What We’re Reading
Date: 18 March 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting interesting stories from around the web. In this installment, great reads from Jason Stallman, Samantha Storey and others.
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Morning Agenda: More Scrutiny for Biomet
Date: 18 March 2015
By SYDNEY EMBER
Sydney EMBER
New bribery evidence adds a year to Biomet’s probation. | G.M.’s stock buyback suggests the clout of activist investors. | Macerich spurns a rival’s takeover bid. | S.E.C. chief backs a higher standard for brokers.
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Morning Agenda: Jana Partners Sells Stake
Date: 19 March 2015
By SYDNEY EMBER
Sydney EMBER
Jana Partners sells a 20 percent stake to an investment firm. | Markets cheer the Fed’s statement on rates. | BlackRock has a new breed of E.T.F. | A top Wall Street lawyer blasts the regulatory environment.
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Deep Wounds and Lingering Questions After Israel’s Bitter Race
Date: 18 March 2015
By ISABEL KERSHNER
Isabel KERSHNER
News Analysis; Israeli Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu appears poised to retain power for fourth term, but his bitter re-election campaign inflicted deep wounds along the way; questions remain about his ability to heal Israel's internal strife or improve its standing in the world; yet Netanyahu has long history in power, and has shown he can switch from campaigning to governing, with record of being a pragmatist.
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Obama May Find It Impossible to Mend Frayed Ties to Netanyahu
Date: 19 March 2015
By HELENE COOPER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR
Helene COOPER
Contentious relationship between Pres Obama and re-elected Israeli Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu is not likely to improve, as latest moves by Obama seem to indicate; Obama's criticism of Netanyahu's campaign statements has been sharp, asserting that Israeli leader's exclusion of Arab-Israeli citizens defies democratic principles United States shares with Israel.
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Demise of Gigaom Doesn’t Faze Its Rivals
Date: 19 March 2015
By FARHAD MANJOO
Farhad MANJOO
Farhad Manjoo State of the Art column cautions against trying to tease out broad lesson from collapse of Gigaom about state of similar darlings of media's new Gilded Age; relates problems with site disclosed by staff members and executives anonymously, including company's poor leadership and failure to address persistent problems in its businesses.
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Dissident Journalist in Yemen Is Shot and Killed
Date: 19 March 2015
By KAREEM FAHIM
Kareem FAHIM
Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani, dissident journalist and supporter of rebel Houthis, is shot and killed by unidentified gunman in Sana, Yemen.
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Good News for Medical Marijuana
Date: 18 March 2015
By VIKAS BAJAJ
Vikas BAJAJ
Sen. Barbara Boxer’s support will lend political heft to a bill that would permit the medicinal use of marijuana in states that allow it.
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