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AT&T defuses Elliott's activist pressure with three-year plan

AT&T Inc. damped the fires of Elliott Management Corp.’s activist pressure campaign, unveiling a three-year plan under which the phone giant will add two board seats and separate its chairman and chief executive officer roles.

Boeing’s 737 MAX jet could soon fly again despite damning probes

Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX could be cleared to return to the skies in the U.S. as early as this year, despite a continued cascade of damning revelations about the design and approval of the passenger jet that crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia, killing a total of 346 people.

This regional grocery store has a cult following and it just opened its first location in NYC

Wegmans Food Market, a family-owned regional chain with a significant cult following, has moved into the industrial backdrop of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Apple TV Plus launching Friday with lowest price for major subscription service

The company that brought you the Macintosh computer, iPhone, iPad and iTunes now wants you to turn to it for Apple-branded entertainment.

Survey: US business hiring falls to a 7-year low

A measure of hiring by U.S. companies has fallen to a seven-year low and fewer employers are raising pay, a business survey has found. Just one-fifth of the economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics said their companies have hired additional workers in the past three months.

House built on plot used by serial killer hits market for $459,000

It is not much of a house. Measuring 2,500 square feet with three bedrooms, and two baths. The listing makes the home seem inviting–“Close to all transportation. MUST SEE!”. 

'Go back to work': Outcry over deaths on Amazon's warehouse floor

Billy Foister died last month after a heart attack at work. The incident was just one in a series of recent accidents and fatalities

Iconic AmEx Green Card turns 50, gets a needed revamp

For 50 years, the American Express "Green Card" has been everywhere its card members wanted to be. 

I looked into 'house hacking' to live for free, but it's not for me

House hacking is where you utilize your primary residence to help you earn income, so you can live for free or drastically reduce expenses.

With GM contract set, UAW takes its fight to Ford and Fiat Chrysler

The GM deal will serve as a "pattern" for negotiations with Ford Motor and Fiat Chrysler, however there are no guarantees that the wins from the talks with GM will carry over to its crosstown rivals.

Sources: French luxury group LVMH offers to buy U.S jeweler Tiffany

Louis Vuitton owner LVMH has approached Tiffany & Co with an acquisition offer, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday, at a time when the U.S. luxury jeweler grapples with the impact of tariffs on its exports to China.

Sources: Wells Fargo lays off more than 200 business bankers in U.S.

Wells Fargo & Co has laid off more than 200 bankers in its U.S. lending divisions in recent months, as the bank reacted to business trends and restructured some units, sources familiar with the matter said this week.

US Fed to continue cutting as fears, uncertainty deepen

White-hot panic about global trade may have eased a bit in recent weeks but the economic outlook is no easier to call for the US Federal Reserve as it prepares for a meeting on interest rates this week.

Would you like fries with that? McDonald's already knows the answer

McDonald’s has a new plan to sell more Big Macs: act like Big Tech. Over the last seven months, McDonald’s has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire technology companies that specialize in artificial intelligence and machine learning. And the fast-food chain has even established a new tech hub in the heart of Silicon Valley — the McD Tech Labs — where a team of engineers and data scientists is working on voice-recognition software....

Ford botches Explorer launch, putting CEO back on hot seat

Ford Motor Co.’s Jim Hackett and Wall Street analysts started this year frustrated with one another. Sure, the automaker had been underperforming, but the chief executive appealed for time to show he was fixing things. He assured them the redesigned Explorer SUV rolling out months later would be a proof point.

3 reasons I bought a house after swearing I'd rent for life

After living abroad for 11 years and enjoying a nomadic lifestyle, the author and her husband finally decided to buy a house in Jacksonville, Florida.

Looks like the home improvement boom is about to bust

Home-improvement retailers have proved to be a bright spot during an otherwise underwhelming stretch for retail stocks, but a popular predictor of remodeling spending suggests tougher times ahead.