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Magazine Sections Fashion Art & Design Travel Food Culture Search Search → Credit Suisse Chief Executive Resigns Amid Spying Scandal Credit Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam resigned in the wake of an espionage scandal. The bank said Thomas Gottstein would replace him. 2 minutes ago WSJ News Exclusive Elliott Builds Stake of More Than $2.5 Billion in SoftBank The activist fund is pushing for stock buybacks and for the tech giant to improve its corporate governance to boost its share price. 13 SoftBank Funds All Sides in Startup Battle Trump Denounces Impeachment, Saying He ‘Went Through Hell’ Taking a victory lap after he was acquitted in his Senate trial, President Trump said he “went through hell” during what he deemed a politically driven investigation and called top Democrats “very evil and sick people” for seeking his removal from office. 2,553 Key Moments in Trump-Pelosi Tensions Congress Shifts to Campaign Mode Stock Exchange Parent Ends eBay Play as Investors Balk Intercontinental Exchange said it was abandoning its pursuit of eBay after the New York Stock Exchange parent’s investors pushed back against the move. 2 Streetwise Tesla’s Stock Boom: It’s OK to Miss Out There are several good reasons to think Tesla should be more valuable today than it was six months ago. But there aren’t any that justify its shares more than tripling in price since then. 73 Tesla Bond Investors Sit Back, Enjoy the Ride Tesla’s Epic Rally Echoes Past Oil, Bitcoin Bubbles DNC Head Calls for Iowa Caucus Recanvass, AP Unable to Call Contest Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez called for a recanvass of results of the party’s Iowa caucuses on Thursday while the Associated Press said it was unable to declare a winner. 550 Buttigieg and Sanders Hold Lead Sanders Looks to Move On After Iowa Mess Chinese Doctor Who Issued Early Warning on Virus Dies A Chinese doctor who became a folk hero after he was arrested for warning about the dangers of the deadly new virus now spreading around the world died on Friday after becoming infected with it. 263 Japan Reports 41 New Coronavirus Infections on Quarantined Cruise Liner Beijing Faults U.S. Stance on Coronavirus Why So Few CEOs Are Women WarnerMedia Nears Deal With ‘Friends’ Cast for Reunion Hedge-Fund Billionaire’s Deal for Mets Collapses Are Ski Resorts Getting Too Crowded? 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More Top News China to Cut Tariffs on $75 Billion of U.S. Goods Beijing said it would slash tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. imports in half as part of its efforts to implement a recently signed trade agreement with Washington. 114 Companies Find Ways to Bypass Tariffs U.S. Shares Gain After Tariff Relief Harvey Weinstein Attorneys Paving Way for Possible Appeal Harvey Weinstein’s defense attorneys are following a classic strategy, seizing on what they say are prosecutorial missteps and misguided judicial rulings to build a case for a potential appeal after the Hollywood producer’s rape trial. 32 U.S. Operation Kills Qasim al-Raymi, Leader of al Qaeda in Yemen President Trump gave no details about the counterterrorism operation that killed Qasim al-Raymi, emir, or leader, of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which U.S. counterterrorism officials count among the terrorist group’s most potent affiliates. ICE Agent Shoots Man in New York City, Officials Say A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a man and two agents were injured during the arrest of a suspected illegal immigrant in Brooklyn Thursday, in an incident that came amid rising tension between the federal agency and New York City over its so-called sanctuary policy. N.J. Jury Orders J&J to Pay $750 Million in Punitive Damages in Latest Baby Powder Verdict A New Jersey state jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $750 million in punitive damages to four people who said their use of the company’s talcum powders caused a rare cancer. The judge presiding over the trial said she planned to reduce the punitive award to $186.5 million. Business & Finance Warner Music Group Files for IPO Access Industries Inc.’s Warner Music Group filed documents to sell shares to the public amid a streaming-fueled resurgence in the music industry. News Corp Posts Lower Profit, Revenue The media company contended with a sluggish economy in Australia, softness in its book-publishing unit and foreign-currency headwinds in the latest quarter. T-Mobile Projects More Customer Gains in 2020 T-Mobile US Inc. maintained a p...