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    06-04-2018, 02:21 PM #221
    The Monsanto name will cease to exist but the company will continue to produce hazardous pesticides and genetically modified seeds -- and environmentalists will continue to protest.

    Bayer to retire Monsanto name after $63 million buyout deal closes

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/compa...D=ansmsnnews11

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    06-04-2018, 05:10 PM #222
    I'm not sure overcharging for a cup of coffee qualifies someone to run for President -- but, unfortunately, qualifications no longer seem to matter.

    Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is stepping down amid rumors of a Presidential run

    http://www.businessinsider.com/starb...-rumors-2018-6

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    06-04-2018, 05:48 PM #223
    The workers Я not happy. They're demanding $15,000 severance pay for each Toys Я Us employee.

    Toys Я Us workers take pay demands to Wall Street
    CBS News, Jun 4 2018 2:07 PM

    Should deep-pocketed investors and corporate executives profit as a company goes bankrupt? That's what workers laid off by Toys Я Us are asking as they demand compensation following the retailer's demise earlier this year. Toys Я Us gave out millions in executive bonuses a week before filing bankruptcy but isn't paying severance to the roughly 30,000 employers who are losing their jobs as the company shuts down.

    In a campaign supported by the advocacy groups Center For Popular Democracy and the Organization United For Respect, dozens of Toys Я Us workers today took their demands for severance payments to the New York offices of the private-equity firms they claim are responsible for the chain's undoing. Current and former Toys Я Us employees are also readying a claim to file in bankruptcy court this week asking that they receive fair compensation.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toys-r-...o-wall-street/

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    06-05-2018, 01:28 AM #224
    GitHub has more than 28,000,000 users. Wouldn't you think one of them could come up with a better name than "GitHub"?

    Microsoft buys open-source coding platform GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock

    http://www.money.cnn.com/2018/06/04/...eal/index.html

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    06-05-2018, 05:02 PM #225
    This story made me think of Ted, the titular teddy bear who came to life in a 2012 Mark Wahlberg film -- except these scary teddy bears are real:

    Amazon will stop selling connected toy filled with security issues
    CNET, Jun 5 2018 1:57 PM

    That soft teddy bear seems harmless -- until hackers can use it to spy on your kids. Amazon today pulled CloudPets, a smart toy that researchers said was riddled with security flaws, from its online store. The decision comes a day after Mozilla contacted Amazon with research showing new vulnerabilities on CloudPets. Last week, Walmart and Target stopped selling the toy. This isn't the first time Amazon has stopped selling products over privacy concerns. Last July, the online retailer giant suspended Blu phones, its top selling phone at the time, because researchers found spyware on the popular devices.

    CloudPets, made by Spiral Toys, is a talking toy that's connected online and uses voice recordings and an online app through Bluetooth. In 2017, hackers were able to access CloudPets' database, containing email addresses, passwords and voice recordings from children. The breach affected more than 800,000 people. Mozilla and cybersecurity research firm Cure53 yesterday reported that CloudPets' Bluetooth vulnerabilities first demonstrated more than a year ago are still open.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-...curity-issues/

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    06-05-2018, 05:59 PM #226
    In 1850, Henry Wells, William Fargo and John Warren Butterfield founded American Express in Buffalo, New York. In 1852, Wells and Fargo left the company and founded Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco. In 1995, Wells Fargo considered -- but ultimately rejected -- a merger with American Express.

    Wells Fargo sells all its branches in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio
    Bloomberg, Jun 5 2018 1:25 PM

    Wells Fargo’s sale of 52 branches to Flagstar Bancorp marks a retail-banking exit from Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. The deal is part of Wells Fargo’s effort to reduce its branch count to about 5,000 from roughly 5,800 by the end of 2020. The deal, which also includes four branches in Wisconsin, features $2.3 billion in deposits and $130 million in loans.

    http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...605-story.html

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    06-05-2018, 11:14 PM #227
    On June 4 -- Go look! -- I posted the news that the Monsanto name is being discontinued following Bayer's buyout of the company. And now.......

    Twitter to replace Monsanto on the S&P 500

    http://www.investorplace.com/2018/06...o-join-sp-500/

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    06-06-2018, 08:46 PM #228
    Dozens of countries are jumping on the banwagon. No, not that is not supposed to say "bandwagon." Many countries are banning plastic bags, plastic cups, plastic plates, plastic straws and plastic stirrers. I guess all the so-called "paperless socities" are going to have to start using paper bags, paper cups, paper plates, paper straws and paper stirrers.

    India vows to ban all single-use plastics by 2022

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/india-v...n-environment/

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    06-07-2018, 01:59 AM #229
    A walkout has been authorized but is not necessarily imminent. UPS wants to convert part-time employees to full-time and have them deliver parcels on Sundays.......but with no increase in pay. The current contract expires July 31. If we don't see those ugly brown trucks on the road in August, we'll know the reason.

    UPS strike? 260,000 union workers authorize walkout.


    https://investorplace.com/2018/06/ups-strike-may-occur/

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    06-07-2018, 09:55 PM #230
    This is good news for kids whose lemonade stands get shut down because they don't have a city permit -- and it's also good publicity for Country Time. I ran a lemonade stand for several summers when I was a kid, back when the idea of needing a fershlugginer "permit" was unheard of.

    Country Time Lemonade to pay kids' fines and obtain permits if lemonade stands get shut down

    http://www.kstp.com/business/country...down-/4940917/

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