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Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images White House advisor Jared Kushner listens as US President Donald Trump hosts a roundtable with Hispanic pastors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washingto, DC, January 25, 2019. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, reportedly met in private with the …
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Nissan executives allegedly sought Ghosn’s arrest to kill Renault merger
Takaaki Iwabu | Bloomberg | Getty Images Carlos Ghosn, former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., center, sits in a vehicle as he leaves his lawyer’s office in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Nissan executives took steps to have former Chairman Carlos Ghosn jailed in the hopes the arrest …
Read More »Admitted Russian agent Butina to be sentenced April 26
Alexandria Sheriff’s Office | Reuters Maria Butina appears in a police booking photograph released by the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. August 18, 2018. Maria Butina, who has admitted to working as a Russian agent to infiltrate an influential gun rights group and make inroads with U.S. conservative …
Read More »New York AG files opioid lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, J&J, McKesson
George Frey | Reuters Bottles of prescription painkiller OxyContin made by Purdue Pharma LP sit on a shelf at a local pharmacy in Provo, Utah, April 25, 2017. The New York Attorney General is suing OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson, McKesson Corp. and other opioid makers and drug distributors …
Read More »FedEx shares have little ‘upside surprise’ potential, analyst says
Alexander Shcherbak | TASS | Getty Images DHL containers and a FedEx airliner at Hong Kong International Airport, in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China. FedEx stock was downgraded to neutral from positive by Susquehanna Financial on Thursday, as the firm believes there …
Read More »Corporate giants form alliance to create a boom in US clean energy
Some of the nation’s top tech firms, manufacturers and consumer companies are banding together to create a boom in renewable energy purchases throughout corporate America. The corporate giants and their nonprofit partners on Thursday launched the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance, a trade organization that will help companies take advantage of …
Read More »Trump’s Fed pick Stephen Moore owes $75,000 in taxes, government says
Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Stephen Moore, visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation. President Donald Trump’s presumptive nominee for the Federal Reserve, Stephen Moore, owes more than $75,000 in unpaid federal income taxes and related penalties, court records reveal. Maryland court records show that on Jan. …
Read More »Icelandic airline Wow Air collapses and cancels all flights
Joel Saget | AFP | Getty Images A Wow plane on the tarmac of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris. ( Iceland’s low cost carrier Wow Air has canceled all flights and told passengers to book with other airlines. Its website has a travel alert which begins: “Wow Air …
Read More »Manchester United names Ole Gunner Solskjaer as its permanent manager
Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar-Solksjaer celebrates at full-time following the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United at Parc des Princes on March 06, 2019 in Paris, France. English Premier League soccer team Manchester United appointed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer …
Read More »Huawei equipment poses ‘significant’ security risks, UK says
Thomas Peter | Reuters A man walks past a Huawei shop in Beijing, China, March 7, 2019. The U.K. government warned on Thursday Huawei’s telecommunications equipment raises “significant” security issues, posing a possible setback to the Chinese tech firm as it looks to build out 5G networks. In 46-page report …
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