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FTC, US Health Dept Launch Probe Over Chemo Drug Shortages

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The investigation is targeting so-called middlemen that broker deals between hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.

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Regulation

Europe Wants Big Telecoms to Merge

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The unexpected stance appears to be an infrastructure-related exemption to regulators’ normally tough antitrust stance.

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Patent Drop

Google Wants to Use Context to Drop Wakewords

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Without a wakeword, a digital assistant has to monitor its users more closely.

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Patent Drop

Visa Takes Biometrics On-the-Go Without Privacy Issues

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The patent could add another form of frictionless payment to the landscape, and present competitors to Apple Pay and Amazon’s Just Walk Out.

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UnitedHealth CEO Replaced by Predecessor as Stock Plummets

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Japan Looks Like Biggest Winner in Trump’s Trade Tumult

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company Gets Bite at Major Amtrak Contract

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