| | By Humeyra Pamuk, Alexandra Alper, Karen Freifeld and David Shepardson | |
| A group of 25 state attorneys general oppose a settlement of U.S. opioid probes being negotiated with Purdue Pharma LP and members of the wealthy Sackler family who own it, arguing the deal would improperly entangle state and local officials with future sales of the company's addictive pain drug OxyContin. | |
| The price of Model S sedan will be cut to $69,420 tonight, Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in a tweet https://bit.ly/2H0JCP0 on Wednesday. | |
| Amazon.com Inc has reinstated warehouse productivity quotas despite telling a judge it was suspending them during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing a court filing by company workers. | |
| Incoming cargo to the Port of Los Angeles is surging as businesses restock depleted inventories and retailers prepare for an early holiday season, the executive director for the nation's busiest seaport said on Wednesday. | |
| Eager to capture any holiday-related spending as early as possible this year, Walmart Inc , ASOS , Best Buy and other major retailers are turning Black Friday into a multi-day promotion. | |
| (This Oct. 13 story corrects to show that the federal government, not Eli Lilly, made the decision to pause a clinical trial of the company’s antibody drug, paragraph 10) | |
| (This Oct. 13 story corrects the headline and paragraphs 1 and 9 to show the federal government, not Eli Lilly, made the decision to pause a clinical trial of the company’s antibody drug) | |
| Global stock markets mostly retreated on Wednesday as a record number of new coronavirus infections in parts of Europe led investors to shift away from risky assets and opt for traditional safe-havens such as gold. | |
| Wall Street dropped on Wednesday, led lower by Amazon and Microsoft, as investors lost hope that a fiscal stimulus would be approved before the presidential election in November. | |
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