Staples To Be Sold

Staples To Be Sold

The office supply giant Staples announced Wednesday afternoon that the company has negotiated a sale to a private equity company in New York City for $6.9 billion.

Staples Inc., headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, opened its first store in Brighton in 1986.

CNN Is Having A Bad Week
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CNN Is Having A Bad Week

Evan Lips

CNN, the 24-hour cable news network that was prompted to dismiss three journalists Monday after publishing a bogus report last week connecting a member of President Donald Trump's team to a Russia-based investment fund, can't seem to dodge accusations it ramped up coverage of flimsy Kremlin conspiracy allegations in the name of ratings.

The latest report, produced by James O'Keefe's Project Veritas undercover news operation, involves one of CNN's most prominent political commentators, former Obama White House special adviser Van Jones, claiming in a secretly-recorded video that "the Russia thing" being driven by the network "is just a big nothing-burger."

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