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SoftBank CEO hosts 'pre-IPO summit' in New York as he courts investors
SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son held his first "pre-IPO summit" for the Japanese conglomerate's portfolio companies on Tuesday, introducing them to Wall Street investors who could be backing their stock market debuts.
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No square to spare in Australia as stores cap toilet paper 'panic buying' over coronavirus
Australia's biggest grocery chain Woolworths Group Ltd and the local arm of Costco Wholesale Corp put limits on purchases of toilet paper amid "panic buying" by shoppers concerned the coronavirus would hurt availability.
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GM to tout its electric vehicles to investors swooning over Tesla
General Motors Co executives on Wednesday will tackle one of their toughest tasks: Persuading investors that a Detroit automaker can catch up with Elon Musk and Tesla Inc as vehicles go electric.
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Super Tuesday voting so far free of cyber meddling, U.S. officials say
The Super Tuesday primary elections were so far free of any signs of interference, said national security professionals who gathered in Northern Virginia in an unprecedented monitoring effort to counter cyberattacks and foreign disinformation.
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Facebook to revamp its digital currency plans: The Information
Facebook Inc will revamp its plans for digital currencies amid regulatory scrutiny, The Information reported on Tuesday.
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UK government says 12 new positive tests for coronavirus, total now 35
British health authorities said on Sunday there had been 12 new cases of coronavirus in Britain, bringing the total to 35.
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Any U.S. citizen can be tested for coronavirus at doctor's orders under new guidance: Pence
Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday that U.S. public health authorities had issued new guidance to make clear that a doctor's order was all that would be needed for any American to be tested for the novel coronavirus.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise cuts cash flow outlook on coronavirus impact, shares down
Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Tuesday cut its free cash flow forecast for the year citing supply constraints due to the coronavirus outbreak, and reported a lower-than-expected quarterly revenue.
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Mercury exposure tied to skin cancer risk
(Reuters Health) - Americans who eat a lot of mercury-containing seafood might be at increased risk for skin cancer, suggests a study based on national surveys.
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Ford bets more businesses want carbon-free delivery vans
Ford Motor Co is putting more chips on a bet that it can profit from selling electric vans to delivery businesses that need to reduce carbon emissions.
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Coronavirus more deadly than flu but containable: WHO's Tedros
About 3.4% of confirmed cases of COVID-19 have died, far above seasonal flu's fatality rate of under 1%, but the novel coronavirus can be contained, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
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Coronavirus forces IMF, World Bank switch to virtual Spring Meetings
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, citing growing concerns about the fast-spreading coronavirus, on Tuesday said they will adopt a "virtual format" for their Spring Meetings instead of convening in person in Washington.
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Google cancels annual developer conference amid coronavirus concerns
Alphabet Inc said on Tuesday it has canceled its annual developer event, Google I/O, amid concerns related to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Lam Research unveils improved tool to make 3-D chips for phones, devices
Lam Research Corp on Tuesday released its first major new tool in two decades for producing finer three-dimensional details on computer chips that must be shrunk down to fit into ever more complex phones and other electronic devices.
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JPMorgan to test emergency coronavirus plans with some employees working from home: sources
JPMorgan Chase & Co is asking thousands of U.S. employees to spend a day working from home in the coming weeks to test its contingency plans should the coronavirus spread, sources familiar with the plan told Reuters.
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Sports doctors may accidentally prescribe banned steroids
(Reuters Health) - Sports physicians routinely prescribe corticosteroids to athletes for conditions like inflammation, asthma and allergies, but not all of them know which forms of these drugs are banned under anti-doping rules, a study suggests.
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U.S. sues Mallinckrodt, accuses drugmaker of defrauding Medicaid
The United States sued a unit of the drugmaker Mallinckrodt Plc on Tuesday, accusing it of defrauding Medicaid out of hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of "meteoric" price increases for its biggest-selling drug, Acthar Gel.
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J&J ordered to pay $1.7 million to three Australian women in pelvic mesh class action
An Australian court on Tuesday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay three women a total of A$2.6 million ($1.7 million) plus legal costs as compensation for misleading patients and surgeons about the risks of its pelvic mesh implants.
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Ford limiting company travel; two employees in China have coronavirus
Ford Motor Co told employees on Tuesday it is restricting all company travel to only essential operations through March 27 as it takes measures in response to the spread of the coronavirus.
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Ireland confirms second case of coronavirus
Irish authorities have confirmed a second case of coronavirus, a woman in the east of the country who recently traveled to Italy, Ireland's Department of Health announced on Tuesday.
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