Business Briefing: Coke Discloses More Spending on Health-Related Efforts
The world’s biggest beverage company said on Thursday that it spent more on health research and partnerships than it previously disclosed, as part of its push to be more transparent.
Business Briefing: Gilead Ordered to Pay Merck 0 Million in Patent Dispute
A federal jury on Thursday ordered Gilead Sciences to pay for infringing two Merck patents related to a lucrative cure for hepatitis C.
Sports Briefing | Baseball: Yankees Top Valuable Teams List
The Yankees are Major League Baseball’s most valuable team for the 19th consecutive year, coming in at nearly triple the league’s average value, according to a survey released by Forbes.
Sports Briefing | Baseball: Dodgers’ Andre Ethier Out Up to 14 Weeks
Ethier, who fouled a ball off his right shin Friday, has a fractured tibia.
Business Briefing: Lumber Liquidators to Pay .5 Million to Settle Allegations
The beleaguered flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators is paying $ 2.5 million to settle allegations that some of its products violated California’s air safety standards.
Business Briefing: Minnesota’s Iron Ore Producers Retrench, Troubling a Region
Magnetation, an iron ore producer, announced possible layoffs and a decline in production next year at a plant in Bovey, Minn.
Business Briefing: Microsoft May Let Europeans Store Data Closer to Home
Microsoft may soon be one of the first cloud-computing companies in the United States to let Europeans store their online data closer to home.
