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Jan 30, 2018

01/30/2018: Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon and Jeff Bezos walk into a bar …

… and walk out running a health care company. Together they employ about a million people, and it appears health care was driving them nuts. They’re starting their own company that will give coverage “free from profit-making incentives and constraints.” We’ll start today by trying to make sense of it all. Then: Janet Yellen is presiding over her last Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week, so we’ll take a look at her economic legacy. Plus: inside the black market for Twitter followers.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
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… and walk out running a health care company. Together they employ about a million people, and it appears health care was driving them nuts. They’re starting their own company that will give coverage “free from profit-making incentives and constraints.” We’ll start today by trying to make sense of it all. Then: Janet Yellen is presiding over her last Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week, so we’ll take a look at her economic legacy. Plus: inside the black market for Twitter followers.