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| | | Kraft Heinz Set For First Earnings Report Since Merger | The third-biggest food and beverage company in the U.S., which counts Brazilian investor 3G Capital and Warren Buffett as its biggest owners, will probably report lower profits. But investors will be looking for merger details, job cuts, and a timetable for a return to buying mode. |
| Disney's Star Wars Optimism Clouded By Cord-Cutting At ESPN | Analysts expect a nice bump in profit and everyone's excited about "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." But amid all the good news there's concern about how quickly Americans are cutting their cable subscriptions, including Disney's ESPN cash cow. CEO Bob Iger speaks after the earnings release, which comes days after a reported $200 million deal with edgy news service Vice. |
| Facebook's News App 'Notify' Likely Next Week | Facebook is likely to launch "Notify," its real-time news app, sometime next week, the Financial Times reported. The move, if it materializes, could be a big boost to its aspiration to become a multi-functional platform, rather than just a basic social network. The standalone app -- which is targeted at its growing mobile user base and aims to make Facebook the destination for all mobile news consumers -- will allow the company to compete with rivals Snapchat and Twitter Inc, which recently launched their own news aggregator services. |
| Will Fed Officials, IMF Chief Echo Rate-Hike Drum Beat? | The Fed has been clearer than usual since last week's meeting -- and statements by Chairwoman Janet Yellen and New York Fed President William Dudley on Wednesday -- that the economy can take a rate hike in December, with certain caveats. There could be more of that Thursday as Dudley plays host to Vice Chairman Stanley Fisher and IMF Chief Christine Lagarde in New York. |
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| | | Airbnb Moves To Fend Off Critics, Regulators | A day after defeating a San Francisco proposition that would have tightened regulations on the house-sharing service provider, Airbnb says it will help organize supporters around the country into clubs to thwart similar moves elsewhere. |
| Expedia To Add HomeAway To Anti-Airbnb Arsenal | Expedia will pay $3.9 billion to add HomeAway to the increasingly expensive acquisitions it is making to compete with Airbnb. It already owns Hotels.com, Travelocity and Orbitz, but was valued at under $18 billion compared with the $25 billion upstart. |
| Microsoft Vows To Stay Competitive | Satya Nadella reaffirmed his goal to keep Microsoft competitive, with its forays into cloud computing, as competitors like Google chip away at the company's dominance with business customers. Speaking in Mumbai, India, he echoed his 2014 call to "reinvent productivity." |
| Iran Buys Jet To Help Assad, Violating Nuclear Deal With US | An Iranian airline bought a U.K.-made jet to fly soldiers and weapons to Syria's embattled President Bashar Assad. Worse, the purchase violates sanctions that the U.S. partially lifted after Iran pledged to scale back its nuclear program, possibly putting the process in jeopardy. |
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