Tag: business
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Experience Abundance how to Create Abundance in Bell Rock Sedona Arizona
Article provided by Zhang Xinyue of Golden Touch The desert has more to offer than at first meets the eye. Bell Rock in Sedona Arizona is a very powerful energy vortex and offers a place to re-energize. Here you come to visit when you are looking to learn the art of meditation and create abundance…
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Exclusive: Pfizer weighs sale or spin-off of consumer health unit – sources
By Lauren Hirsch, Olivia Oran and Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc is evaluating a potential sale or spin-off of its consumer health division that could value the unit at as much as $14 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. A Pfizer exit from the consumer health business, which includes…
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18 Surprising Ways to Use a Slow Cooker
Turn off those heavy-duty ovens and stovetops and turn on a slow cooker. Not only can you use your slow cooker to cook your favorite soups and stews, you can even make your own common household products. Here are some unexpected foods and products that you can prepare in your slow cooker!
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Buffett, Munger slam Valeant; drugmaker turned into ‘a sewer’
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger made clear that they are no fans of embattled drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. “In my view, the business model of Valeant was enormously flawed,” Buffett said at the annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting on Saturday.
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Buffett defends Berkshire’s big Coke stake
Warren Buffett on Saturday vigorously defended Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s large, long-standing investment in Coca-Cola Co, rejecting critics who say the company’s sugary drinks harm people’s health. Speaking at Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, Buffett said it seemed “spurious” to argue that calories from Coke alone were a significant factor in obesity levels. Hedge…
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People with albinism risk "extinction" in Malawi, says UN official
By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – People with albinism in Malawi are at risk of “systemic extinction” due to relentless attacks fueled by superstitions, the United Nations’ top expert on albinism said on Friday on her first official visit in her new role. At least 65 cases of violence against people with…
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McKesson cuts 1,600 jobs to trim costs
(Reuters) – U.S. drug distributor McKesson Corp said on Wednesday it cut 1,600 jobs, or about 4 percent of its U.S. workforce, to slash costs after the company lost some key customers. McKesson said in January it would review its cost structure and decided that “reductions to our workforce would be necessary to align our cost…
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War, disasters disrupt education of 80 million, more aid needed: experts
By Alex Whiting LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At least 80 million children living in areas affected by war or natural disaster had their education disrupted last year, leaving them prey to child labor, trafficking and extremism, experts said on Thursday. Many humanitarian aid appeals for 2015 ignored education, and aid appeals for education were…