2020

Former Iowa governor, US ag secretary to monitor drugmaker

Former Iowa governor and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has been hired to monitor Purdue Pharma as the OxyContin maker goes through bankruptcy February 21, 2020, 5:59 PM 2 min read WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Tom Vilsack, a former Iowa governor and U.S agriculture secretary, will oversee Purdue Pharma’s marketing efforts to ensure the

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Bloomberg Campaign Blames Sanders Supporters Over Slurs in Vandalism

A field office for Michael R. Bloomberg’s presidential campaign in Knoxville, Tenn., was vandalized overnight, the latest in a series of vandalism incidents that prompted top campaign officials to blame Senator Bernie Sanders for the attacks. Campaign volunteers arrived at the office on Friday morning to find profanity spray-painted across the glass front doors. Handmade

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‘Now Is the Time’: A Fed Official Urges Congress to Plan for Recessions

Federal Reserve officials and top economists have been debating which tools will work best to fight future recessions, and a clear consensus is forming: They are going to need lawmakers’ help. Interest rates are mired at lower levels than in past economic expansions, part of a long-running trend that looks unlikely to reverse anytime soon.

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Coronavirus: ‘Narrowing window’ to contain outbreak, WHO says

Image copyright EPA Image caption Lebanon has confirmed its first case – a woman returning from the Iranian city of Qom The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern at the number of coronavirus cases with no clear link to China or other confirmed cases. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s comments follow Iran’s

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FreshDirect, After Broken Eggs and Angry Customers, Stages a Comeback

About a year and a half ago, longtime patrons of the pioneering grocery delivery service FreshDirect started complaining that orders were arriving hours late. There were broken eggs and spoiled fruit. One customer reported that she had paid $200 for groceries — only to receive nothing but seltzer and a loaf of bread. The source of

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