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Aimed to Improve Peak-hour Staffing, Wal-Mart’s Plans to Launch New Scheduling System Across U.S.
While Wal-Mart Stores Inc aims to improve staffing levels during peak shopping times and offer more certainty over hours for employees, the company said that it has implemented a new system for scheduling workers at 650 U.S. stores. Its customer… Read More ›
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London’s Clearing Business Becomes Key Battleground in Post Brexit U.K.
In the post-Brexit battle for London’s financial-services industry, an obscure back-office function intended to bring more stability to trading has emerged as a pawn. Now that French and German officials have already targeted the industry, there are signs the U.K. is… Read More ›
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US Heath System Loosing $290 Billion per Year to Patients Skipping Meds
A new survey into drug intake trends in the U.S. says that nearly 125,000 people are killed in the country each year and costs the U.S. health care system $290 billion annually due to patients missing out on their medication… Read More ›
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Coffee Cups Next to be Charged in UK After Charge on Plastic Grocery Bags?
The British government has forecast there will be 6 billion fewer bags in circulation and a boost to the environment, thanks to a 5 pence (6 cent) charge on single-use plastic grocery bags in the U.K. “Taking six billion plastic… Read More ›
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Creation of Two Steel Giants by Merger Being Mulled by China: Reports
Creating two steel giants – one located in the north and another in the south, China is considering a sweeping overhaul of its steel industry through consolidation, Bloomberg reported quoting people familiar with the plan. The sources said that while… Read More ›
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Advantages to Uber from Selling its China Business to Didi Chuxing
After selling its China business to a domestic rival – Didi Chuxing, Uber has virtually bowed out of the world’s second-largest economy. Bringing an end to the brutal battle in China between the two apps, the combined new company is… Read More ›
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$35 Billion to be Spent to Buy Uber’s China Business by Taxi App Rival Didi Chuxing
Uber’s China business would be taken over by rival Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing. This announcement was made by both the companies on Monday. The combined company would be valued at $35 billion according to a person familiar with the… Read More ›
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Starting from his Father’s Basement, this Immigrant Build up a $78 Million Company
Harrison Tang, the CEO and co-founder of Spokeo never backs down from a challenge and despite this success didn’t come easy for him. He didn’t speak any English and desperately wanted to go back to his home country when Tang first… Read More ›
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Middle East Mega Bonds Eyed by Chinese Banks With Global Dreams
Making use of the old Silk Road marketing new goods – debut bonds from Saudi Arabia to Kazakhstan, is the road that Bank of China Ltd. is heading down. Three mandates to co-manage emerging-market Eurobonds, including the Saudi government’s international… Read More ›
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As Modi Moves to Spend $150 Billion, India Lifts Veil on Army
Climbing into tanks and talking to combat soldiers is an eye-opener for those private-sector executives in India who normally get only snippets of information to design components of complex military hardware. Unprecedented access to India’s secretive military was given to… Read More ›