Pain Pill Giant Purdue to Stop Promotion of Opioids to Doctors

Pain-pill giant Purdue Pharma LP will stop promoting its opioid drugs to doctors, a retreat after years of criticism that the company's aggressive sales efforts helped lay the foundation of the U.S. addiction crisis. The company told employees this week that it would cut its sales force by more than half,
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Jury told David Drumm was 'man who called the shots' as banking trial begins … A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court was today told that Mr Drumm, the former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank, allegedly authorised deals which lead to the falsification of the bank's balance sheet. Mr Drumm (51), with
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A video-banking platform launched in Nov. 2016 has since been rolled out to all 15 branches of Moline, Ill.-based Vibrant Credit Union, following strong satisfaction results, increased lending and shorter wait times for members. The system, which enables members to speak to the credit union's personal
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“I expect more bank branches to be closed and more fintech opportunities to be created. I also expect that more fintech M&A deals will happen especially where banks buy growing companies” says Wael Salem, as he examines how the non-bank world has disrupted FinTech in every area from payment
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) The Scott administration is lending its support to a major project to bring renewable electricity from Canada under Lake Champlain to southern New England. In a letter to Massachusetts regulators, Vermont officials says in the wake of the Northern Pass project's inability to get
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Portfolio Grader currently ranks Lending Club Corp (NYSE:LC) a Sell. The methodology for investing incorporated in this analytical tool researches and ranks nearly 5,000 stocks each week from a fundamental and quantitative perspective. The current Portfolio Grader recommendation on the shares has
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New home construction has increased over the same time frame from $233 thousand to $274 thousand, an increase of $41 thousand or 18%. Average days on the market stayed fairly stable at 71 versus 70 last year. The housing market in Columbia is bifurcated. The bulk of the building, sales and
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Porter resigned after the two ex-wives said in interviews with the DailyMail.com and The Intercept this week that he emotionally and physically abused them. After The Intercept published a photo of one ex-wife, Colbie Holderness, with a black eye she said Porter had inflicted, Thursday became Porter's
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The executive who spent more than a decade turning a Gazprom PJSC unit into a global energy trader has left the company. Vitaly Vasiliev, the chief executive officer of Gazprom's trading arm in London, left as part of a restructuring drive, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said, asking not to
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Expert discovers two cars in garage under abandoned house – you won't BELIEVE their value. A CAR expert couldn't believe his eyes when he stumbled across two supercars in an abandoned garage – worth an absolute fortune.
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Freddie Mac provided the 10-year fixed-rate loan, according to Real Capital Analytics. Freddie provided $156 million for the Medici and $78 million for the Orsini. It provided the previous loan, as well. Palmer also owns the Skyline Terrace Apartments, Pasadena Park Place, River Ranch Townhomes in
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He said employment creation was key for market growth and with approvals for various new infrastructure opportunities across the city, this could have an impact on housing prices. He also tipped the luxury market to perform well, and become more attractive to interstate buyers. “We expect to see that
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When purchasing with a friend or partner, co-owners should have this discussion before settlement and let the title company handling the transaction know how they would like to hold title to the property so that in the event one of you passes your wishes for the property are carried out. To that end, there
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AGNC Investment logo AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 31st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.02, Bloomberg Earnings reports. The company had
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There are just three weeks left of “RRSP season,” meaning that if you want to be eligible to claim a deduction on your 2017 tax return, you need to make your contribution by the March 1, 2018 midnight deadline. To give you that extra motivation to contribute, here's a few lesser-known tips and tricks that
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Salesforce.com's chairman and chief executive officer Marc Benioff hosted Trudeau for a round-table discussion with corporate leaders on the importance of diversity and equality, held at Salesforce's headquarters, in San Francisco's tallest building. The company announced a $2 billion investment in
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The exception is Ukraine, where bad debts will likely continue to bedevil a banking sector waiting for legislative change and improvements to the judicial system. After three years of extensive provisioning, however, even CEE's most-challenging market is once again delivering healthy profits to those
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Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (NYSE:XIN) Q4 2017 Results Earnings Conference Call February 9, 2018 8:00 AM ET. Executives. Bill Zima – IR, ICR … Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. Fourth Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call. Please note that today's call is
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STATE OF INDIANA. IN THE WELLS CIRCUIT COURT. SS: COUNTY OF WELLS. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2007-1 Novastar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1. Plaintiff,. vs. First Cleveland Mortgage.
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The good news is that if you have to have mortgage insurance on a conventional loan through Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, you have some options available to you. With a lender-paid mortgage insurance (LPMI) option like PMI Advantage, you can even avoid a monthly mortgage insurance payment.
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