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US Steel will buy the rest of the new, low-cost steel mill

United States Steel Corp. Big has agreed to acquire the remaining .10.1% stake in Big River Steel LLC for 74 million, giving the steelmaker ownership of one of the country’s newest, most advanced steel mills. Osola, Arch of the Big River. Owned by Mills, US Steel rivals Newcore Corp., one …

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MSNBC names Rashida Jones President, Suicide Phil Griffin

MSNBC named Rashida Jones as the network’s president, a source said, adding that a major upheaval was caused by a news channel that has raised its profile with political coverage, but has struggled to keep up with rivals this year. Ms. Jones, who is currently serving as senior vice president …

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Gene editing shows promise in sickle-cell disease

Drug development for sickle-cell disease, largely neglected for decades, is becoming a crowded field: two papers published on Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine give promising results from a study of experimental therapies, including Crisper gene editing for the disease. In addition, Beam Therapeutics Inc. The American Society …

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