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AbbVie looks beyond Humira with $63 billion deal for Botox-maker Allergan

Drugmaker AbbVie Inc said on Tuesday it would buy Botox-maker Allergan Plc for about $63 billion, grabbing control of by far the biggest name in medical aesthetics to help reduce its reliance on blockbuster arthritis treatment Humira.



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Unilever to close Henderson ice cream manufacturing facility in Nevada

Consumer goods giant Unilever said it would close its ice cream manufacturing facility in Henderson, Nevada, hurting about 300 jobs.



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Switching jobs? Don't make these mistakes with your retirement plan

Congratulations on your new gig! Just make sure you don't forget about your 401(k) at the old job. How to decide what you should do next.

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U.S. consumer confidence falls in June; home sales weak

U.S. consumer confidence fell to a 21-month low in June, with households a bit more pessimistic about business and labor market conditions amid concerns about a recent escalation in trade tensions between the United States and China.



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Japan's Suntory joins rival Coca Cola to push Vietnam on plastic recycling

Japanese beverage giant Suntory Holdings said it would work with rival Coca-Cola as well as Nestle to push the government in Vietnam, among the biggest contributors to plastic waste in the ocean, to create a large-scale recycling system.



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U.S. consumer confidence at 21-month low

U.S. June consumer confidence fell more than expected, hitting its lowest level since September 2017, according to a private sector report released on Tuesday.



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Hera Health Solutions on Microventures

"Hera Health Solutions is a pharmaceutical device company based in Memphis, Tennessee. It specializes in the research and development (R&D) of long acting treatments through subcutaneous—under the skin—biodegradable drug delivery implants. A full utility patent has been filed on its proprietary technology, that aims to eliminate painful, costly, and risky implant removal procedures by introducing [...]


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Exclusive: In push to replace Huawei, rural U.S. carriers are talking with Nokia and Ericsson

About a dozen rural U.S. telecom carriers that depend on Huawei for network gear are in discussions with its biggest rivals, Ericsson and Nokia, to replace their Chinese equipment, sources familiar with the matter said.



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Oil prices tick up ahead of U.S. crude stock data

Oil prices ticked up on Tuesday after the U.S. market open on anticipation that data due later would show crude stocks there declined, erasing earlier losses linked to concerns over waning demand



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This debt is most likely to force you to file for bankruptcy

Student loans aren't the biggest reason people file for bankruptcy. Those who hit financial rock bottom most often point to medical debt as the cause.

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Gold soars to six-year high as trade, as Iran tensions mount

Gold soared to almost a six-year high on Tuesday on escalating U.S.-Iran tensions and U.S.-Sino trade anxiety, leading traders to pile into safe-haven government debt and to snap up the yen and Swiss franc at the expense of the dollar.



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The likelihood that the stock market rips higher suddenly is increasing, Barclays says

For Barclays, the market could have more room to run if three things realize in the near future.

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PG&E bondholders propose competing bankruptcy plan

A committee of bondholders of PG&E Corp's utility unit on Tuesday proposed filing a bankruptcy reorganization plan that would inject up to $30 billion, primarily equity, to help the California utility emerge from Chapter 11 and address liability from wildfires.



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Thousands of students sue Betsy DeVos, claiming she's denying them student debt forgiveness

More than 150,000 former students of for-profit colleges filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday, claiming the agency is depriving them of student debt relief.

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Facebook's Libra coin closely watched by authorities: FSB

Facebook's plan to expand into payments is not expected to be on the agenda of this week's G20 summit in Japan, but the social media giant's intentions could lead regulators to take a closer look at crypto assets, a G20 regulatory group said on Tuesday.



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