Macy's to hire more than 38,000 employees for holiday season

Macy's said on Monday it would hire more than 38,000 full and part-time seasonal positions for the holiday season, compared with 41,000 last year as U.S. retailers gear up for the busy shopping period amid a tight consumer spending environment.

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18-09-2023

US judge will not order DOJ official to exit Google advertising case

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema on Friday declined to order a Justice Department official to stay out of the government's advertising antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet's Google but said the department "should think about it."

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15-09-2023

Mogul Byron Allen makes $10 billion bid for Disney's ABC, other networks

(Reuters) -Media entrepreneur Byron Allen has made a $10 billion bid to buy Walt Disney's ABC television network and assets including the FX and National Geographic cable channels, a spokesperson for Allen said on Friday.

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15-09-2023

Japan's Aug core inflation likely slowed slightly, still above BOJ target - Reuters poll

Japan's core inflation likely ran at 3.0% in August, according to a Reuters poll, staying above the central bank's 2% target for a 17th straight month in a sign of broadening price pressure in an economy trying to escape from a long deflationary phase.

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15-09-2023

Disney holds preliminary talks with Nexstar on ABC sale -sources

(Reuters) -Walt Disney Co has held exploratory discussions about selling its U.S. TV network ABC to regional TV station operator Nexstar Media Group Inc, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

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14-09-2023

Disney holds talks with Nexstar on ABC sale - Bloomberg News

Walt Disney has held initial talks on the sale of ABC network to local TV station owner Nexstar Media, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing sources.

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14-09-2023

ECB raises rates to record high, signals end to hikes

LONDON (Reuters) -The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate to a record peak on Thursday and signalled this will likely be its final move in a more-than year-long fight against stubbornly high inflation.

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14-09-2023

Lazard's next CEO Peter Orszag plans to double revenue by 2030

Two weeks before Peter Orszag takes the helm as CEO of Lazard, he is already setting an ambitious goal for the investment bank to double its revenue by 2030.

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14-09-2023

New Mexico mayor calls for legislative debate after gun ban

Albuquerque's mayor is urging New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham to call a special state legislative session on gun crime after the governor's ban on carrying guns in his city threw it into the center of the U.S. gun-rights debate.

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13-09-2023