Tuesday, April 17, 2018
What is the O.P.C.W., and Can It Referee on Chemical Weapons in Syria?
The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, in The Hague. The body is “dealing with things it wasn’t really intended to deal with,” one expert said.
2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Full List
The winner of the public service award — shared by New York Times journalists, seen here, and The New Yorker — exposed powerful and wealthy sexual predators and brought them to account for long-suppressed allegations of coercion, according to the prize committee. 
Protesting Artists Step Off the Streets and Into the Gallery
Phyllida Barlow’s “Untitled: 100banners2015,” installed in the atrium of the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. 
Contributing Op-Ed Writer: It’s Tax Day. Don’t Forget to Read Thoreau.
Protesters on tax day last year. 
China Loosens Foreign Auto Rules, in Potential Peace Offering to Trump
Tesla would be the immediate big winner from the changes that China announced on Tuesday. 
Lost in Battle, Found by Amateur Sleuths: An ‘Unknown’ Marine
Private First Class Herman Mulligan, who died on Okinawa during World War II. 
The dollar is sliding -- and that's great for Corporate America
The US dollar is getting weaker, even as President Trump complains about China devaluing its currency. But major US firms like Nike, FedEx and Costco (and others) have all said that a weaker dollar is helping their profits.
The dollar is sliding -- and that's great for Corporate America
Maybe President Trump needs to look in the Oval Office mirror.
Sandy Hook Parents Sue Alex Jones for Defamation
Alex Jones, at a courthouse this month in Austin, Tex., was sued for defamation this week by three parents whose children were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. Mr. Jones has long questioned whether the shooting really occurred. 
UPDATE 3-As trade spat grows, China hits U.S. sorghum imports with hefty deposit
* Deposit much higher than feared -traders (New throughout, adds reaction from U.S. traders, sorghum producers' association and Kansas governor, no comments from grain companies)
UPDATE 2-Engine trouble cited as Southwest flight lands in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, April 17 (Reuters) - A Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines Co with 143 passengers and five crew members on board made an emergency landing on Tuesday at Philadelphia International Airport after suffering engine failure, according to the airline and media reports.
UPDATE 1-U.S. sanctions bite as Swiss steelmaker makes board changes
* Schmolz & Bickenbach's chairman terminates contract with Renova
UPDATE 1-Marcato's McGuire bets Rayonier Advanced Materials stock will jump
NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager Mick McGuire said on Tuesday that Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc's stock price could triple if the company focuses on integrating a recent acquisition and cutting costs.
UPDATE 1-Goldman may acquire its way to a bigger consumer bank
NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc is likely to expand its consumer bank through small acquisitions, its finance chief said on Tuesday, without ruling out the idea that it might buy a traditional lender, too.
BRIEF-Toys ‘R’ Us Rules Out Billionaire Bratz Maker’s Offer- WSJ
* TOYS ‘R’ US RULES OUT BILLIONAIRE BRATZ MAKER’S OFFER- WSJ, CITING SOURCE Source text: https://on.wsj.com/2J1PFyy Further company coverage:
BRIEF-Jones Energy Inc Says Jonny Jones, CEO, And Mike Mcconnell, President, Were Terminated, Effective Immediately
* JONNY JONES, CEO, AND MIKE S. MCCONNELL, PRESIDENT, WERE TERMINATED, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
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