Estate of Henrietta Lacks reaches settlement with biotech company for nonconsensual use of her cells in medical research
The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells have been used for scientific research for decades, reached a settlement Tuesday with the biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific, the family's attorneys said.
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Henrietta Lacks: Family of black woman whose cells were taken settle case
An unknown settlement is reached after Henrietta Lacks' cells were used for medical advances.
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Blackstone's quarterly earnings slump 39% as asset sales plummet
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK Blackstone Inc said on Thursday its second-quarter distributable earnings slumped nearly 40%, owing
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Blackstone to invest $150 million in London-based hedge fund Astaris
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK Blackstone Group LP is to invest $150 million in London-based Astaris Capital Management
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Blackstone REIT says redemption requests declined in June
Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) said on Monday that redemption requests declined in June after months of
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Prologis to buy industrial properties from Blackstone for $3.1 billion
(Reuters) -Prologis Inc said on Monday it has agreed to buy 14 million square feet of industrial properties from real
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Ukraine 99.9% certain Russia will quit Black Sea grain deal in July - envoy
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV Russia is 99.9% certain to quit a U.N.-brokered deal on the safe wartime passage
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Exclusive-Blackstone's Horizon head Scott Bommer to leave company
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK Blackstone Group's Scott Bommer, who oversaw its hedge fund unit's growth strategy Horizon
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Ukraine says Russia again blocking Black Sea grain export deal
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV Ukraine's ministry of renovation and infrastructure said on Thursday the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain
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Exclusive-UN tries to save Black Sea grain deal with 'mutually beneficial' proposal - source
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV The U.N. has proposed that Kyiv, Moscow and Ankara start preparatory work for the
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Blackstone acquires International Gemological Institute
MUMBAI Private equity giant Blackstone Inc said it has fully acquired the jewellery certification firm International Gemological Institute
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Blackstone, Thomson Reuters consortium sells $3.4 billion LSEG shares in upsized offering
An investor consortium including U.S. buyout firm Blackstone and Thomson Reuters sold 33 million shares in the London
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