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 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable provider, on Wednesday launched a new business application and platform with faster connections in its push to boost sales to commercial customers as more consumers drop traditional cable services. Comcast, like other pay-TV providers, is under pressure as viewing habits change and wants to leverage its infrastructure to grow in other ways.
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(Reuters) - Target Corp said on Wednesday it would hire about 100,000 workers for the holiday season, a 43 percent increase from last year, after keeping seasonal hiring flat for the last four years.
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Governments around the world have continued to cut their tax rates on company profits, lowering them further below that of the U.S. as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned the competition to aid businesses may be going too far.
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The athletic footwear and apparel giant dropped on the pain of two closely related businesses. Here's what investors need to know.
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(Reuters) - Wall Street was set to open slightly lower on Wednesday, after a two-day rally, weighed down by a drop in Apple and as North Korea showed a trademark defiance over new U.N. sanctions.
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Bloomberg
Rising U.S. wholesale prices in August reflect the biggest jump in energy costs since January, while underlying inflation remained contained, a Labor Department report showed Wednesday in Washington.
Higher gas prices boost wholesale inflationMarketWatch
US producer prices rose in August as energy costs shot upCharlotte Observer
US Producer Price Indexes - August 2017Forex Factory
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police detained JBS SA Chief Executive Officer Wesley Batista on Wednesday, as an investigation escalated into the role played by him and his younger brother in suspected insider trading ahead of a plea bargain deal with prosecutors.
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CNBC
Target is one of the first retailers to announce its hiring plans for the 2017 holiday shopping season. Target's ambitious plans hint that hiring will be healthy across the industry, with retail sales expected to grow. Target will begin hiring seasonal
Target to hire 100000 for holiday season, 40 percent more than last yearMinneapolis Star Tribune
Target to Hire More Than 100000 Extra Workers for Holiday Season RushTheStreet.com
Target bumps up holiday hiring by 40 percent this yearABC News
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CNNMoney
1. Nordstrom sale: Shares in Nordstrom (JWN) were surging by about 10% premarket following reports that the company could soon be taken private. CNBC, citing unnamed sources, said that private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners could partner with ...
Nordstrom (JWN) Stock Gains 10%: Will it Go Private Soon?Zacks.com
Nordstrom's plan to attract shoppers: Wine, manicures — but no merchandiseWashington Post
Nordstrom's tiny new stores basically won't have any stuff in themFast Company
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Hurricane Irma has weakened to a tropical storm, but left damage to nearly all parts of a tightly connected Florida economy that relies heavily on tourism.
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Technology's a great thing when used by society to better itself. Often, when investors think of great technology, companies like Tesla Inc. (TSLA) and Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) spring to mind.
However, truth be told, technology is used by all kinds of businesses to make their companies more efficient.
"In ten years, every company will have to be an artificial intelligence company, or they won't be competitive," Loup Ventures Managing Partner Doug Clinton wrote in a July blog. "While traditional tech companies have been very forward about their advancements and investments in AI, there are non-tech companies that are poised to benefit from their efforts in AI."
While many investors are looking for the next big technology stock, a small minority are less concerned about the technology itself, but rather how the technology is used by a non-tech company to create a wider moat.
I've come up with seven non-tech stocks using technology to win.
Prices and data are from the original InvestorPlace story published on September 6, 2017. Click on ticker-symbol links in each slide for current prices and more.
SEE ALSO FROM KIPLINGER: 7 Reliable Dividend Stocks to Buy Now
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Many are without power or phone service. Their ability to reopen depends on the restoration of electricity, but also on whether employees can get to work through blocked roads and downed power lines.
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