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Jana Partners invests in Pandora seeing growth opportunity

Getty Images A banner for Pandora Media, the online-radio company, hangs in front of the New York Stock Exchange. Jana Partners has made an investment in Pandora Media, according to a person familiar with the matter, seeing the stock as under-valued with an opportunity to grow its advertising revenue. The …

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Trump reportedly floats making Rudy Giuliani attorney general

Don Emmert | AFP | Getty Images Then-President-elect Donald Trump meets with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club November 20, 2016 in Bedminster, New Jersey. President Donald Trump has floated the possibility of making Rudy Giuliani attorney general, Axios reported Monday, …

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Global construction comeback to lift Caterpillar’s stock to new record, BMO says

BMO Capital Markets upgraded Caterpillar Monday on expectations the company will benefit from a global recovery in construction and a management more focused on profits. “We believe that when an upturn arrives, buyers will still prefer its products,” analyst Joel Tiss said in a note. Caterpillar’s main brand is the …

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Parents of UK baby Charlie Gard end legal battle over treatment

Neil Hall | Reuters Charlie Gard’s parents Connie Yates and Chris Gard leave after a hearing at the High Court in London, Britain July 10, 2017. The parents of Charlie Gard have ended their legal battle to give the terminally ill British baby further treatment, a lawyer representing the parents …

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‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episode 11: There’s No Backup for This

At the same time, the 11th episode was a bracing reminder of how much Lynch’s characters — and, by extension, us — accept the premises we are given. When Hawk presents Sheriff Truman with a map “that’s very old but always current,” he accepts the “black fire” symbol and the …

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Republicans’ push to roll back Obamacare faces crucial test

Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas speak with reporters and members of the media after they and other Senate Republicans had a meeting with President Donald Trump. A seven-year Republican effort …

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Trump asks why ‘beleaguered’ Jeff Sessions isn’t investigating Clinton

Aaron P. Bernstein | Reuters U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions looks during a press conference announcing the outcome of the national health care fraud takedown at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., July 13, 2017. President Donald Trump publicly chastised Attorney General Jeff Sessions again Monday, criticizing him for not …

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BMW, VW and Daimler shares skid on EU probe of German carmakers

Thomas Lohnes | Getty Images Trader sit at his desk under the day’s performance board that shows a dive in the value of the DAX index of companies at the Frankfurt Stock exchange German auto stocks took a hit in early Monday trading, weighed down by uncertainty over possible antitrust …

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Cheap Tickets Are the Best Tickets at the Proms

This season, 75 Proms will be performed at the Royal Albert Hall, and 15 of them will be world premieres of newly composed music. Photo The soprano Renée Fleming will appear at the Proms, a two-month classical music festival at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Credit Jacob Blickenstaff for …

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Democrats take aim at big business, drug prices, in economic campaign

Getty Images U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a rally in front of the Capitol March 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. Democrats are rolling out a new economic platform in hopes of winning over President Donald Trump’s populist base with promises to take on big businesses, lower the cost …

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