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Special Report: How judges added to the grim toll of opioids

By Benjamin Lesser, Dan Levine, Lisa Girion and Jaimi Dowdell



5 years ago

Reuters' analysis of U.S. court secrecy: the methodology

To measure the extent and impact of court secrecy, a team of Reuters journalists analyzed Westlaw data from 3.2 million civil suits filed in federal court between 2006 and 2016.



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Unilever to shut ice cream facility in Nevada, cut 300 jobs

Unilever said on Tuesday it would close its ice cream manufacturing facility in Henderson, Nevada, resulting in 300 people losing their jobs.



5 years ago

Gold investors have been waiting a long time for this breakout moment and it's happening

Investors are piling into gold, sending the precious metal to a six-year high on Monday, and analysts think the commodity has established a base to go even higher.

5 years ago

Porsche recalls 340,000 cars due to parking problem

Volkswagen's sports-car brand Porsche has to recall almost 340,000 Cayenne and Panamera vehicles due to problems with their automatic transmission, the German company said on Tuesday.



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GM to spend $20 million more on equipment upgrade at Arlington plant

General Motors Co said on Tuesday it would invest an additional $20 million to upgrade equipment at the automaker's Arlington Assembly plant in Texas, ahead of the launch of full-size sports utility vehicles (SUVs).



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Wall St. sinks on trade jitters ahead of Powell speech

Wall Street lost ground on Tuesday as simmering geopolitical and trade concerns, combined with disappointing economic data, kept buyers at bay and investors looked to remarks from U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell expected later in the session.



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Here are the top 10 places to own a home and pay fewer taxes

Depending on where you settle down, the tax burden for homebuyers varies greatly.

5 years ago

PG&E bondholders propose competing bankruptcy plan worth up to $30 billion

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 power provider emerge from Chapter 11 and address its liability from wildfires.



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Comcast's SKY Italia appoints Maximo Ibarra as new CEO

SKY Italia has appointed Maximo Ibarra as its new chief executive effective Oct. 1 as it expands its business, the Italian unit of U.S. media group Comcast said on Tuesday.



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U.S. consumer confidence dives, trade tensions hurting economy

U.S. consumer confidence tumbled to a 21-month low in June as households grew 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.



5 years ago

UPS will not join FedEx lawsuit against U.S. government

Parcel delivery company United Parcel Service Inc said on Tuesday it would not join rival FedEx Corp's lawsuit against the U.S. government.



5 years ago

PG&E bondholders propose bankruptcy reorganization plan worth up to $30 billion

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



5 years ago

Here are the top 10 places to own a home and pay less in taxes

Depending on where you settle down, the tax burden for homebuyers varies greatly.

5 years ago

Bombardier exits commercial aviation with sale of regional jet business to Mitsubishi

Bombardier Inc said on Tuesday it will sell its money-losing regional jet business to Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) for $550 million in cash, in a deal marking the Canadian plane and train maker's exit from commercial aviation.



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