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Walgreens cuts workforce after private equity buyout, Bloomberg News reports

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Pharmacy chain Walgreens is laying off over 600 employees across the U.S. following its acquisition by private equity firm Sycamore Partners, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing company letters. Walgreens is cutting 469 jobs in Illinois ...
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Trump climate health rollback likely to hit poor, minority areas hardest, experts say

In a stretch of Louisiana with about 170 fossil fuel and petrochemical plants, premature death is a fact of life for people living nearby. The air is so polluted and the cancer rates so high it is known as ...
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Banner of Donald Trump unfurled at Justice Department headquarters

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A banner of U.S. President Donald Trump has been unfurled outside the headquarters of the Justice Department in the latest effort to stamp his identity on a Washington institution. The blue banner unfurled ...
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India joins US-led initiative to build secure technology supply chains

NEW DELHI (AP) - India joined a U.S.-led initiative to strengthen technology cooperation among strategic allies in a move Friday that underscores the nations' warming ties after a brief strain over New Delhi's unabated purchase of discounted Russian oil. The ...
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Saudi Arabia may have uranium enrichment under proposed deal with US, arms control experts warn

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia could have some form of uranium enrichment within the kingdom under a proposed nuclear deal with the United States, congressional documents and an arms control group suggest, raising proliferation concerns as ...
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Australia’s Ramsay Health to spin off Ramsay Sante stake after year‑long review, shares rise

By Sameer Manekar and Rajasik Mukherjee Feb 20 (Reuters) - Australia's Ramsay Health Care said on Friday it plans to distribute its 52.79% stake in Ramsay Sante to its shareholders, effectively separating from its long-underperforming French-listed business. Shares of Ramsay rose ...
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Texas’ Senate primary race between Crockett and Talarico ramps up after pulled Colbert interview

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas on Thursday urged supporters to look at experience in a heated U.S. Senate primary with state Rep. James Talarico, who is riding a burst of wider attention in ...
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Texas congressman claims he’s being ‘blackmailed’ over alleged affair with staffer who later died

HOUSTON (AP) - U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas claimed Thursday he was being "blackmailed" following a report he allegedly had an affair with a former staffer who later died after she set herself on fire. The claim by the ...
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Eric Dane, who played ‘McSteamy’ on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, dies at 53

By Daniel Trotta Feb 19 (Reuters) - Actor Eric Dane, who played the handsome Dr Mark Sloan on the hit television series "Grey's Anatomy," died on Thursday aged 53, his family said, less than a year after revealing that he ...
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Epstein estate agrees to $35 million settlement in victim class action

By Jan Wolfe Feb 19 (Reuters) - Jeffrey Epstein's estate has agreed to pay as much as $35 million to resolve a class action lawsuit that accused two of the disgraced financier's advisers of aiding and abetting his sex trafficking ...
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Texas sues Sanofi for allegedly ‘bribing’ providers to boost drug prescriptions

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday sued Sanofi for allegedly "bribing" providers to prescribe its medications over alternatives. The attorney general's office issued a statement saying that the company created programs to offer services to ...
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Novartis to exit India unit in $159 million deal; Mumbai-listed shares surge 20%

Feb 20 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis will sell its entire 70.68% stake in its listed Indian unit to a private equity-led consortium for about $159 million, as part of a broader global restructuring. The consortium, comprising WaveRise Investments, ...
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