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Utkarsh Ambudkar finally gets his broadway shot in 'Freestyle Love Supreme'
Ambudkar has been onstage since a wrist injury in high school derailed him from playing basketball. He grew up outside Baltimore, where his biochemist parents settled after emigrating from India in the 1980s. After struggles with alcohol addiction, he has finally made it to Broadway
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How Cobie Smulders met her new role
Smulders—who recently ended two seasons of Netflix's "Friends From College" after nine on CBS' "How I Met Your Mother" and a recurring role as Maria Hill in a string of Marvel movies—wasn't even shopping for a series when "Stumptown" came her way
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SoftBank bet billions on disruptive companies. Many have not paid off
In what may be a reckoning for Masayoshi Son, Wall Street has started running from companies backed by SoftBank and its Vision Fund. The CEO of WeWork stepped down this week; Uber's stock has fallen nearly 30% from its May IPO price; and shares in Slack have tumbled more than 40% from their first day of trading in June
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Facebook tests hiding 'Likes' on social media posts
On Thursday, the social network said it was starting a test in Australia, where people's Likes, video view counts and other measurements of posts would become private to other users, after activists have advocated that the metrics have a negative impact on self-esteem
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Juul replaces its CEO with a tobacco executive
After frantic days of internal meetings, the vaping company announced that its current chief executive, Kevin Burns, would be replaced by K.C. Crosthwaite—a top official at Altria, the cigarette giant that bought a 35 percent share in Juul for $12.8 billion in December
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Amazon wants Alexa to move far beyond the living room
In a flurry of announcements Wednesday, Amazon unveiled the latest additions to the growing list of products tied to the company's Alexa voice assistant—earbuds, glasses, a ring, even a new dog collar
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VW Executives and Ex-CEO charged with market manipulation
On Tuesday, German prosecutors charged the automaker's two highest-ranking executives with stock market manipulation for failing to inform shareholders of an investigation in the United States that led to its conviction for emissions cheating
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WeWork breaks up with CEO
Adam Neumann was forced to step down as chief executive after a lengthy board meeting Tuesday, under pressure from directors and investors after he led a botched attempt to take the closely watched company public
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Oil giants mount a defense, under fire from climate activists
As world leaders gathered at the United Nations climate summit, 13 of the world's biggest fossil fuel companies presented their defense at a forum across town. But most of their proposals appeared designed to perpetuate the use of oil and gas for decades to come, rather than transition quickly to cleaner options
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Falguni Nayar, Upasana Taku on Forbes Asia's Power Businesswomen 2019 list
Four Indian businesswomen feature on the Forbes list released on September 24, which recognizes the women who are breaking barriers are shaping Asia's business landscape