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'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli Goes On Trial For Securities Fraud - NPR
Martin Shkreli is known for a number of things. Jacking up the cost of a life-saving drug for AIDS patients by 5,000 percent. Grinning his way through a House hearing as he pleaded the Fifth. Spending millions to buy the only copy of a Wu-Tang album ...
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Charter, Comcast explore wireless partnership with Sprint: sources - Reuters
The logo of U.S. mobile network operator Sprint Corp is seen at a Sprint store in San Marcos, California August 3, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake /File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD PACKAGE - SEARCH 'BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD 24 OCT' FOR ...
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Seattle's Painful Lesson on the Road to a $15 Minimum Wage - Bloomberg
In the summer of 2014, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a bill increasing the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour. “No city or state has gone this far. We go into uncharted territory,” said council member Sally Clark. The City of Seattle, to ...
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California to list glyphosate as cancer-causing; Monsanto vows fight - Reuters
Monsanto Co's Roundup is shown for sale in Encinitas, California, U.S., June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake. 1/7. left. right. Monsanto Co's Roundup is shown for sale in Encinitas, California, U.S., June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake. 2/7. left. right.
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Buffett's Bet on Store Capital Shows Not All Retail Real Estate Is Equal - Bloomberg
Warren Buffett is betting that some types of brick-and-mortar real estate will hold up better than others in the age of Amazon. His Berkshire Hathaway Inc. took a 9.8 percent stake in Store Capital Corp., sending shares of the real estate investment ...
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Why The Fuss Over Amazon Means It's Time To Buy US Foods And Performance Food Group - Benzinga
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s proposed acquisition of Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) triggered a sell-off among food distribution stocks. However, Guggenheim analyst John Heinbockel sees this price movement creating a buying ...
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A man looks at an electronic board showing market indices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 2, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter. By Shinichi Saoshiro | TOKYO. TOKYO Japanese stocks edged towards two-year highs on Tuesday as exporters ...
An off-duty Cleveland ISD police officer tackled a passenger who tried to open an emergency exit during a flight to Houston on Sunday, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Corpus Christi. Passengers on Southwest Airlines Flight 4519 said a ...
Premier Li Keqiang said China remains on track to meet its main economic goals for this year while warning of rising geopolitical risk and threats to the global upswing. Anti-globalization voices are emerging and world geopolitical risks are increasing ...
Google executives will wake up on Tuesday to the largest antitrust fine in European history. Even a whopping financial penalty would do little to phase a company whose parent has more than $90 billion in cash. Of graver concern is the prospect that ...
