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Tesla, Progress Software and more

Ron Sachs | Pool via Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla.  Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Tesla shares fell nearly 12 percent in after-hours trading following news that the Securities and Exchange Commission has sued CEO Elon Musk for fraud. The suit is …

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Tesla shares drop after SEC charges CEO Elon Musk with fraud

Shares of Tesla dropped sharply in after-hours trading Thursday after court documents showed the Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Elon Musk for fraud. Sources close to the company told CNBC the company was also expecting to be sued, though Tesla was not named as a defendant in the complaint. …

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Google 20th birthday statistics 

Kim Kulish | Corbis Historical | Getty Images Larry Page (L), Co-Founder and President, Products, and Sergey Brin, Co-Founder and President, Technology, at Google’s campus headquarters. Google is celebrating its 20th birthday and, gimmicks aside, it’s a good excuse to consider how staggeringly massive the company has become. Google has …

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Here’s how to watch NFL’s Thursday Night Football on Amazon

Chris Williams | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images Los Angeles Rams (42) John Kelly (RB) celebrates after running the ball for a touchdown during an NFL preseason game between the Houston Texans and the Los Angeles Rams on August 25, 2018 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, …

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With food allergies on the rise, drug companies ramp up new approaches

Not everyone made it through, though, and that’s because of side effects related to the treatment itself: patients are ingesting the very thing they’re allergic to. “At first we almost didn’t do it because it was like eating the thing that I was avoiding at all costs for my whole …

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Amazon partners with Iridium for AWS cloud services via satellite

The company is nearly finished putting its Iridium NEXT constellation of 75 satellites into orbit. SpaceX is launching the $3 billion satellite network for Iridium, with the eighth and final launch happening later this year. Desch has called SpaceX “critical” to Iridium’s commercial success, which is now the satellite company’s …

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Mazie Hirono rips GOP, prosecutor over questioning of Ford credibility

Erin Schaff | Getty Images Rachel Mitchell, chief of the Special Victims Division of the Maricopa County attorney’s office in Arizona, listens to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testify at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC.  …

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Cannabis provides relief to children with rare epilepsy

Source: Amanda Reuther Amanda Reuther and her daughter Paeyton Reuther, who suffers from a rare form of childhood epilepsy. The Reuther family turned to a cannabis-derived oil when conventional epilepsy medications failed to control her seizures. Paeyton has not had a seizure since she started using CBD.  The Reuther family …

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Trump postpones meeting with Deputy AG Rosenstein until next week

Alex Wong | Getty Images Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein talks to an unidentified man as he arrives at the White House September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC.  President Donald Trump postponed a scheduled meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday, in order not to distract from congressional …

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GW Pharma soars as CBD-based drug a step closer to commercial launch

This announcement “renders the launch set-up fairly straightforward for GW into a market where there is significant unmet medical need and very high pent up awareness/demand,” wrote Stifel analyst Paul Mattela. “We continue to recommend the stock on the basis that we believe the Epidiolex launch can exceed first year …

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