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In a week when Canadian investigators said “Huawei” and U.S. investors said “no way,” this also happened:

鉔 Walgreens said it will team up with FedEx to deliver prescriptions as soon as the next day for a $4.99 fee, and is providing same-day deliveries in several cities. That will help it compete with CVS and Amazon.

鉔 Scattering someone’s cremated ashes isn’t exactly rocket science — except when it is. CNN reported that about 100 people’s remains were launched into space in a SpaceX satellite by San Francisco’s Elysium Space. The craft will orbit for about four years before falling back to Earth.

鉔 Landmark Theatres, the independent movie chain backed by billionaire Mark Cuban, was sold to Cohen Media Group. The chain has 252 screens in 27 markets, and details were not disclosed.

鉔 California became the first state in the nation to require homes built in 2020 and later be solar powered, following a vote by the Building Standards Commission. The action on Wednesday finalizes a previous vote by the Energy Commission and fulfills a decade-old goal to make the state reliant on cleaner energy.

鉔 A small Missouri newspaper called it quits after after publishing just five editions since September. In statements on Facebook, the paper’s leaders blamed a judgmental “Fuddy Duddy Squad” for its demise. The paper’s name? The Uranus Examiner.

鉔 SoftBank hired the first female partner at its $100 billion Vision Fund, which has the world’s biggest pool of technology investments. Kirthiga Reddy had worked at Facebook in India and the U.S. for eight years and is chair of the Stanford Business School Management Board, according to her LinkedIn page.

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