What We’re Reading — Special Super Bowl Edition
Date: 05 February 2016
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads about football from Randal C. Archibold, Sarah Lyall and others.
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Morning Agenda: Making a Blind Bet on Uber
Date: 05 February 2016
By AMIE TSANG
Amie TSANG
Martin Shkreli Invokes the Fifth Amendment | Hasbro and Mattel Are Said to Discuss Merger | U.S. Concerns Over Deals With China
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Morning Agenda: Sumner Redstone Steps Down
Date: 04 February 2016
By AMIE TSANG
Amie TSANG
ChemChina’s Bold Play for Syngenta | Toxic Loans Weigh on Global Growth | Credit Suisse Reports a Huge Loss
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Hillary Clinton Is Again Put on the Defensive Over Perceived Ties to Wall Street
Date: 05 February 2016
By AMY CHOZICK
Amy CHOZICK
News Analysis; Hillary Clinton faces skepticism about her plan to regulate banks from both her opponent Sen Bernie Sanders and moderators at Democratic debate; Clinton, whose close ties to Wall Street have become issue in campaign, has regulation plan for financial sector that has been widely praised, but she has struggled to present herself as willing to take on banking industry.
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Journalist Who Sought Refuge in Thailand Is Said to Return to China
Date: 04 February 2016
By CHRIS BUCKLEY
Chris BUCKLEY
Chinese journalist Xi Jin, who vanished in Thailand after fleeing China, tells wife in cryptic phone call he was back in China and under investigation; government critics suspect episode is latest in series of illegal renditions of dissidents by Chinese authorities.
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Under Steve Burke, Old-Media NBCUniversal Shows Off Some New Tricks
Date: 05 February 2016
By JAMES B. STEWART
James
James B Stewart Common Sense column asserts Comcast-owned NBCUniversal has surprised investors and analysts with quarterly revenue rise of more than 13 percent; observes that both income and ratings are climbing under chief executive Steve Burke, despite challenges faced by 'old-media' industry.
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