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Goldman Sachs promotes 465 managing directors, with women making up 29 percent of the group.

Smith & Wesson will become a standalone gun business.

Steve Schwarzman’s plan to fix America: tax business.

Taylor Swift asks Carlyle Group for help in ability to perform early songs at awards show.

Italian government set to declare state of emergency after record-breaking Venice flooding.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin concedes governor’s race after vote recanvass.

Amazon cites “unmistakable bias” in Microsoft’s military cloud contract win.

PayPal halts payment support to PornHub models.