Jobs slip slows as August openings hit 5.4 million
The Labor Department reports U S job openings fell 7 percent in August to 5.4 million from 5.8 million in July, a revised prior record. Hiring remains modest as unemployment drifts down slowly, with declines led by professional services and manufacturing. Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf resigns amid sales-practices scandal. Tim Sloan to become CEO.
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U.S
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San Francisco
Wells
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Stumpf
Tim Sloan
Wells Fargo
Food Lion unveils store upgrades in Gaston County rollout
Food Lion marks the end of a 215 million investment in area stores with new aisles, checkout belts, and a produce cooler across about 12 Gaston County locations while highlighting thousands of new items and local produce. Donations of 500 each to Serving Our Community With Kindness and Crisis Assistance Ministry accompany the event.
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Food Lion
New Hope
Beaty Roads
Food Lien
Gaston County
Jeremy Jackson
Courtney James
Land of the lease drives record leasing in US cars
Edmunds.com reports 31 percent of new vehicles bought in the first nine months were leased, a record high and about double a decade ago. Millennials lead leases while the 75 plus group grows fastest. leases now span small pickups, cutting prices for automakers.
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Edmunds.com
Edmunds
Stanley Black & Decker to Acquire Newell Tools Unit
Stanley Black & Decker agrees to buy Newell Brands tools division for 1.95 billion in cash. The deal adds Irwin and Lenox brands and is expected to lift earnings 0.15 per share in year one and 0.50 per share by year three. Cost savings of 80 to 90 million are targeted by year three, with closing in the first half of 2017.
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Newell Brands’ Tools
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Lenox
Newell Brands
New Britain
Connecticut
Local stock footnotes reveal dividend and rate notes
The report outlines various stock footnotes including extra dividends not included, annual rate changes from recent dividends, sums of dividends paid after stock splits, and year to date totals. It notes omitted dividends, arrears, and differing indicators such as closed end fund status and lack of P E ratio, with terms like cash value on ex distribution date and last twelve months particulars.
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