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Neiman Marcus Drops Plans for Stock Exchange Listing (Fortune) Upscale retailer Neiman Marcus withdraws IPO (CNBC) Neiman Marcus IPO Will Stay on the Shelf (Bloomberg) Neiman Marcus has cancelled its...
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An (Edible) Solution to Extend Produce’s Shelf Life (NYT) Apeel Sciences developed a postharvest protection formula called “Edipeel,” which can extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables fivefold....
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Eli Lilly’s Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug Fails in Large Trial (NYT) Eli Lilly’s Shares Fall After Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug Fails Trial (Fortune) Failure of Another Alzheimer’s Drug Forces a...
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Mobile Data Giveaways Create Conundrums (FT) AT&T Appeals to Cord-Cutters with DirecTV Now, a New Streaming Service (NYT) Virgin to Test Net Neutrality Rules with Free WhatsApp Access (FT) AT&T...
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Johnson & Johnson Approaches Actelion About Potential Deal (WSJ) Johnson & Johnson Has Its Eye on Actelion (NYT) Breaking Down Resistance to a Drug Deal (Bloomberg) Johnson & Johnson is...
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Airbnb Moves beyond Accommodation into Tours and Immersive Trips (FT) Airbnb and the Unstoppable Rise of the Share Economy (Forbes) Berlin Ban on Airbnb Short-term Rentals Upheld by City Court...
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Marijuana Company Prepares to Cross State Lines, as Legally as Possible (NYT) The First Bank of Bud (NYT) As Marijuana Sales Grow, Start-Ups Step In for Wary Banks (NYT) Financial analysts predict that...
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Nestle Pays $145 Million for Stake in Biotech Firm Aimmune (Bloomberg) Allergy biotech Aimmune in $145M Nestlé Health equity investment (Fierce Biotech) Nestle, Aimmune to work on food allergy...
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AT&T Reaches Deal to Buy Time Warner for $85.4 Billion (WSJ) Individualized Ads on TV Could Be One Result of AT&T-Time Warner Merger (NYT) AT&T-Time Warner face uphill battle in Washington...
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McDonald’s U.S. Sales Revive Amid Stiff Competition (NYT) McDonald’s Tweaks Its Recipes: Now, Real Butter in the McMuffin (NYT) What’s new at McDonald’s? Possibly just about everything (Chicago...
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YGCC is excited to announce another semester long pro-bono projects and we’re now accepting applications to staff them. This is an opportunity to build your consulting experience, including the problem...
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De Beers Bets Big on Canadian Mine (WSJ) Diamonds: Nothing lasts forever (FT) The diamond industry is aiming its new ads at millennials who aren’t that into marriage (Quartz) De Beers, the dominant...
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Here’s Why Twitter’s Share Price Is Plummeting (Forbes) Salesforce To Acquire Twitter, Some Speculate (Fortune) Salesforce Shareholders Besiege Possible Twitter Deal (NYT) Twitter has had some...
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AP Moller-Maersk Splits Its Shipping, Energy Operations (NYT) Maersk conglomerate to break up (FT) Shipping Giant Maersk to Split Into Two Divisions (WSJ) A.P. Moller-Maersk, the largest shipping...
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Apple-Target McLaren Is a Tech Company Disguised as a Carmaker (Bloomberg) Apple Looking to Bolster Car Project (WSJ) Apple Kicks the Tires at McLaren (NYT) Apple is looking for some outside help for...
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HP Agrees to Acquire Samsung Printer Business for $1.05 Billion (WSJ) Why HP Inc.’s Deal With Samsung Could Be a Game Changer (Motley Fool) HP Inc. Goes Old School With Plans to Sell Copy Machines...
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Hanjin Bankruptcy Causes Global Shipping Chaos, Retail Fears (NYT) Hanjin Group to Provide 100 Billion Won for Shipping Line (Bloomberg) Hanjin Shipping gets U.S. court order, cash to unload ships...
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Mylan Faces Scrutiny Over EpiPen Price Increases (WSJ) The EpiPen Drama Shows What’s Wrong With How Drugs Are Priced (Bloomberg) Mylan Tries Again to Quell Pricing Outrage by Offering Generic EpiPen...
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Pfizer to Buy Medivation for $14 Billion (WSJ) Pfizer boosts cancer drug roster with $14 billion Medivation deal (Reuters) The Flaws in Pfizer’s Plan to Acquire Medivation (NYT) After months of intense...
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Uber and Volvo to develop self-driving cars (FT) Ford Developing Fully Driverless Car (WSJ) Self-Driving Car Race Sees Flurry of Partnerships (NYT) Ride-sharing company Uber announced that it will...
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