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Bed Bath & Beyond makes desperate move while teetering toward bankruptcy: Source

Bed Bath & Beyond makes desperate move while teetering toward bankruptcy: Source

Bed Bath & Beyond is cleaving off an arm in an effort to conserve cash in what could be its final hours. A source told Yahoo Finance the company informed workers on Thursday that all of its Harmon brand stores would be closed as the embattled retailer continues on its downward trend. Harmon — which mostly focuses on the sale of beauty products — operated about 52 stores in six states, according to the company’s most recent annual report. A store employee at at NYC location told Yahoo… Source link

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Biden’s desperate move on gas prices

Biden’s desperate move on gas prices

Could he be any more blatant? Just days before the midterm elections on Nov. 8, President Biden has called for a baldly political windfall tax on “excess” profits of oil and gas companies. There’s no chance it will happen, which Biden knows. Only Congress can impose new taxes, and Congress isn’t in session right now. When it was in session earlier this year, Democrats who control both houses kicked around the idea of an oil-company windfall tax, and it got nowhere. Biden says he’ll… Source link

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Meta is desperate to fight back against Apple’s privacy changes

Meta is desperate to fight back against Apple’s privacy changes

Meta (META) is having a rough year. The company’s stock price is down 57% year-to-date, torpedoing CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth to the tune of $72 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index. While the macroeconomic climate is hammering the entire tech industry, Meta and other tech companies that rely on ad-based revenue face a unique headwind — Apple’s (AAPL) massive privacy shakeup called App Tracking Transparency. The feature, which allows users to determine if… Source link

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Companies desperate for workers are tipping their hands in job listings: Morning Brief

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, July 22, 2021 Urgent listings are on the rise. Hiring can be a challenging process.  Over the last several months, we’ve written about the abundance of open jobs in America, the impact retirements have had on the workforce, and the higher wages companies are offering to meet labor shortfalls.  And a new report from job posting website… Source link

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Kevin Durant, Steve Nash up against desperate Bucks

Anything is bound to happen in Milwaukee, from cringeworthy ankle sprains to fire alarms breaking out 15 minutes after a game. What’s been unexpectedly birthed after Sunday afternoon is a playoff series. Sure, the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks have been at this for about a week already, but the results appeared clear before the ball of Kyrie Irving’s right ankle basically touched the hardwood at Fiserv Forum: The Nets were superior and on the verge of sending the Bucks to a summer of… Source link

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