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Johnson & Johnson is preparing a potential sale of its orthopedics unit with big buyout firms already circling.
The unit could be valued at more than $20 billion in a sale and could also draw interest from rival medical device players.
Amazon has officially dethroned Walmart as the biggest global company by revenue.
The e-commerce giant reported 2,025 sales of $717 billion, while Walmart reported sales of $713.2 billion.
Amazon's growth rests largely on the importance of its cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services, which contributed to its revenue dominance.
Amazon's revenue has increased at almost 10 times the pace of Walmart's, fueled by a shift in consumer spending from stores to websites, as well as the cloud computing business.
And a thriller, the U.S.
women's Olympic hockey team knocking off Canada 2-1 in overtime to win gold as Megan Keller scores at the .407 mark of OT.
The U.S.
had tied the game at one with just over two minutes to go in the third period on a Hillary Knight goal.
The gold is the third for the U.S.
in women's Olympic hockey.
Norway, though, continuously the overall medal count at the Milan-Cortina Olympics with 34, while also leading with 16 golds.
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