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Uber, venture capital
Second Opinion wraps up the day with news that Valeant is reportedly in talks to sell its eye surgery assets to Carl Zeiss, Uber sacks more than 20 workers as part of its sexual harassment probe and Anthem is dropping out of Ohio's Obamacare market.
Wonder Woman
In Second Opinion, GTCR and Carlyle are in talks to acquire Albany Molecular Research, Apple Music snags 27 million paid subscriptions and "Wonder Woman" crushes at the box office, racking up $101 million in domestic ticket sales.
Donald Trump, private equity, infrastructure, budget, U.S. Congress
Second Opinion wraps up the week with news that unemployment falls to a 16-year low even though hiring has slowed down, a new study finds that Airbnb hosts are more likely to reject disabled guests and several CEOs of major U.S. companies will remain on a White House panel despite objections to Trump pulling the country out of the Paris climate accord.
Paris climate change accord
Second Opinion closes out the day with news that Deere will buy a German road construction firm for about $5 billion, Uber posts a $708 million loss as its finance head leaves and President Trump announces he's pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate change accord.
Elon Musk
In Second Opinion, Goldman Sachs president says companies are shying away from large deals due to political events and tax policy uncertainty, Michael Kors is brick and mortar retail's latest victim and Elon Musk will leave Trump's councils if the U.S. exits the Paris climate accord.
Amazon CEO Bezos
In Second Opinion, White House communications chief Dubke quits, Amazon stock hits $1,000 per share and Netflix is now worth $70 billion.
Memorial Day Parade
In Second Opinion, UK supermarket chain Sainsbury is reportedly mulling a takeover bid for tobacco distributor Palmer & Harvey, Facebook, Amazon and Google call for government surveillance reform and G7 leaders agree to disagree. Have a happy holiday weekend!
Stada
In Second Opinion, Advent and Permira won't be doing a counter bid for Stada, Airbnb is running its own internal university to teach data science and Nevada and Connecticut are the latest states to ban "conversion therapy."
RIP Roger Moore
In Second Opinion, Constellation Brands makes a bid to acquire Jack Daniel's owner Brown-Forman, Uber plans on paying back shortchanged New York City drivers and Sir Roger Moore, best known for playing a cool James Bond, dies at 89.
CBS CEO Moonves
In Second Opinion, former National Security Advisor Flynn pleads the Fifth, Instagram poaches the manager of Spotify's best feature and CBS signs CEO Les Moonves to a new contract running through 2021.
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