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Merck Pulls Out Of Agreement To Supply Life-Saving Vaccine To Millions Of Kids
The pharmaceutical giant will stop delivering its rotavirus vaccine to four West African countries — and will begin to sell it in China for likely more than 10 times the cost. -
Google Employees Plan Global Walkout To Protest Company's Treatment Of Women
Many at Google have been simmering since The New York Times reported the company gave generous exit packages to alleged harassers. Hundreds of employees have already walked out in Singapore. -
How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book
Shoulder to shoulder, they formed a line 500 feet long: from the stockroom of the old shop, down the sidewalk, and onto the shop floor of the new store. -
In Major Acquisition, IBM Will Acquire Open-Source Software Company Red Hat
IBM will acquire Red Hat for $190 per share, in a deal worth approximately $34 billion. Both companies took pains to say the Red Hat ethos and commitment to open source would continue. -
The Rise And Fall Of A Household Name
Harvard historian Nancy Koehn joined Boston Public Radio to unpack how a brand that seemed to hold a lifetime warranty is closing up shop after more than a century. -
Opportunity Knocks Louder For People With Disabilities
The state’s tight job market appears to have opened employers' doors wider. -
StarKist Pleads Guilty To Price Fixing In Alleged Collusion In Canned Tuna Industry
Three companies — StarKist, Chicken of the Sea, and Bumble Bee — are accused by the government of conspiring to keep their canned tuna prices high. -
Watchdog Group Finds Spooky Spotify Ad Is Too Scary For Kids, Causes 'Distress'
In 60 seconds, the commercial showcases a medley of horror film tropes, including a maniacal doll that presumably kills a group of young people whenever they play a catchy pop song. -
Sears, Drowning In Red Ink, Finally Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The filling could mark the end of the struggling retailer, which invented the mail-order catalog business and has been an American institution since 1887. -
The Problem With 'Pinktober'
We’re midway through “Pinktober” when retailers of all kinds are inspired to drown us in a sea of pink hued products. Products that are too often only tangentially connected to the cause, and others that are just plain absurd.