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“Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.” ― Jeff Bezos (CEO Amazon)
LLOYD BLANKFEIN
• The Goldman Sachs CEO recently revealed he has a curable form of lymphoma and will begin chemotherapy in the next couple of months though he will stil be able to lead the firm and work as normal. [BLOOMBERG]
PHAN PHAN-GILLIS
• The Chinese descent but Houston based business woman is being held in China on suspicions of endangering national security. Phan-Gillis was in China with four other people as part of a trade delegation trip. She was taken into custody back in March but her family is speaking out now because Chinese President Xi Jiping is scheduled to meet with President Obama this week during a highly anticipated state visit. [WSJ]
RYAN REYNOLDS
• The actor, who has a new movie coming out, revealed in his cover story with GQ magazine that he had to cut off a really close friend who tried to sell pictures of his daughter James to the press. You will remember, Reynolds and Lively did not release any pictures or name of the baby for quite some time. He was also on Jimmy Fallon last night where they played back hand slap jack. [GQ]
DRUG PRICES
• Yesterday Martin Shkreli became “Undesirable No.1” after reports that his company, Turing Pharmaceutical, increased the price of Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 seemingly overnight, last month. When news of that hit the wire, presidential candidate Hilary Clinton called the practice of price gouging in the drug market ridiculous in a tweet and layed out a plan to cap out of pocket payments for prescription drugs month. Now another drug by Rodelis Therapeutics, cycloserine, used to treat multi drug resistant Tuberculosis, that was set to increase its price overnight (from $500 for 50 capsules to $10,800) has been rescinded. This signals a new business strategy where old drugs used to treat rare diseases are acquired then turned into specialty drugs. [NY TIMES]
SCOTT WALKER
• The Wisconsin Governor who favored harleys has quit the race, leaving 15 more in the republican presidential candidate pool. His speech prefaced by, ? no tea ? no shade said “Today I am believe I am being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive conservative message can rise to the top of the field. I encourage other Republican presidential candidate to consider doing the same.” The no tea, no shade part he really didn’t say but some think he was aiming it at Donald Trump, who just lost ranking to Carly Fiorina in a recent USA Today GOP power Rankings.
LOOK OF THE DAY
• Alexander Skarsgård @ Met Opera
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