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Chipotle and founder Steve Ells—which built an empire on the idea of offering a healthier, more authentic Mexican experience than its Tex-Mex fast food rivals—are turning ironically enough to Taco Bell’s CEO Brian Niccol to help “revive the struggling burrito chain” – WSJ and Forbes and Bloomberg

Tuesday saw a pair of accusations against prominent financial and media companies—Steven Cohen’s Point72 and Shane Smith’s Vice Media—over practices that marginalized and discriminated against women – NYTimes and Law360 and NYTimes

CPI numbers are out this morning, and they could easily provide plenty of fodder for trigger-happy traders – Bloomberg

Call it a trial-focused shot across the bow. AT&T is signaling that it will challenge the government’s antitrust lawsuit’s legitimacy by putting the DOJ’s antitrust chief on its witness list for the slated March 2018 trial over the company’s $85 billion purchase of Time Warner – WSJ

The Journal has the inside scoop on the massive bribery scandal sweeping through the oil industry that’s reaching into the “highest levels of the executive ranks” at both Royal Dutch Shell and Italy’s state-backed Eni – WSJ

CFPB chair Mick Mulvaney is taking credit for the agency’s decision to drop its lawsuit against payday lender Golden Valley Lending – Law360

An update from that VIX manipulation story from Bloomberg yesterday: Finra’s on it – WSJ

Broadcom’s renewed takeover bid for Qualcomm comes not only with more money but now with the added bonus of fewer desired board seats (just 6, rather than the full 11 first suggested) – NYTimes

Why disrupt just the service side of an industry when you can go for the supplies, too? AKA, Amazon’s getting into the medical supply business by creating a marketplace for hospitals – WSJ

Because selfie sticks aren’t brutal enough, startup Skydio has unveiled the selfie drone. Thankfully, its $2500 price tag should prevent adoption by the masses for a good long while – NYTimes

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