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Dr Pepper bottles
Second Opinion closes the day with news that Dr Pepper Snapple is buying Bai Brands for $1.7 billion, Apple hints at making another flip iPhone again and a report predicts 12 million new millionaires will be minted over the next five years.
Jonathan Gray and Trump
Second Opinion wraps up the day with news that President-elect Trump has reportedly met with Blackstone's Jonathan Gray to discuss the Treasury Secretary post, NBCUniversal invests $200 million in BuzzFeed and whatever you do this Thanksgiving, don't talk politics!
Lacers, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, pension fund, private equity, Portfolio Advisors
In Second Opinion, Volkswagen is shedding 30,000 jobs, Sesame Street’s VC fund makes its first investment in tutoring app Yup and California wants to be the first state in the country since the Civil War to secede.
Mitt Romney
Second Opinion closes out the day with news that Jack Dorsey blames an automated system for white supremacist Twitter ads, Tesoro is acquiring Western Refining for about $4.1 billion and could Secretary of State Romney happen?
U.S. dollars, Benjamin Franklin
In Second Opinion, the U.S. dollar hits a 13-year-high, an ex-Goldman Sachs director seeks an overturn of his 2012 insider trading conviction and heavy-metal band Metallica returns to Napster seven years after suing the file-sharing service.
British American Tobacco
In Second Opinion, Reynolds American reportedly rejects BAT's $47 billion takeover bid, Twitter vows to cut down on hate speech and Ben Carson says no to a cabinet post while Rudy Giuliani could be the next Secretary of State.
Gwen Ifill
Second Opinion wraps up the day with news that Steve Mnuchin, an ex-partner at Goldman Sachs, is reportedly the Trump team's top pick for Treasury Secretary, GE buys ServiceMax for $915 million and prominent PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancer at 61.
Alibaba
Second Opinion ends this very emotionally fraught week with news that Vice President-Elect Pence will take over Trump's transition team from Chris Christie, Facebook stops allowing ads to target ethnic groups and Alibaba's Singles Day, the world's largest online shopping event, sets new records.
Jaime Dimon
In Second Opinion, Trump's team is reportedly considering JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon as treasury secretary, ConocoPhillips is seeking to sell up to $8 billion in gas assets and Twitter's COO Adam Bain is stepping down.
Goldman Sachs
Second Opinion ends the day with news that Hillary Clinton might have lost the electoral votes to Trump but not the popular vote, GM announces its first layoffs in six years and Goldman Sachs adds 84 partners to its team, the most since 2010.
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