions in losses and years of unsuccessful turnaround attempts in Europe, General Motors decided that a foothold in the world’s third-largest auto market isn’t worth the drag on its bottom line. The Detroit automaker on Monday, March 6, 2017, announced that it’s all but getting out of Europe, selling its Opel and Vauxhall units to French automaker PSA Group. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
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Boston Celtics forward Amir Johnson (90) and Phoenix Suns forward Alan Williams (15) get tangled up in the first quarter during an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 5, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
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FILE- In this March 6, 2016 file photo, Donald Trump drives himself around the golf course to watch the final round of the Cadillac Championship golf tournament in Doral, Fla. President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to rewrite a rule that protects small streams from pollution raises new questions about financial conflicts of interest for a president whose business holdings include a dozen U.S. golf courses. It's not clear whether any financial benefits from more lax regulation of waterways on golf courses could violate laws meant to keep politicians from using public office for personal gain, but experts say it adds to an appearance of impropriety.(AP Photo/Luis Alvarez, File)
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This photo provided by AHV Communities shows AHV Communities CEO Mark Wolf. Wolf, a developer of new single-family rental house communities, says trends favor continued demand for rental houses. (Gene Kim/AHV Communities via AP)
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a work report at the opening session of the annual National People's Congress at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Sunday, March 5, 2017. China's top leadership as well as thousands of delegates from around the country are gathered at the Chinese capital for the annual legislature meetings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a work report at the opening session of the annual National People's Congress at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Sunday, March 5, 2017.China's top leadership as well as thousands of delegates from around the country are gathered at the Chinese capital for the annual legislature meetings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee-hwa, lower right, and current Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, left at second row, attend the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Sunday, March 5, 2017. China's top leadership as well as thousands of delegates from around the country are gathered at the Chinese capital for the annual legislature meetings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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This undated photo provided by the National Trust for Historic Preservation shows a building in the historic Rio Vista Farm in Socorro, Texas. The center adobe structure built in 1935 was once the recreation hall for the County Poor Farm. The Texas border town is working to restore crumbling white adobe buildings that were once a processing site for millions of Mexicans who came to the U.S. as temporary guest workers for more than two decades starting in World War II. Local officials and preservationists want to create a site that will tell the stories of the “braceros” who worked on farms and railroads. (National Trust for Historic Preservation via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the National Trust for Historic Preservation shows a building in the historic Rio Vista Farm in Socorro, Texas. The Texas border town is working to restore crumbling white adobe buildings that were once a processing site for millions of Mexicans who came to the U.S. as temporary guest workers for more than two decades starting in World War II. Local officials and preservationists want to create a site that will tell the stories of the “braceros” who worked on farms and railroads. (National Trust for Historic Preservation via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the National Trust for Historic Preservation shows a building in the historic Rio Vista Farm in Socorro, Texas. The adobe structure shows deterioration that is evident throughout the entire complex. The Texas border town is working to restore crumbling white adobe buildings that were once a processing site for millions of Mexicans who came to the U.S. as temporary guest workers for more than two decades starting in World War II. Local officials and preservationists want to create a site that will tell the stories of the “braceros” who worked on farms and railroads. (National Trust for Historic Preservation via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the National Trust for Historic Preservation shows a building in the historic Rio Vista Farm in Socorro, Texas. The Texas border town is working to restore crumbling white adobe buildings that were once a processing site for millions of Mexicans who came to the U.S. as temporary guest workers for more than two decades starting in World War II. Local officials and preservationists want to create a site that will tell the stories of the “braceros” who worked on farms and railroads. (National Trust for Historic Preservation via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the National Trust for Historic Preservation shows a building in the historic Rio Vista Farm in Socorro, Texas. The Texas border town is working to restore crumbling white adobe buildings that were once a processing site for millions of Mexicans who came to the U.S. as temporary guest workers for more than two decades starting in World War II. Local officials and preservationists want to create a site that will tell the stories of the “braceros” who worked on farms and railroads. (National Trust for Historic Preservation via AP)
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FILE - In this April 6, 2016 file photo, a plaque that honors four slaves that were owned by, and worked for Harvard's past presidents, is attached to Wadsworth House on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard is hosting a conference Friday, March 3, 2017, exploring the historical ties between slavery and early universities, including Harvard. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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A banner for Snap Inc. hangs from the front of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in New York. The company behind the popular messaging app Snapchat is expected to start trading Thursday after a better-than-expected stock offering. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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In this Feb. 28, 2017 photo, Brazilian player Oscar of Shanghai SIPG makes a gesture during an Asian Champions League group-stage match against Western Sydney Wanderers in Shanghai, China. For a second successive winter transfer window, the Chinese Super League has upset the established world soccer order with the spending power and ambition of its biggest clubs. It started in December as Shanghai SIPG agreed to pay $60 million to Chelsea for Brazil's Oscar in a move that prompted Antonio Conte, coach of the Premier League club, to warn about the challenge from the east. (Chinatopix Via AP)
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In this Feb. 20, 2017 photo, a woman walks in front of the window of a boutique in Tokyo. Japan has reported that its inflation and jobless rates were little changed in January and consumer spending was lackluster. The economic data released Friday, March 3 show the world's No. 3 economy coasting along with only slight improvements despite recent stronger exports and manufacturing output. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)