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Anthem
In Second Opinion, Cigna sues Anthem after ending their $48 billion deal while Aetna and Humana walk away from their $34 merger following a court ruling, ex-Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin is confirmed as Treasury Secretary and Facebook is coming to a TV near you.
Allergan ticker info and symbol
In Second Opinion, Allergan is acquiring fat-fighter Zeltiq Aesthetics for $2.48 billion, Verizon is bringing back unlimited data plans and Derek Jeter is going to be a father.
Ford Taurus cars
Second Opinion wraps up the day and week with news that the Federal Reserve's Daniel Tarullo is stepping down this spring, Ford is investing $1 billion in a startup that will help it build autonomous vehicles and Facebook commits to an advertising audit.
Snowstorm
Second Opinion wraps up the day with news that Snap will spend $1 billion on Amazon cloud services through 2021, a big layoff could be happening at Kellogg's while Zenefits has already cut 45 percent of its staff and a big snowstorm pounds the Northeast.
Betsy DeVos
In Second Opinion, Deutsche Bank's investment banking chief Jeffrey Urwin is in talks to depart, Betsy DeVos is confirmed as Education Secretary after VP Pence breaks the tie and the Dow is off to a solid start this year and it's all thanks to Apple, IBM, Boeing and Visa.
Trump Taj Mahal Casino
First Read begins the day with news that Carl Icahn wants to sell his shuttered Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, Chinese photo-sharing app Kuaishou plans on going public in the U.S. later this year, and Peter Thiel says he's not running for governor of California.
Super Bowl
Second Opinion closes out the day with news that top tech companies file their opposition to Trump's travel ban, Uber hires a NASA expert to help develop flying cars and more than 111 million people watched the New England Patriots triumph yet again in the Super Bowl.
Macy's logo
Second Opinion ends the week with news that President Trump has signed executive actions that will scale back Dodd-Frank, Macy's could be getting a new owner and Google is selling its Terra Bella satellite imaging business to Planet Labs.
Spotify IPO
In Second Opinion, Reckitt Benckiser is in talks to buy Mead Johnson for $16.7 billion, Spotify may postpone its IPO to 2018 and Mexicans are threatening to boycott American products.
Beyonce and Jay-Z
In Second Opinion, Amazon will built its own $1.5 billion air cargo hub, former Exxon Mobile CEO Rex Tillerson is confirmed as Secretary of State and congratulations to Beyonce and Jay Z. The superstar couple is expecting twins.
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