Second Opinion

Second Opinion closes out the week with news that Xerox is mulling a sale of its leasing finance unit, Microsoft is urging the government to regulate facial recognition systems and 12 Russian agents are indicted in the Mueller investigation.

In Second Opinion, the NASDAQ leans more than 1 percent to record high as tech and Amazon stocks surge, Fox gets UK approval to buy Sky amid bidding war with Comcast and Papa John's Papa John’s founder John Schnatter resigns as chairman after making a racial slur.

In Second Opinion, Pfizer is reorganizing into three units, Uber's chief people officer is out following a racial discrimination investigation and Sears laid off 200 more people at its headquarters.

In Second Opinion, Thoma Bravo has reportedly agreed to take a majority stake in Centrify, Tintri goes from IPO to bankruptcy in little more than a year and although it's a longshot, Senate Democrats are vowing to block the confirmation of President Trump's Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh.

In Second Opinion, Fox is preparing to top Comcast's offer for Sky, Trump is set to announce his pick for the Supreme Court and Twitter stock tanks on fears of fake account crackdown.

In Second Opinion, Catalent is acquiring Juniper Pharmaceutials for $11.50 per share, New York's iconic Plaza Hotel is sold to a Qatar fund for $600 million and Beijing is on track to eclipse Silicon Valley as world’s top startup hub.

In Second Opinion, a Facebook bug temporarily unblocks people from blocked lists, Roger Federer leaves Nike for Uniqlo in a blockbuster deal and Dell moves to go public but will not do an IPO.

In Second Opinion, Bain wins an auction to buy Italmatch, Lyft is now worth twice what it was last year and Supreme Court Justice and swing voter Anthony Kennedy is retiring.

In Second Opinion, Sequoia has reportedly secured $6 billion for an $8 billion global fund, the Supreme Court upholds Trump's travel bank and Walgreens joins the Dow.

In Second Opinion, AT&T confirms it is buying ad platform AppNexus, the first marijuana-based medine is approved for sale in the U.S. and Harley-Davidson plans on moving its production overseas to avoid EU tariffs.