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Trump pushes drugmakers for lower prices, more U.S. production
February 1, 2017 by creative · Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump in a meeting on Tuesday with pharmaceutical executives called on them to manufacture more of their drugs in the United States and cut prices, while vowing to speed approval …
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Starbucks CEO Schultz plans to hire 10,000 refugees after Trump ban
January 30, 2017 by creative · Leave a Comment
Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz said on Sunday that the company planned to hire 10,000 refugees over five years in 75 countries, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order banning refugees from certain countries. Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries,
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Starbucks in crosshairs as Mexico boycott campaign simmers
January 28, 2017 by publisher · Leave a Comment
Seeking to quell a social media campaign imploring Mexicans to boycott U.S. companies, Starbucks defended itself on Friday, saying it had invested millions in the country, created more than 7,000 jobs, and that its local unit is Mexican-owned. The statement came after disparate social media campaigns directed at U.S. companies based in Mexico gained …
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German watchdog suspected VW scam on CO2 emissions: report
January 28, 2017 by elegant · Leave a Comment
Germany's motor industry watchdog raised suspicions Volkswagen was using prototype vehicles to lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in tests in 2015 soon after VW's manipulation of diesel emissions tests was uncovered, the Berliner Zeitung newspaper reported on Saturday. It quoted the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) as telling VW in a November 2015 email it would choose test models randomly and appoint new external experts to carry out testing because of doubts about…
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Snapchat to reveal financials within a week: sources
January 28, 2017 by elegant · Leave a Comment
The sources, who cautioned that Snapchat's plans may still change, asked not to be named because the information is private. A spokeswoman for Snap Inc declined to comment. Snap Inc expects to go public as soon as March and could be valued at $20 billion to $25
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Buffett, Gates have hope for America after Trump ascension
January 28, 2017 by publisher · Leave a Comment
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett on Friday expressed optimism that the United States will move ahead as a nation, even as it works through political differences and gets used to the new Trump administration. The world's two richest people were speaking to students at Columbia University after U.S. President Donald Trump started to unwind the work of his predecessor Barack Obama in a…
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U.S. companies scramble to cope with seven-country immigration ban
January 28, 2017 by publisher · Leave a Comment
U.S. companies scrambled on Saturday to cope with the fallout from President Trump's executive order on immigration, with Google urgently calling back employees from overseas and companies rushing to provide legal advice and …
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UBS hopes Trump-led rally will help boost wealth management
January 27, 2017 by creative · Leave a Comment
UBS hopes a Donald Trump-inspired rally in the United States will help boost earnings at its struggling wealth management business after posting a 47 percent fall in full-year net profit. With profit from its core wealth management business under pressure, the bank pointed to growing investor confidence in the United States towards the end of 2016 as a …
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Alphabet posts strong revenue growth, higher taxes hit earnings
January 27, 2017 by admin · Leave a Comment
Google parent Alphabet Inc posted fourth-quarter profit below analysts' estimates on Thursday, hurt by a higher tax rate, but analysts cheered the company's progress in diversifying its business beyond advertising. While advertising still accounts for the lion's share …
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As regulators waver, Apple takes on Qualcomm in courts
January 27, 2017 by admin · Leave a Comment
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc's new legal assault on Qualcomm in the United States and China reflects its conclusion that regulators are unlikely to put an end to what it considers the chip maker's unfair business practices, analysts said. Apple has long objected to Qualcomm's…
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