AP – Liquor company Brown-Forman Corp., whose brands include Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey and Southern Comfort, reports its first-quarter results before the stock market opens Wednesday.
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An experimental medicine that stops Ebola and Marburg viruses from reproducing was effective in monkey tests. The FDA has given the developer of the medicines the green light to study their safety in humans.
Turkey’s AK Party, with roots in Islam, has consolidated power, and the military has seen its revered place in Turkish society diminish. Some of those who favor a modern Turkish state — including civilian control over the military — worry that in the name of democratic reform the government is accumulating too much power.
Reuters – Bill Simon could not have picked a better time to take over as chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s key U.S. discount store unit.
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Our ability to think in symbols — the notion that objects can represent ideas — is one of the key traits that make us human. We weren’t always symbolic thinkers, and scientists are trying to figure out when our minds evolved this ability.
The Gulf oil spill has Turks once again examining their own tanker-clogged Bosphorus Strait. Turkey says it wants to avoid collisions and groundings in the narrow entrance to the Black Sea, but the safeguards it can impose are restricted by international treaty. Environmentalists say Turkey’s focus on tanker traffic is fine, but ignores potentially greater dangers from some of its own pet projects — including pipelines and Black Sea offshore wells that are even deeper than the one that caused the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
AP – KeyCorp reported its first quarterly profit in two years Thursday with fewer soured loans, more income from fees and better cost controls.
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KeyCorp reports first quarterly profit in 2 years
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Reuters – Diversified U.S. manufacturer 3M Co reported earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations and raised its forecast for the year, boosted by strong demand in key emerging markets.
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AP – Greece raised euro1.95 billion ($2.53 billion) in a debt auction Tuesday, passing its second market test in a week ahead of a key fiscal checkup by the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
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Ahead of IMF visit, Greece holds second debt sale
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