Medical cannabis company GW Pharmaceuticals’s Nasdaq share price jumped 46% to a peak of $216.01 on Wednesday following news of a takeover deal by Jazz Pharmaceuticals. GW Pharmaceuticals, which develops Epidiolex, a cannabis-based epilepsy drug, will be acquired by Dublin-based Jazz...
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Trump Miscalculates the Importance of ASEAN
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For denuclearization and non-proliferation, we need a Pax Russica-Sinica
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Boris Johnson Accused of Staging a Coup d’etat.
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Trump Repeats Threat to Withdraw US from WTO: How much electoral traction can Trump get from his impotent threats on trade?
At this stage, one has to wonder if, by the time Donald Trump leaves office, the United States will remain a signatory to any international agreements whatsoever...
The businessman Leonard Blavatnik, who has gained the main part of his fortune thanks to his partnership with Victor Vekselberg and Oleg Deripaska, saves his face in the...