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cnbc wrote a new post, Kmart Pharmacy sharply cuts price of Adrenaclick, competitor to EpiPen anti-allergy device, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
Cash-paying patients will have to fork out $199.99 for the generic Adrenaclick auto-injector device at Kmart Pharmacy. Before the price cuts, the generic Andrenaclick was selling for $573.79 at Kmart Pharmacy. Kmart said, “The new low price of Adrenaclick is possible through Kmart’s lowered pricing, combined with a manufacturer’s coupon.” In contrast to Adrenaclick, the brand-name version of EpiPen sells for $642.69 for a two-pack, while a “generic” version of EpiPen sells $330 at Kmart Pharmacy

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cnbc wrote a new post, Wilbur Ross: US actions against Canada will lead to ‘small increase’ in lumber prices, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
Ross: Canada ‘generally a good neighbor’ but still need to play by the rules 1 Hour Ago | 02:33The Trump administration’s new duties on Canadian softwood lumber will lead to a “small increase” in lumber prices in the United States, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Tuesday. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Ross said he does not expect costs to go up “anything like the 20 percent” average tariffs on the softwood lumber imports. Ross said that Canada is “generally a good neighbor,” but

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cnbc wrote a new post, Trump’s latest trade tactic: Blame Canada, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
The move follows complaints from U.S. dairy farmers about a recent decision by Canada to change the way tariffs apply to some milk products. “It has been a bad week for U.S.-Canada trade relations,” said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a statement. “You need our lumber to build your homes,” Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, Chrystia Freeland, told CNBC on Tuesday, noting that lumber prices have been rising. “If the market was being flooded by cheap Canadian lumber, you wouldn’t see that ha

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cnbc wrote a new post, Trump’s Canadian lumber tariff could cost US homebuyers about $1,200 per house, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
“Lumber is about 10-15 percent of the sticks and bricks cost of a house,” said Buck Horne, vice president of equity research in housing and real estate at Raymond James. Horne notes, however, that a lot of the tariff’s impact was already baked into market expectations over the past few months, so lumber costs should not go up much more. “The materials prices are adding another layer to the surge in the replacement costs of housing. Builders are going to have to offset that with higher prices, pe

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cnbc wrote a new post, Republicans float a spending deal without border wall funding, NBC reports, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
Republicans have floated a government spending deal that does not include money for a wall on the Southern border, moving negotiations on funding the government forward, a congressional aide confirmed to NBC News. The White House has backed off its push for funding for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a bill to keep the government open past April 28, when funding expires. The Trump administration demands had heightened concerns over a possible government shutdown as Democrats and some

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cnbc wrote a new post, US Treasurys edge lower as investors eye economic data; 2-year note auction, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
U.S. government debt prices were lower on Tuesday as investors digest fresh economic data. The Treasury Department auctioned $26 billion in 2-year notes at a high yield of 1.280 percent. Indirect bidders, which include major central banks, were awarded 58.9 percent, well above a recent average of 42.4 percent. The percentage awarded to indirect bidders was the highest of that group since June 2009, according to BMO. Indirect bidders could be anyone bidding through a dealer, either domestic buyer

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cnbc wrote a new post, Dow reclaims 21,000, Nasdaq soars above 6,000 on strong earnings, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
The Nasdaq composite jumped about 0.8 percent, sending the index above 6,000 for this first time ever. “If we see a downturn in those names,” the index could be in trouble. The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 250 points, with Caterpillar and McDonald’s contributing the most gains. Here are some of the firms that posted quarterly results before the bell:”Earnings thus far have been good,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at First Standard Financial. Other big names scheduled to

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cnbc wrote a new post, French presidential frontrunner’s campaign hit by phishing attempts from Russia-linked hackers, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron has qualified for next month’s runoff election, but a Russian government-linked group seems eager to slow down the campaign’s progress. According to research from cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, members of the hacking team known as Fancy Bear — called Pawn Storm by the report’s author — created phishing domains related to the Macron campaign, such as “onedrive-en-marche.fr,” plausibly similar to En Marche!, Macron’s political party. The domains wer

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cnbc wrote a new post, Small caps just hit a record, and here’s why there could be even more gains, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
The Russell 2000 small-cap index hit a record high on Tuesday, which is very good news according to Oppenheimer’s head of technical analysis Ari Wald. Wald says that the small-caps are providing a “tell” on the overall momentum of the market. In fact, the Russell 2000 has worked off previously overbought conditions” and is now headed higher after trading in this range since December, Wald noted. Indeed, elevated stock market valuations reflect investors’ preferences for equities in the “existing

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cnbc wrote a new post, Brooklyn graffiti artists claim McDonald’s stole their work to sell burgers, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
McDonald’s has a new campaign that a group of artists say co-opts their work without permission. Six Brooklyn street artists — Don Rimx, Beau Stanton, Virus, NDA, Atomik, and Himbad — have sent McDonald’s a letter, promising to sue if the chain doesn’t pull the campaign. “If you’re going to use our work to bolster your street cred, you should at least ask for permission.” The Daily Beast also notes that the artists have a beef with how McDonald’s portrays their neighborhood as poor and “relative

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cnbc wrote a new post, 15 college majors where men go on to earn significantly more than women, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
The conditions that create the pay gap between men and women may start before they even enter the workforce. Male graduates will gravitate toward high-earning jobs, whereas women will gravitate towards lower-earning jobs. “These perceptions affect which jobs men and women feel comfortable moving into.” Focusing on the 50 most common majors, researchers found an average 11.5 percent pay gap between men and women in the first five years of their careers. Here are 15 college majors where the gap in

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cnbc wrote a new post, Macron campaign hit by hackers with possible Russia links, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
The campaign of French presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron appears to have been targeted by hackers who may be linked to Russia, according to research by the Japanese anti-virus firm Trend Micro. The Macron campaign’s spokesperson, Laurence Haim, confirmed that the campaign was the target of a “sophisticated” phishing attack in a phone call with NBC News Tuesday. The Macron campaign’s digital security director, Mounir Mahijoubi, said that the campaign had spotted “a number of suspicious ph

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cnbc wrote a new post, Former Pentagon official tells Senate hearing North Korea ‘denuclearization is unlikely’, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
China’s economic ties with its neighbor North Korea are important to the secretive regime’s survival but even with pressure, Pyongyang is unlikely to abandon its nuclear weapons program. They said the U.S. could target missile launch facilities in North Korea or other key military installations but the possibility of eliminating all the nuclear locations is challenging at best. The problem with pre-empting or attacking in a preventative way and destroying the North Korean nuclear capabilities is

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cnbc wrote a new post, How to save money by complaining — and actually get your way, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
Or been hit with an unexpected fee — or received a product that wasn’t as-promised? But if you’re not complaining, you’re missing out on an opportunity to get better service, save money and even improve your mental health, according to research. The key to complaining and actually getting results? Know when to do it, and how to do it, so you can get money back and not feel guilty about lodging a complaint. More from Mic:5 steps you can take to reduce workplace stressThe secret to saving money an

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cnbc wrote a new post, Wells Fargo CEO’s promise: We will ‘fix everything that was broken’, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
Wells Fargo CEO: Going to make sure we fix everything broken 2 Hours Ago | 01:39Wells Fargo’s board hears shareholder concerns and is pledging to fix itself, the bank’s executives told CNBC after a rowdy annual meeting on Tuesday. Wells Fargo has been trying to make amends in the wake of a scandal in which employees opened about 2 million accounts for customers without their consent. Sanger only received 56 percent support, while post-scandal CEO Tim Sloan received 99 percent support. “They were

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cnbc wrote a new post, Watch: White House’s Spicer gives daily briefing ahead of tax announcement, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] White House press secretary Sean Spicer holds his daily briefing Tuesday ahead of an anticipated flurry of activity from Congress and the Trump administration in the coming days. Spicer will likely address President Donald Trump’s planned tax-related announcement Wednesday. The White House spokesman will also face questions about efforts to keep the U.S. government running as funding expires on April 28. Earlier, U.S. Commer

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cnbc wrote a new post, More evidence surfaces that Google is planning to launch three new phones, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
Google may be planning to launch three new smartphones 4 Hours Ago | 00:48Google may be planning to launch three new smartphones running on Qualcomm’s latest processor, according to data found in the company’s Android code. Roland Quandt, who writes for German site Winfuture.de, recently published an image discussing three new Google Android smartphones that may succeed the Google Pixel and Google Pixel XL. The original Google Pixel was only offered by Verizon or contract-free through Google. Su

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cnbc wrote a new post, How to control the lights in your house with Siri, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
There’s one super simple product I’ve added to my house that seems to impress visitors every time they stop by: Smart lights. You don’t have to be a brainiac to install your own smart lights, and controlling them with your smartphone or voice is as simple as owning the right products. Here’s a quick guide to adding your own smart light bulbs to your house. Also, as a side note, this guide can help get you most of the way (or all the way) to getting your bulbs up and running for control through A

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cnbc wrote a new post, Another government shutdown over Obamacare? Only if Trump wants it., on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
Congressional Republicans seem to want to fund the Obamacare cost-sharing subsidies too. Traditionally you’d expect a Republican White House to be playing on the same team as a Republican Congress. “We have not been contacted by Democrats to help save Obamacare, perhaps because they consider Obamacare to be a losing cause. otherwiseAnd one White House official who talked to the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza certainly seemed to be girding for conflict:”This is going to be high-stakes poker,” the White

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cnbc wrote a new post, ‘Shark Tank’ star Daymond John: Google and robots are taking your jobs, not immigrants, on the site GoGame.com 9 years, 2 months ago
Similarly, receptionists and executive assistants are being replaced by automated services. “Immigration is not taking our jobs. Yet Americans remain mostly optimistic, at least when it comes to their own jobs: They tend to think that robots are going to take over for everybody else — just not them. The way to deal with the new reality, John says, is to train workers in technical skills. “And you can probably learn that skill gap in a year.”

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