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Drug firms avert landmark opioid trial as talks on $48-billion settlement set to resume

Four large drug companies could resume talks on Tuesday to try to reach a $48 billion settlement of all opioid litigation against them, after agreeing with two Ohio counties to a $260 million deal to avert the first federal trial over their role in the U.S. opioid epidemic.

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Hedge Funds Have Never Been This Bullish On Medidata Solutions Inc (MDSO)

With the first-quarter round of 13F filings behind us it is time to take a look at the stocks in which some of the best money managers in the world preferred to invest or sell heading into the second quarter. One of these stocks was Medidata Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MDSO). Medidata Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MDSO) has seen […] …read more […]

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Hedge Funds Have Never Been More Bullish On Assured Guaranty Ltd. (AGO)

World-class money managers like Ken Griffin and Barry Rosenstein only invest their wealthy clients’ money after undertaking a rigorous examination of any potential stock. They are particularly successful in this regard when it comes to small-cap stocks, which their peerless research gives them a big information advantage on when it comes to judging their worth. […] …read more […]

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U.K. Politicians Push for Divestment of BP and Shell Shares

(Bloomberg) — A group of 300 British politicians are pushing the trustees of the Parliamentary Pension Fund to sell shares of BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc to ward off the risks of climate change.The group, organized by environmental non-profit 350.org, adds to pressure on the fossil fuel industry. Over the last two weeks, climate change activists from the group Extinction Rebellion have disrupted London by blocking roads and climbing on commercial airplanes. Just weeks before that, an estimated 7.6 million people globally took to the streets to protest continually rising emissions.“Reducing our dependence on fossil fuels is probably …read more […]

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UPDATE 1-San Jose to propose turning PG&E into giant customer-owned utility – WSJ

San Jose, California’s third-biggest city, is proposing to convert PG&E Corp into the country’s largest customer-owned utility, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing the city’s mayor. Mayor Sam Liccardo said in an interview to the WSJ the city served by PG&E hopes to persuade other cities and counties in coming weeks to line up behind the plan. The plan is to strip PG&E of its status as an investor-owned company and turn it into a nonprofit, electric-and-gas cooperative, the Monday’s report https://on.wsj.com/2JaJWJg added. …read more […]

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SoftBank’s WeWork financing would lead to Adam Neumann’s exit: sources

SoftBank Group Corp offered close to $10 billion to WeWork owner The We Company, its employees and its investors on Monday under a plan to keep the struggling U.S. office-space sharing start-up afloat that would lead to the exit of its co-founder and Chairman Adam Neumann, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

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Former Chevron exec seeks $500 million for post-sanctions Venezuela

The former chief of Chevron Corp’s Latin American operations is moving to raise $500 million from big financial firms to invest in Venezuela once U.S. sanctions are eventually lifted, confident that political change will come and that foreign investment will be needed to boost sagging oil output.

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Bombardier unveils revamped small business jet to compete with Embraer

Bombardier on Monday unveiled its revamped Liberty Learjet 75 corporate plane, betting that extra legroom and a lower price tag would help the Canadian company beat back competition from Embraer SA’s market leading model. Bombardier and Embraer are both turning to their corporate jet divisions for growth after shedding control of their commercial aviation programs. “It’s more space, and more performance (than competitors) with similar cost and operating cost,” Mischa Loeffler, manager for product planning at Bombardier Aviation told Reuters at Monday’s unveiling of a mock-up model of the plane for the news media. …read more […]