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Drug companies spend about $500 million a year researching tropical diseases. Their total R&D spending: $130 billion. http://t.co/RafhrqAKCu

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Analyst describes spring 2015 lineup from Coach, featuring a mysterious cartoon creature: "Hard to describe" http://t.co/TN9EgDIoEd

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Toyota says battery partnership with Tesla is over, as it moves away from electric cars toward hydrogen fuel cells. http://t.co/Z4PWVZTLzG

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A problem for Quirky: it no longer has access to hundreds of GE's appliance patents. http://t.co/BHLINmDkAz

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Like Angry Birds, Minecraft is probably a one-hit wonder. But that one hit will stick around for a long time. http://t.co/uzTCPmP18b

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Over half the 14,000 public comments submitted to the FCC over the AT&T / DirecTV deal mentioned a rural TV channel: http://t.co/xGjDagUG4n

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So far this year, Americans have bought more Audis than Cadillacs. http://t.co/yswNLViMAw

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Arkansas law requires 1,000 hours of training before you can legally braid hair. http://t.co/YaS4QpkVUX

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Atlantic City's doomed Revel casino was hurt by "poor business decisions, including building its own power plant" http://t.co/25xZ4eogPf

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How do you sell more frozen meals to older people? Team up with Wheel of Fortune, of course: http://t.co/IQvuNcv9vM

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You've heard of Tesla's Supercharger stations. But it's also building out another charging network... http://t.co/7xyJj3xn6W

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Snapchat gets $10 billion valuation from Kleiner investment, now has 100 million monthly active users. http://t.co/4EWv2a7gOb

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To get staff to adress him by name, not title, Lenovo's CEO stood in the lobby of his HQ wearing a nametag for a week http://t.co/qcjdCMkYST

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After retiring as Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer "watched 100 episodes of 'The Good Wife' in two weeks." http://t.co/zFpiAfHEio

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Boycott Burger King? Proposed relocation to Canada could be the corporate tax maneuver that broke the camel's back. http://t.co/OPq7CaRYNe

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A WSJ analysis of CEO ice bucket challenges raised major questions including "how much ice is really in that bucket?" http://t.co/bxsFUdxxIM

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The big question now that Home Depot's CEO is retiring: what happens to his Bobblehead? http://t.co/MW3gTgJojm

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People doing yoga rose by 4.5% last year; sales of yoga pants rose 45% http://t.co/wRxxkznlAx

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The rise of "athleisure": Americans are "increasingly donning sneakers in the boardroom and yoga pants at brunch" http://t.co/wRxxkznlAx

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NFL brings in $10bn a year. But it's still worried about the $10 million it costs to do the Super Bowl halftime show: http://t.co/VAM2dnWWiu