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John Mackey wanted to fight off the activist investors attacking Whole Foods. He found a savior in Amazon, a company blamed for laying waste to retailers.
By purchasing the upscale chain, Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief, has a chance to tinker with how people buy groceries — and map the future of the physical store.
After the jury could not come to verdict after six days of deliberations, the judge in the sexual assault trial declared a mistrial.
Corporate giants once had all-powerful chiefs with domains to match. But activist investors and technological change are remaking the executive suite.
With the rise of same-sex couples and single parents, many schools are declaring a tradition antiquated. But others cling (and pose for gauzy photos).
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 14, 2017, covering June 17, 2017.
Bryson Tiller
Kendrick Lamar
The Beatles
Drake
Lil Yachty
2017Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (born 1948)[†]
Baldwin Jacobson Lonsdale was a Vanuatuan politician and Anglican priest who served as the president of Vanuatu from 22 September 2014 until his death in 2017.
2017A series of wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others.[†]
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the capital and largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other metropolitan area.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]