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EXPLAINER: What Twitter's 'poison pill' is supposed to do

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Apr 18, 2022 7:00 am - Twitter is trying to thwart billionaire Elon Musk's takeover attempt with a 'œpoison pill'ť - a financial device that companies have been wielding against unwelcome suit...
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

The Associated Press
Apr 18, 2022 7:00 am - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for May delivery rose $1.26 to $108.21 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for June delivery rose $1.46 to $113.16 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for May...
Twitter says poison pill makes 'coercive' takeover difficult

By TOM KRISHER and MATT O'BRIEN
Apr 18, 2022 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Twitter's board of directors says it adopted a 'œpoison pill'ť defense in order to protect the social media platform from 'œcoercive or otherwise unfair'ť...
Bank of America Q1 profits fall 12%, much less than rivals

By KEN SWEET
Apr 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America posted a 12% decline in first-quarter profits from a year earlier, a decline that was much less than the ones its rivals had reported the...
Former Indiana casino executive pleads guilty to tax fraud

The Associated Press
Apr 18, 2022 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A former Indiana casino executive pleaded guilty Monday to one count of filing a false tax return in a scheme to funnel cash to a political action co...
Asian shares sink as China says 1Q growth at 4.8%

By ELAINE KURTENBACH
Apr 18, 2022 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Shares were lower in Asia after China reported Monday that its economy expanded at a 4.8% annual pace in January-March. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Seoul a...
EXPLAINER: What does Infowars' bankruptcy filing mean?

By PAUL J. WEBER and DAVE COLLINS
Apr 18, 2022 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Alex Jones' company Infowars has filed for bankruptcy protection after the conspiracy theorist lost defamation lawsuits over his comments that the 2...
Spyware use on separatists in Spain "extensive," group says

By ARITZ PARRA
Apr 18, 2022 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - The phones of dozens of pro-independence supporters in Spain's northeastern Catalonia, including the regional chief and other elected officials, were hacke...
Grains higher, Livestock mixed

The Associated Press
Apr 18, 2022 7:00 am - Wheat for May gained 24 cents at $11.2050 a bushel; May corn rose 23 cents at $8.1325 a bushel, May oats was up 4.25 cents at $7.6125 a bushel; while May soybeans advanc...
Will real estate biz put money on the line to challenge Kaegi?

By Greg Hinz
Apr 18, 2022 1:00 am - Walk into the office of any big-name developer or property tax attorney in Chicago, and you might not be surprised to see something like this: a picture of Cook County A...

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