Newsmakers
Norway’s KLP Pressures Agribusiness, Investors to Save the Amazon
$80 billion fund seeks action to end ‘devastating environmental damage.’
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The Malls Get Mauled: Will Retail Real Estate Recover?
While stores are closing like crazy, courtesy of Amazon, what remains after the shakeout should be a decent investment.
Newsmakers
Legal & General Is Trying Out Blockchain for Its Bulk Annuities
The UK insurer to work with Amazon to cut costs and better store data for future bulk annuity deals.
Market Moves
NYC Owns $1 Billion Stake in Amazon, Which Just Snubbed the Big Apple
The city’s five pension plans are major stockholders in the company that is escaping from New York.
Newsmakers
NY Comptroller Optimistic on Amazon HQ2 Deal
But Scott Stringer says arrangement must also benefit New Yorkers.
Bridgewater Ditches Facebook for Alibaba, Baidu, and Amazon
The world’s largest hedge fund pares stake in the social media juggernaut by 76% while refocusing its tech exposure.
Newsmakers
Shareholders to Decide Fate of Amazon, Whole Foods Deal
Despite few known details, analysts expect majority approval.
Amazon’s Whole Foods Purchase Sends Worldwide Retail Stock Shock
Acquisition shows value of brink-and-mortar establishments for food purchases, UBS says.