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Sears is reportedly exploring potential asset sales, including its DieHard brand

Transform Holdco, the retailer’s parent, has hired investment bankers to advise on the potential asset sales, people familiar with the situation told WSJ.

Fisher withdrawals top $3 billion as Texas retirement plan exits

The Employees Retirement System of Texas on Friday announced it would divest $350 million from Fisher Investments. In the last two weeks the firm has lost $3 billion as pensions and firms exit.

Houston Astros fire assistant GM Taubman for taunting female reporters

The Houston Astros fired assistant general manager Brandon Taubman after initially denying claims he taunted female reporters about the signing of Roberto Osuna, a pitcher accused of domestic violence.

CDC says vaping illness epidemic is ‘leveling off or even declining’

Warnings from public health officials and actions by authorities on the product supply chain may be responsible for the ease in vaping lung cases, the CDC says.

Trump Organization explores selling Washington hotel lease rights over ethics concerns, WSJ reports

The attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia are suing President Donald Trump, claiming he has violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause by profiting from patronage of foreign countries at his Washington hotel.

Walmart, CVS, Rite Aid pull J&J baby powder after FDA finds sub-trace levels of asbestos

Walmart, CVS and Rite Aid are pulling Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder from store shelves after the FDA found sub-trace levels of asbestos, the companies confirmed Thursday.

Former FDA chief: “I don’t see how” regulators keeps Juul, other e-cigarettes, on the market

Former FDA chief David Kessler said it “remains to be seen” whether any e-cigarettes can survive the agency’s review process.

Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax is ‘pretty nuts,’ says investor and lifelong Democrat Ron Baron

“I don’t think Elizabeth Warren would be successful … if she were chosen president in getting through the policies that she’s proposing,” says the buy-and-hold billionaire.