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By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Azul and Gol, two of Brazil’s largest airlines, are moving a step closer to a sweeping merger that would create a dominant carrier in Latin America’s No. 1 economy, a securities filing showed on Wednesday. The union of the two companies, which follows…
Investing.com — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a report showing that the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the industry have significantly marked up prices on specialty generic drugs. The PBMs, Caremark Rx, LLC, Express Scripts, Inc., and OptumRx, Inc., are all owned by major healthcare conglomerates.…
DOGE plans to deploy its staffers to major government agencies after Donald Trump takes office.Two DOGE representatives will be embedded at each agency, The New York Times reported.The commission has been hiring since it was announced in November.Elon Musk’s government efficiency commission is looking to embed staffers at government agencies…
Meta said Tuesday it plans to drop third-party fact-checkers in favor of a community notes feature.Meta CMO Alex Schultz told Business Insider the incoming Trump administration influenced the shift.He also said a change in how Americans view censorship and content moderation played a role.After Meta announced it was ditching fact…
Germany’s foreign minister urged new European Union sanctions on Russia’s dark fleet.As part of a probe into a cut cable, Finland said last week it detained a ship that may be from the dark fleet.The case is being investigated as “aggravated criminal mischief,” Finnish police said.Germany’s foreign minister has called…
Tricia Goh is a final year computer science student at the National University of Singapore.Unlike most of her peers, Goh says she is not gunning for a job at a FAANG company.Goh received a job offer after competing a six-month internship at a Norwegian software company.This as-told-to essay is based…
Starbucks’ largest workers’ union announced that it would strike in three major cities on Friday.The Starbucks Workers United union said that stores in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle would participate.The union said it was protesting Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and low wages.Starbucks’ largest workers union announced that it would go…
Investing.com– Asian stocks were mixed on Tuesday as markets awaited interest rate decisions from major central banks later this week, while weak Chinese economic readings released a day earlier eroded risk sentiment. The U.S. Federal Reserve will meet on Wednesday to decide its key , where a 25 basis point…
My twin sons have just graduated from high school and are choosing their college majors.One son switched from wanting to study law to pursuing philosophy.Other parents told me it was a huge mistake, but my own college experience taught me otherwise.My twin 18-year-old sons have just graduated from high school,…
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-leads of DOGE, visited Capitol Hill on Thursday.GOP lawmakers were generally upbeat about the duo’s plan to cut spending.But the details of how they’ll do it remain vague.Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy paid a visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday, meeting with GOP lawmakers…
