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In Florida, Trump, a part-time Palm Beacher, is in fourth place in the Republican presidential field, Mason-Dixon shows, behind a rising Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire StanCorp Financial Group (The Standard). Meiji Yasuda agreed to pay $115 a share for Portland, Oregon-based StanCorp, compared with Thursday’s closing price of $76.69.

Discover Financial Services has been ordered to pay $16 million to consumers and an additional penalty of $2.5 million by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which claims that the company engaged in illegal student loan servicing practices, according to Bloomberg.

Amazon generated operating cash flow of $8.98 billion during this quarter, and earned net income of $92 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared with net loss of $126 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, in second quarter 2014.

The Verge notes that “some ventures, like its Wallet app, haven’t been as successful as Square hoped”, as well as Jack Dorsey’s future with the company is uncertain.

Amazon’s unexpected second-quarter profit has pushed its stock upward, overtaking Wal-Mart Stores Inc.in market value, according to Reuters.

Chevron in the US has also announced mobile payments through Apple Pay but they are in testing period at the moment. With so many gas stations these days retaining little compunction for forcing the user to pay for gas he or she doesn’t actually get until it’s pumped...

Approvals for house purchase rose to 44,488 from 42,876 in May, up around 6 percent compared with a year ago, the BBA said.

Gold prices fell to as low as $1,088.05 an ounce on 20 July – the weakest level since March 2010 – led by a selling spree in China and expectations of an increase in US interest rates.

Roodt has already undergone surgery to his left arm, and needs another operation after a knifeman cut through his bicep and triceps muscles. “They used ropes to tie the hands and feet of family members during the armed robbery”.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is advising Japanese media group Nikkei on its £844 ($1.3 billion) purchase of the Financial Times from Britain’s Pearson, which turned to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for advice.

In the new movie “Mississippi Grind,”Ben Mendelsohn plays a gambling addict who owes money to (his words) “everyone”.

The premier wants to stress the importance of reaching labour agreements between teachers and the boards before the school year starts in the fall.

In total, about 71,000 strollers are being recalled. UPPAbaby has received 22 reports of children biting off pieces of the bumper bar, but no reports of injuries, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

AP Photo/Bebeto MatthewsSupporters of Airbnb hold a rally outside City Hall, Tuesday, January 20, 2015, in New York.Airbnb is reportedly in talks to hire a top CFO from one of Wall Street’s biggest firms.