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Verizon is cutting more than 13,000 jobs as it works to ‘reorient’ entire company

Verizon is cutting more than 13,000 jobs as it works to ‘reorient’ entire company

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon is laying off more than 13,000 employees, as the telecommunications giant says it must “reorient” its entire company. The jobs cuts began on Thursday, per to a staff memo f...

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US filings for jobless benefits remained in historically healthy range during government shutdown

US filings for jobless benefits remained in historically healthy range during government shutdown

New U.S. jobless claim applications fell last week, remaining within the healthy range of recent years, according to the government’s first weekly layoffs data since before the government shut dow...

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GE Appliances boosts contracts with US suppliers as it moves production from China to Kentucky

GE Appliances boosts contracts with US suppliers as it moves production from China to Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — GE Appliances on Thursday touted wide-ranging ripple effects from shifting production from China to Kentucky as it announced more than $150 million in new contracts awarded ...

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Spanish court orders Meta to pay nearly half a billion euros in damages to media outlets

Spanish court orders Meta to pay nearly half a billion euros in damages to media outlets

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish legacy media companies in Spain scored a victory against social media giant Meta after a Madrid-based court ordered Thursday that it must pay news outlets nearly ha...

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New ad pumps fragrance into Grand Central subway platform

New ad pumps fragrance into Grand Central subway platform

NEW YORK (AP) — A trip through New York City’s crowded subway system usually offers a pungent mix of industrial and bodily aromas. But inside a stretch of the Grand Central station this holiday se...

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Brussels hosts talks on Gaza reconstruction, security and governance

Brussels hosts talks on Gaza reconstruction, security and governance

BRUSSELS (AP) — More than 60 delegations were meeting in Brussels on Thursday to discuss reconstruction, governance and security in the Gaza Strip and reforming the Palestinian Authority. France a...

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