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Study Suggests Celebrex Isn’t Riskier Than Rivals

A major study of drugs used to treat arthritis pain challenges some long-held assumptions about the safety of pills taken by millions of patients world-wide. But limitations of the data led some researchers to question the results.

Redstone Family’s Next Generation Takes On Bigger Roles

As the battle for control of the $40 billion media empire spanning Viacom and CBS was escalating over the summer, the grandson of controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone secretly reached out to Viacom’s embattled CEO to begin settlement talks.

Cheap Gas Tests Trump’s Promise to Revive Coal

Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to resurrect the ailing U.S. coal industry and put miners back to work. Delivering on that vow could prove nearly impossible.

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AMC Poised to Become World’s Largest Movie Chain

Shareholders are set to vote Tuesday on a $1.2 billion deal for AMC to acquire Carmike Cinemas. If that is cleared, and combined with AMC’s $650 million purchase of Europe’s Odeon & UCI Cinemas, AMC’s theatrical footprint would expand to about 900 locations, from about 388.

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How U.S. Manufacturing Is About to Get Smarter

Columnist Christopher Mims says U.S. manufacturing industries have an opportunity to use technology innovations to revolutionize production.

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