July 22, 2016 | Daily Business Review
US Charges 3 in $1B Miami-Based Medicare Fraud CaseThe Justice Department charged three Florida health care executives with allegedly carrying out a $1 billion Medicare scam involving numerous Miami-based medical providers.
By Chris Strohm and Andrew M. Harris,Bloomberg News
5 minute read
July 15, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Communist Has Sparked Cheap-Medicine Frenzy All Across ChileIn Chile, a country where free enterprise is almost sacrosanct, a communist mayor is shaking up the system by inspiring local governments to jump into the drugstore business and offer cut-rate prices to a populace that's grown weary of the big chain pharmacies.
By Laura Millan Lombrana, Bloomberg News
8 minute read
July 11, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Rio Olympics to Be Petri Dish for Study of Zika Virus for US TeamTalk about taking one for the team. In an upcoming study, the U.S. Olympic Committee, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, is hoping to volunteer its own staffers and U.S. Olympic athletes for a study that will help researchers answer some basic questions about the Zika virus.
By Deena Shanker, Bloomberg News
7 minute read
July 05, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Carnival's Fathom Cruise Line Is Turning to God for SurvivalCarnival's Fathom brand of social-impact cruises needs churches and schools to fill its ship.
By Justin Bachman, Bloomberg News
8 minute read
June 30, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Puerto Rico Says It Will Default Even With Congressional AidTwo days before a potential historical default, Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla made it clear that the commonwealth won't pay bondholders even as Congress votes on a bill allowing the island to restructure its $70 billion in debt.
By Michelle Kaske, Bloomberg News
8 minute read
June 23, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Nobody Knows Whether Your Landlord Can Stop You From Smoking PotIn recent years, tenant demand for smoke-free living environments has led property managers to extend bans on cigarette smoking to cover marijuana. But some landlords worry that forbidding the use of medical marijuana might put them on the wrong side of fair housing law.
By Patrick Clark Bloomberg News
6 minute read
June 17, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Countrywide's Mozilo Off the Hook as US Declines to SueThye Justice Department has decided not to pursue a civil suit against Countrywide Financial co-founder Angelo Mozilo, who became a poster child for suibprime mortgages after the housing crash.
By Keri Geiger, Greg Farrell and Tom Schoenberg Bloomberg News
11 minute read
June 16, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Bugging in Brazil Scandal Exposes Fear of Biggest Betrayal YetThe tale of Brazil's political crisis is one of betrayals, and the most explosive one may be yet to come.
By Sabrina Valle and Blake Schmidt, Bloomberg News
9 minute read
June 14, 2016 | Daily Business Review
$26 Billion LinkedIn Sale To Microsoft Handled By These Law FirmsSimpson Thacher advised Microsoft and Wilson Sonsini represents LinkIn on the dela valuing the networking site at $196 per share.
By Bloomberg News
18 minute read
June 08, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Sewage-Stained Rio Olympics Revive Brazil's Privatization DreamsTwo months before the Olympics, the world is eyeing the sewage off Rio de Janeiro with both alarm and black humor: marathon swimmers say they are afraid of getting sick while Saturday Night Live has depicted President Dilma Rousseff saying blithely that Brazil just needs to "take 1 million poo-poos out of the river."
By Blake Schmidt and David Biller, Bloomberg News
4 minute read