First, slow experiences riding with Metro's SafeTrack and other top stories.

• First, slow experiences riding with Metro's SafeTrack

  

  Riders in Metro Center board an eastbound Silver Line train at midday Saturday. (Robert Thomson/The Washington Post) The first hours of Metrorail’s special maintenance program illustrated how difficult these next 10 months will be for riders in the disrupted zones. There was the scheduled area for single tracking, between East Falls Church and Ballston, and then there was the unscheduled area for single-tracking, between Clarendon and Foggy Bottom, because of a drainage problem at Rosslyn. ..

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• At last, GM sees sales gains in China

  

  USA TODAY 3:39 a.m. EDT June 5, 2016Visitors look at a car on display at the Chevrolet booth at the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai, China(Photo: HOW HWEE YOUNG, EPA)Sales of General Motors and its joint venture partners in China rose 16.9% to 295,282 in May from a year earlier, led by Buick, Cadillac and Baojun brands.“While demand for our SUVs, MPVs and luxury vehicles remained strong, we also saw impressive demand for passenger car models ..

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• American Airlines planes will get ViaSat's powerful WiFi

  

  American Airlines is equipping a fleet of Boeing 737 MAX planes with in-flight WiFi other than Gogo's. It has inked a deal with California-based company ViaSat, which also provides internet connection to some of Virgin America's newest A320 planes. ViaSat promises an "at home" experience by providing you with a (12 Mbps) connection strong enough to stream movies and music. It uses a high-capacity satellite system, and it's launching another satellite in 2019 to make its connection even faster. ..

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• Lew says would be "problematic" if yuan only goes down over time

  BEIJING, June 5 U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Sunday it would be "problematic" if China's yuan currency only goes down over time. Lew, speaking to students in the Chinese capital, Beijing, also said he still believed currency markets "are not disorderly". (Reporting by David Lawder; Writing by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Paul Tait)

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• McDonald''s May Move Headquarters To Oprah Winfrey''s Old Harpo Studios

  

  Shutterstock photo McDonald's May Move Headquarters To Oprah Winfrey's Old Harpo Studios (RTTNews.com) - Fast food chain McDonald's is in advanced talks to shift its headquarters to Oprah Winfrey's former Harpo Studios site, reports said. The Big Mac maker, which has been looking for a new home for sometime now, is in talks with developer Sterling Bay to create a 300,000 square foot campus in Chicago as its new headquarters, reports said. It is likely that the move will take place in 201..

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