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CVS, Walmart Impose Purchase Limits on Plan B Pills

June 27, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on CVS, Walmart Impose Purchase Limits on Plan B Pills
Some retailers’ websites indicated that the emergency contraceptive was in short supply amid a surge in demand following the Supreme Court’s abortion-rights decision.

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JetBlue Raises Offer to Buy Spirit Airlines—Again

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Budget carrier Spirit has been in the middle of a bidding war between JetBlue and Frontier, and the intensity has picked up in the final days before a shareholder vote.

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Volkswagen Nears Deal to Sell Stake in Electrify America to Siemens

June 27, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Volkswagen Nears Deal to Sell Stake in Electrify America to Siemens
The transaction would value the electric-vehicle charging business at more than $2 billion.

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Biotech Wizard Left a Trail of Fraud—Prosecutors Allege It Ended in Murder

June 27, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Biotech Wizard Left a Trail of Fraud—Prosecutors Allege It Ended in Murder
Serhat Gumrukcu faces trial in a purported murder-for-hire plot to silence an associate who could have exposed him and derailed a drug-development deal worth millions of dollars.

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Russian Gas Cuts Threaten World’s Largest Chemicals Hub

June 27, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Russian Gas Cuts Threaten World’s Largest Chemicals Hub
Dwindling Russian gas supplies are proving a threat to chemicals companies and their disruption would reverberate well beyond the sector, threatening Europe’s economy at a time of high inflation and slowing growth.

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Tesla, Ford and GM Raise EV Prices as Costs, Demand Grow

June 26, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Tesla, Ford and GM Raise EV Prices as Costs, Demand Grow
Auto makers are marking up electric vehicles to offset rising battery-material costs and capitalize on the interest caused by higher gas prices.

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Pension Funds Plunge Into Riskier Bets—Just as Markets Are Struggling

June 26, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Pension Funds Plunge Into Riskier Bets—Just as Markets Are Struggling
More public pension plans than ever are using leverage, investing borrowed money in an effort to earn higher returns and close big funding gaps. “They’re treading on very risky footing.”

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Air Travel Is Expensive, Messy—and Booming

June 26, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Air Travel Is Expensive, Messy—and Booming
Packed planes, long lines and other inconveniences were regular features of summer journeys, but now there isn’t slack for airlines to recover when things go wrong.

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Amazon’s Prime Day Isn’t Quite the Blockbuster It Once Was

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Sales growth for the online shopping extravaganza has slowed and consumers aren’t purchasing orders as large as they once did.

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Central Banks Should Raise Rates Sharply or Risk High-Inflation Era, BIS Warns

June 26, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Central Banks Should Raise Rates Sharply or Risk High-Inflation Era, BIS Warns
The Bank for International Settlements cautions that the steps necessary to get inflation under control could raise global economic costs.

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