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Drug companies spend about $500 million a year researching tropical diseases. Their total R&D spending: $130 billion. on.wsj.com/1uxE7qp
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Analyst describes spring 2015 lineup from Coach, featuring a mysterious cartoon creature: "Hard to describe" on.wsj.com/1nOMedl
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Toyota says battery partnership with Tesla is over, as it moves away from electric cars toward hydrogen fuel cells. on.wsj.com/1nOAvLM
A problem for Quirky: it no longer has access to hundreds of GE's appliance patents. on.wsj.com/1pQxfPq
Like Angry Birds, Minecraft is probably a one-hit wonder. But that one hit will stick around for a long time. on.wsj.com/WFLFe2
Over half the 14,000 public comments submitted to the FCC over the AT&T / DirecTV deal mentioned a rural TV channel: on.wsj.com/1lRmyRW
So far this year, Americans have bought more Audis than Cadillacs. on.wsj.com/1qyBRgM
Arkansas law requires 1,000 hours of training before you can legally braid hair. on.wsj.com/1q92FFy
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Atlantic City's doomed Revel casino was hurt by "poor business decisions, including building its own power plant" on.wsj.com/1u5q22r
How do you sell more frozen meals to older people? Team up with Wheel of Fortune, of course: on.wsj.com/1q8vGRU
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You've heard of Tesla's Supercharger stations. But it's also building out another charging network... on.wsj.com/1q67lfm
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Snapchat gets $10 billion valuation from Kleiner investment, now has 100 million monthly active users. on.wsj.com/1qrlXpo
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 on.wsj.com/1v2RaCM
Boycott Burger King? Proposed relocation to Canada could be the corporate tax maneuver that broke the camel's back. on.wsj.com/1tC8RGo
A WSJ analysis of CEO ice bucket challenges raised major questions including "how much ice is really in that bucket?" on.wsj.com/1v6Nn7e
The big question now that Home Depot's CEO is retiring: what happens to his Bobblehead? on.wsj.com/1AEaqqu
People doing yoga rose by 4.5% last year; sales of yoga pants rose 45% on.wsj.com/1kVC1j1
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The rise of "athleisure": Americans are "increasingly donning sneakers in the boardroom and yoga pants at brunch" on.wsj.com/1kVC1j1
NFL brings in $10bn a year. But it's still worried about the $10 million it costs to do the Super Bowl halftime show: on.wsj.com/1kWaaiC
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Home Depot has cut its print ad spending by 60% since 2010, will spend just 10% of ad budget on print this year on.wsj.com/1tmU568