PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news - October 29
Oct 29 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges is preparing to wind down its operations, capping a dizzying downfall for the nearly century-old Wall Street law firm after it failed to stem an exodus of partners.
- US District Judge David Carter rejected a request by the Justice Department to temporarily block California from counting mail ballots for the midterm elections from more than 20,000 registered voters the department alleges are likely noncitizens.
- US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed forward a policy allowing licensed pharmacies and physicians to compound certain unapproved peptides while regulators consider whether to formally permit their use in compounded medicines.
- The Trump administration banned imports from Chinese genomics company BGI and its subsidiaries over their alleged roles in enabling the forced labor of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang region.