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Pictures Raise Specter of Fake Evidence in 737 Max Crash Probe

(Bloomberg) — Weeks after a Lion Air jet crashed in the Java Sea, killing all 189 aboard, an airline employee gave investigators photographs meant to show that a crucial repair had been properly performed the day before the disaster.Yet the pictures may not show what was claimed.The time displayed in photos of a computer screen in the cockpit of the Boeing Co. 737 Max indicated they had actually been taken before the repair was performed, according to a draft of the final crash report being prepared by Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee, portions of which were reviewed by Bloomberg News.Investigators …read more […]

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UPDATE 1-Drug distributors in talks to settle opioid litigation for $18 bln -WSJ

Three drug distributors are in talks with state and local governments to settle opioid litigation for $18 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the discussions. McKesson Corp, AmerisourceBergen Corp and Cardinal Health would collectively pay the amount over 18 years under the deal currently on the table, according to the Journal. Around 2,600 lawsuits by state and local governments are pending nationally, accusing drug manufacturers of deceptively marketing opioids in ways that downplayed their risks, and drug distributors of failing to detect and halt suspicious orders. …read more […]

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How to Play an Earnings Strangle With Johnson & Johnson

In yesterday’s issue of Trade of the Day, I outlined all of the possible risks that the market is now facing from the so-called “Washington Risk.”
In other words, news out of Washington (specifically the current U.S.-China trade negotiations) now has 100% influence on the minute-by-minute movements of the major market averages.
As we have recently witnessed, any news item – or any tweet – can dramatically change the market’s direction – either up or down – in the blink of an eye.
For instance, Art Cashin – who has seen just about every major market move in the last five decades, warned …read more […]

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How One Man Convinced His Entire Family to Save

Here’s an amazing piece of retirement savings advice from one of the members of my breakfast crew that is responsible for what I call my “Grill Quotient.”
Quickly, the Grill Quotient is my 100%-accurate contrarian market indicator based on what I hear from all the guys at my daily breakfast place on the beach.
In a recent conversation about the state of retirement savings with Kevin, one of the better-informed investors who I talk with regularly, he offered some of the simplest – and for my money, the most effective – advice I’ve ever heard to make your children and other family …read more […]