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Meg Whitman has taken the chief executive officer job at NewTV, one of Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo LLC portfolio companies, the company said Wednesday. Whitman has previously run Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and eBay Inc. NewTV is the company's working name. Whitman stepped down from HPE in November, after a six-year tenure with the company where she promised to turn the business around, and including splitting the company into two parts in 2014. Whitman is tasked with building the online service which will target 18- to 34-year olds... Читать дальше...

Four companies have tried to trademark the viral social justice hashtag.

Visa’s tax-reform move is worth more than the taxable $1,000 one-time bonuses that other companies have announced.

Oil futures climb Wednesday, with U.S. prices settling above $65 a barrel, after the Energy Information Administration reported a tenth weekly decline in a row for U.S. crude stockpiles.

The latest, and very idiotic, craze isn’t discouraging people from purchasing the detergent.

The latest, and very idiotic, craze isn’t discouraging people from purchasing the detergent.

Wednesday's top personal finance stories

World Bank chief economist Paul Romer has stepped down from his post Wednesday after questioning the international institution’s data.

The Trump administration will release an immigration "framework" on Monday that will include a "permanent solution" on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday. The framework will also address border security, "chain migration" and visa lotteries, she said.

Alex Azar, the former president of Eli Lilly USA, was confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday to become secretary of the Health and Human Services Department. He replaces Tom Price, who resigned last year after a controversy over his use of private plans for government travel. Azar will lead efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle Obamacare. He's also vowed to boost efforts to lower U.S. drug prices, though critics are skeptical because of his close ties to the pharmaceutical industry.

It’s because they tend to go farther in school.

Oil climbed Wednesday for a third straight session, with the U.S. benchmark settling above $65 a barrel for the first time since December 2014 after the Energy Information Administration reported a tenth weekly decline in a row for U.S. crude stockpiles. Natural-gas prices, meanwhile, rallied to their highest settlement in more than a year, buoyed by expectations that the EIA on Thursday will report another sizable weekly drop in supplies of the commodity. March West Texas Intermediate crude rose $1.14... Читать дальше...

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U.S. stock benchmarks fight for firm footing in up-and-down trade on Wednesday, which saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average produce a triple-digit price swing, as technology stocks came under selling pressure.

Cerus Corp. shares rose 17.6% in Wednesday trade after the company said a late-stage clinical trial evaluating the company's Intercept treatment for chronic anemia in patients with the inherited blood disorder thalassemia had positive results. In the phase 3 trial, which enrolled 86 patients, individuals with Intercept-treated red blood cells met the trial's primary efficacy and safety endpoints, the company said. The company plans to file for commercialization in Europe in the second half of this year. Читать дальше...

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A unit of Electronic Arts Inc. has pushed the release of one of its key gaming titles into early 2019, several months behind its scheduled release this year, according to the gaming blog Kotaku. EA stock is down 2.8% to $114.44 in afternoon trading Wednesday. The stock was trading steadily until the report hit the web at 1:30 p.m eastern time. Kotaku, citing unnamed sources, reported that EA's BioWare unit has pushed back the release of "Anthem," which the company announced in 2017. "All else equal... Читать дальше...

Naomi Parker Fraley’s likeness became a feminist symbol, but companies during World War II may have contributed to today’s gender wage gap.

The tax bill that President Donald Trump signed into law in December slashes corporate tax rates, so why are some companies announcing charges instead of benefits from the change?

Campbell Soup Co. said Wednesday it is planning to close a manufacturing plant in Toronto and move its Canadian headquarters and commercial operations to a new location in the Greater Toronto Area. The food company said the move is part of a previously announced cost saving program that has already generated $345 million in annual savings. "Several factors have resulted in excess capacity in Campbell's North American thermal supply chain network, including significant productivity improvements... Читать дальше...

No digital currency deserves an A grade, and bitcoin barely passes, according to Weiss Ratings, which released on Wednesday what it claims to be “the nation’s first-ever grades on cryptocurrencies by a financial rating agency.”

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