Anyone who has taken an Uber, sent a Slack message or enjoyed a free beer at a WeWork owes a little something to Masayoshi Son. Through his Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and a $100 billion investment fund, Mr. Son plowed huge sums into these and other companies that aim to change how people work, travel and […]
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Jonathan Schoop hit Minnesota’s record 300th home run, Willians Astudillo also went deep and the AL Central champion Twins rallied past the Detroit Tigers 10-4 Thursday to move within one victory of giving the major leagues four 100-win teams for the first time. Minnesota was tied with the New York Yankees for the big league
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday, pressing the president’s complaints about homelessness in California, demanded the state improve the way it deals with human waste, arsenic and lead in water as it escalated the administration’s war with the country’s most populous state. In a letter to Gov. Gavin C. Newsom of California, Andrew Wheeler,
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The Trump administration’s trade war with China is largely to blame for stocks’ screeching halt on Wall Street since April, analysts and economists say. The benchmark S&P 500 index, a closely watched gauge of the stock market‘s performance, has risen just 1% this quarter, coming to a near standstill after a gain of 4% in
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Consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson is appealing an Oklahoma judge’s $572 million order against the company and its subsidiaries for helping fuel the state’s opioid crisis. The company filed an appeal with the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday, arguing the ruling was an “unprecedented interpretation of Oklahoma public nuisance law.” The judge’s decision that
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Adults can be so childish sometimes ― especially when it comes to outrage aimed at teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg. Comedy writers Evan Williams and Mark Humphries have brilliantly captured how ridiculous grown-ass humans look when they express their frustrations with the 16-year-old Swede in a hilarious sketch about a helpline for adults who, well, want
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Image copyright Getty Images Customers of NatWest’s online business banking service have seen other companies’ balances and transactions after logging in. Bankline allows online management of accounts and says on its website that it offers “security you can trust”. But customers said that after logging in, they had seen details of a different account holder.
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Advocacy groups at a meeting with Facebook are criticizing the tech giant’s announcement earlier this week that it won’t remove newsworthy posts from politicians even if they’re misleading or break the site’s rules. Facebook and civil rights group Color of Change are hosting a meeting Thursday in Atlanta to discuss problems around discrimination, racism and
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Orlando Arcia doubled with the bases loaded, and the Milwaukee Brewers shook off the fizz from their playoffs-clinching celebration to close on the NL Central lead Thursday, beating the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 for their seventh straight victory. The Brewers earned at least a wild card with a 9-2 win on Wednesday night, dousing each other
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Washington has been roiled by revelations about President Trump’s contacts with the Ukrainian president. A whistle-blower complaint alleges that Mr. Trump tried to press Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election by investigating a rival, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. The report prompted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to announce a formal impeachment inquiry
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