Reuters |
Abbott gets US antitrust approval to buy St. Jude Medical
Reuters Traders gather at the booth that trades Abbott Laboratories on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, December 10, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid. By Diane Bartz | WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON Healthcare company Abbott Laboratories (ABT. UPDATE 1-Abbott gets U.S. antitrust approval to buy St. Jude MedicalBusiness Insider FTC Puts Conditions On Abbott' Proposed $25 Bln Acquisition Of St. Jude MedicalNasdaq |
Wall Street Journal |
US Charges Three Chinese Traders With Hacking Law Firms
Wall Street Journal Three Chinese traders earned more than $4 million in illegal profits after they hacked into the computer systems of prominent U.S. law firms and stole nonpublic information on mergers and acquisitions, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday. UPDATE 2-U.S. accuses Chinese citizens of hacking law firms, insider tradingBusiness Insider Chinese hackers charged with trading on stolen law firm dataThe Boston Globe Law firm hacks traced back to Bay Area transactionsSFGate CNNMoney –USA TODAY –New York Post –Los Angeles Times all 40 news articles » |
Washington Post |
Italy Announces Inevitable Bank Bailout
Huffington Post After Monte Dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) failed to raise enough money for a private recapitalization, the Italian government finally pulled the trigger on an inevitable bailout. Early Friday morning following a cabinet meeting, caretaker Prime Minister … Belgian bonds resilient as market ignores surprise downgradeReuters Monte Dei Paschi Needs $9.2 Billion to Avert Potential ShortfallTheStreet.com How Deutsche Bank Will Avoid DefaultSeeking Alpha Business Insider –STLtoday.com –Irish Times –The Independent all 104 news articles » |
Politico |
'Profitable' Washington Post adding more than five dozen journalists
Politico Twenty-sixteen was the year The Washington Post came of age — again. In its audience growth, in the ambitiousness of its journalism, in its impact on the American conversation, the Post became the U.S.'s fourth national newspaper company, joining The … The Jeff Bezos effect? Washington Post is profitable and set to hire dozens of journalists in 2017GeekWire This Newspaper Is Hiring Reporters, Bucking the Media TrendFortune Washington Post to add more than 60 journalists in 2017The Hill Stоck Nеws USА –FishbowlDC (blog) all 8 news articles » |
USA TODAY |
Missouri's new Branson Airport struggling to keep fliers
USA TODAY SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — For the third straight year, the number of passengers flying out of Branson Airport declined in 2016. As of the end of October, 5,149 people had boarded a plane at the airport in 2016 — a drop of 63.5% compared to the same 10-month … For third year, passenger count declines at Branson AirportMiami Herald |
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Asian Stocks Lower in Light Trading After Christmas
New York Times BEIJING — Stock markets in Japan and China declined Monday in light trading after Christmas with most other Asian markets closed. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.8 percent to 3,085.82 and Tokyo's Nikkei 225 shed 0.1 percent to … |