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Senate passes 2-year budget deal, sending bill to Trump
The Senate on Thursday passed a bill to increase the U.S. budget and lift the debt ceiling for the next two years. The spending deal now heads to the Oval Office to be signed by President Donald Trump. The legislation passed 67-28, with 23 Republicans and five Democrats voting against the bill. Its passage in …
10% of Older Adults Are Binge Drinking. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal
(Newser) – There are the usual problems associated with binge drinking—and then there’s an additional set of problems associated with binge drinking as you age. And that second set of problems is something we need to be concerned with, say researchers involved in a new study that found an estimated 10.6% of people …
Saints, WR Thomas reach $100M deal
Michael Thomas has reached agreement with the New Orleans Saints on a five-year, $100 million extension that includes $61 million guaranteed and makes him the NFL’s highest-paid wide receiver, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. Thomas is now tied to the Saints for the next six years, through the 2024 season. Thomas is …
Covenant HealthCare and CMU forge 25-year deal to train medical students in Saginaw
SAGINAW, MI — Tuesday was a good day for the medical field in Saginaw, said the doctors, community leaders and medical personnel who gathered to watch two organizations form a long-term partnership. On Tuesday, July 30, Covenant HealthCare and Central Michigan University’s College of Medicine forged a 25-year partnership allowing CMU med students to train …
Diagnostic company Exact Sciences to buy Genomic Health in $2.8 billion deal | News
Monday, July 29, 2019 6:38 a.m. CDT By Saumya Joseph (Reuters) – Exact Sciences Corp said on Monday it will buy peer Genomic Health Inc for about $2.8 billion in cash and stock, expanding the cancer diagnostic company’s testing capabilities to breast and prostate cancers. The deal will bring together Exact Sciences’ non-invasive stool screening …
Jays deal Stroman to Mets for prospects
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman has been traded to the New York Mets in exchange for pitching prospects Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods-Richardson, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. ESPN’s Keith Law had Kay and Woods-Richardson ranked as the No. 6 and No. 7 prospects in the Mets system before the season. MLB.com was …
Talks held in Vienna to salvage Iran nuclear deal
Image copyright EPA Image caption The talks have been held in Vienna Talks to try to save the Iran nuclear deal have been held amid rising tensions over tankers in the Gulf. After meeting officials from Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China in Vienna, a senior Iranian official said the atmosphere had been “constructive”. Tensions …
Markets and Technology May Hold Out the Real Green New Deal: Part II
As we mentioned yesterday in Part I of this series, Inclusive Capitalism must include environmental considerations, and big business has a huge role to play in bringing the environment back from the precipice. To that end, decarbonization and active ownership are two things companies can do about it. There’s been heated debate about the application …
Trump Signs Deal To Limit Asylum Claims From Guatemala : NPR
President Trump announced that Guatemala is signing an agreement to restrict asylum applications to the U.S. from Central America. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP President Trump announced that Guatemala is signing an agreement to restrict asylum applications to the U.S. from Central America. Carolyn Kaster/AP Updated at 5:22 p.m. ET President Trump …
T-Mobile and Sprint deal wins Justice Department OK thanks to Dish
T-Mobile and Sprint are becoming one. Josh Miller/CNET After more than a year of regulatory battles, T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint is this close to happening. Justice Department antitrust head Makan Delrahim said Friday that the DOJ will approve the deal because T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom signed an agreement to sell off several Sprint …
