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Trump Jr. tweet likening Syrian refugees to poisoned Skittles irks candy maker
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The maker of Skittles candies on Tuesday objected to a social media post by Donald Trump Jr. in which the Republican presidential hopeful's son compared admitting Syrian refugees to the United States to eating poisoned pieces of the brightly colored, fruit-flavored treats.
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Macy's joins Kohl's, Target in hiring cautiously for holiday season
(Reuters) - U.S. retailers are taking a cautious view of the holiday selling season this year - if their temporary hiring plans are anything to go by.
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RPT-GM sets Bolt electric car price at $37,495
DETROIT, Sept 20 (Reuters) - General Motors Co on Tuesday announced its Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle will cost under $30,000 after tax breaks, a price that makes it significantly cheaper than the average new U.S. vehicle and sets up a test of whether the technology can go mainstream in the United States.
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RPT-UPDATE 1-Bayer raises sales targets for top-selling drugs after Monsanto deal
FRANKFURT, Sept 20 (Reuters) - German drugmaker Bayer said its two best-selling drugs had a higher annual peak sales potential than previously targeted, after the agreed $66 billion takeover of Monsanto stirred criticism it might neglect its pharmaceuticals business.
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Google gets more time to counter EU antitrust charge on Android
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google has been given an extra three weeks to respond to EU antitrust charges that it abused its dominant Android mobile operating system to squeeze out rivals, the European Commission said on Tuesday.
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Northern Gateway pipeline project won't appeal Canadian court decision
TORONTO, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Oil company Enbridge Inc's Northern Gateway pipeline project will not appeal a recent Canadian Federal Court of Appeal decision that reversed its approval pending consultations with aboriginal groups, it said on Tuesday.
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Netflix goes local, plans Polish original productions
WARSAW (Reuters) - Netflix Inc is expanding its Polish service to include more content subtitled or dubbed in Polish and plans to produce local shows before the end of the decade as the U.S. service seeks more subscribers away from its home market.
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VW's MAN to sell trucks with new digital services from 2017
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen
division MAN will next year start selling heavy-duty commercial vehicles with new digital services to make its trucks more efficient, as VW looks to challenge rivals Daimler and Volvo AB. -
Amgen cholesterol drug reduces arterial plaque buildup: study
(Reuters) - Amgen Inc said on Tuesday its potent new cholesterol fighter, Repatha, met the primary and secondary goals of a study designed to show it can decrease plaque buildup in heart arteries of patients already taking widely used statin drugs, such as Lipitor.
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Florida sinkhole to cost Mosaic up to $50 million to fix
Sept 20 (Reuters) - A massive leak of contaminated water through a sinkhole at a Mosaic Co fertilizer facility in Florida will cost it $20 million to $50 million to fix, a company executive said on Tuesday.
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