Mid-day Update

Unilever purchases Dollar Shave Club for $1 billion

David Brancaccio Jul 20, 2016
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Mid-day Update

Unilever purchases Dollar Shave Club for $1 billion

David Brancaccio Jul 20, 2016
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On today’s show, we’ll talk about Unilever’s decision to buy the Dollar Shave Club and what that acquisition symbolizes; check in with Greek residents whom we spoke to last year during the height of the country’s debt crisis; and look at the planned full-scale launch of Deezer, a French music streaming service, in the U.S.

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