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Walgreens joins Walmart and Kroger in asking customers to no longer openly carry guns – NBC News

The retail chain’s new measures on open-carry come after dozens of people have been killed in mass shootings in recent weeks.

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Insurers Pitch New Ways to Pay for Million-Dollar Therapies – The Wall Street Journal

Cigna and CVS Health are developing new programs to help employers afford gene therapies that can cost more than $2 million.

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US second-quarter productivity unrevised at 2.3% – CNBC

U.S. worker productivity slowed in the second quarter, the government confirmed on Thursday.

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Confirmation of U.S.-China trade talks buoys shares, investors’… – Reuters

Cannabis could be legal across the US before September 2020 as America prepares for presidential elections, according to political experts.

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Sears cuts 250 employees at Hoffman Estates headquarters – Chicago Tribune

Sears is laying off about 250 employees at Hoffman Estates headquarters in late October, but there are no current plans to close the facility, according to a notice filed with the state

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Did Walmart just change the gun debate? – CNN

It’s easy to be cynical about the politics of guns in the age of mass shootings. From Columbine to Virginia Tech to Newtown to Parkland to El Paso and Dayton, the immediate outcry for more and better gun laws in the wake of mass shootings gives way to hard political realities — particularly in the Senate — that seem to be unchanged by these horrific crimes.

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Automakers to equip U.S. vehicles with systems to avoid hot car deaths of children – NBCNews.com

By 2025, nearly all U.S. vehicles will have systems to remind drivers of passengers in the back seat, an effort to avoid deaths of kids left in hot cars.

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Sears cuts 250 employees at Hoffman Estates headquarters – Chicago Tribune

Sears is laying off about 250 employees at Hoffman Estates headquarters in late October, but there are no current plans to close the facility, according to a notice filed with the state

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Sears lays off 250 corporate workers, plans to close dozens of stores – INSIDER

Sears has laid off 250 employees at its headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, according to a company filing.

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Forget Coca-Cola: Here Are 2 Better Dividend Stocks – Motley Fool

Coke’s dividend is sweet, but these two stocks offer comparable yields and better long-term prospects.

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