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Laurence Fink, Chairman and CEO of Blackrock Inc., gestures at the session 'The Global Economic Outlook' in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 24, 2015. More than 1,500 business leaders and 40 heads of state or government attend the Jan. 21-24 meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to network and discuss big themes, from the price of oil to the future of the Internet. This year they are meeting in the midst of upheaval, with security forces on heightened alert after attacks in Paris, the European Central Bank considering a radical government bond-buying programme and the safe-haven Swiss franc rocketing. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (SWITZERLAND - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - RTR4MQGZ

BlackRock chairman and CEO Laurence Fink said “we all have to be worried” about China’s rising debt burden and slowing growth rate.

Revenue at big law firms was up 5.8% in the first quarter from one year ago, the strongest gain in eight years—since before the crash.

Oracle CEO Safra Catz told a San Francisco federal court that longtime customers paid her company less in licensing revenues after Google stole its copyrighted software for the Android smartphone OS. Oracle is seeking $9 billion in damages.

Otto, a startup founded by four ex-Google engineers, is working on self-driving commercial big rigs.

Monsanto is facing rising court challenges as evidence of Roundup’s toxicity mounts.

Boston-based Allurion developed a gastric-bypass-in-a-pill treatment, which is already available in Europe.

The number of Americans without health insurance dropped to 9.1% in 2015, the first time the figure has been below 10%.

AT&T is expanding its GigaPower high-speed internet service in the San Francisco area, setting up a showdown with Google Fiber.

Photo: Laurence Fink, Chairman and CEO of Blackrock Inc., gestures at the session ‘The Global Economic Outlook’ in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 24, 2015. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich.