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  • Battle of the tech giants: Samsung set to pass Apple in Q2

    Samsung is set to pass Apple as the world's most profitable technology company for the second quarter of the year. Yahoo Finance’s Dan Roberts, Andy Serwer, and Myles Udland discuss whether or not shareholders should worry.

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  • Sears to close another 43 stores
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    Fox Business8 hours ago

    Sears to close another 43 stores

    Sears Holdings (NASDAQ:SHLD) said Friday it will close another 43 stores, mostly Kmart locations, as it continues to wrestle with a sharp decline in sales. The company will shutter eight Sears and 35 Kmart stores that are unprofitable, CEO Eddie Lampert wrote in a blog post. Sears had already announced this year that 265 stores would close.

  • A woman who's spent over a decade in HR shares the No. 1 sign it's time to quit your job
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    Business Insideryesterday

    A woman who's spent over a decade in HR shares the No. 1 sign it's time to quit your job

    (You can leave even if you don't have another full-time gig lined up, says Toni Thompson, pictured.Courtesy of The Muse) Quitting your job — especially if you don't have another full-time gig lined up — can be terrifying. But there are tons of solid

  • United Parcel Service to give new package handlers a big weekly bonus - Louisville
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    Louisville Business First7 hours ago

    United Parcel Service to give new package handlers a big weekly bonus - Louisville

    United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) is offering weekly retention bonuses to package handlers hired in 2017. Workers can get a $150-per-week bonus if they were hired this year to work in UPS's Second-Day Air operation or hired after March 13 to work in the company's Ohio Valley District ground operation. The bonus increases to $200 this fall and also applies to workers hired on or after Oct. 1 to work in the UPS Next-Day Air operation. Eligible employees must work each scheduled day in a given week to receive that week’s bonus. The many distribution companies in the Louisville area face strong competition in finding and keeping workers, especially during the busy holiday period. Just yesterday,