What We’re Reading
Date: 20 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 Sheri Fink, Lynda Richardson and others.
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Morning Agenda: Bank of New York Mellon in Settlement
Date: 20 March 2015
By SYDNEY EMBER
Sydney EMBER
Bank of New York Mellon will settle a currency trade case for $714 million. | Holcim and Lafarge say their merger is back on track. | The bar exam is under scrutiny. | S.E.C. chief sees virtue in activist investors.
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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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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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Public Pension Cuts Exempt Police and Firefighters
Date: 20 March 2015
By NOAM SCHEIBER
Noam SCHEIBER
News Analysis; some Midwestern states are rolling back collective bargaining rights for government workers, including pensions and health coverage, but excluding police and firefighters; labor experts say exemptions have no substantive merit, as other public workers have much more dangerous jobs.
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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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