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Las Vegas Strip Workers Reach Tentative Deal with Wynn Resorts
10Nov By adminNo Comments
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Las Vegas Strip Workers Reach Tentative Deal with Wynn Resorts

Unions representing Las Vegas Strip workers reached a tentative deal with Wynn Resorts for a new contract, averting a strike scheduled to start Friday morning.The Culinary and Bartenders unions said that with just three hours left before their early-morning strike deadline, Wynn tentatively agreed to a new five-year contract covering more than 5,000 employees at two Las Vegas properties.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Airbnb Pitches Skeptical Shoppers on More Relevant Reviews
8Nov By adminNo Comments
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Airbnb Pitches Skeptical Shoppers on More Relevant Reviews

Updated Nov. 8, 2023 11:04 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)Would you trust Airbnb reviews more if you knew more about the guests leaving reviews? The short-term rental company is hoping you will.Airbnb announced several changes to its ratings and reviews page on Wednesday. Potential guests looking at past reviews of properties will see more information about reviewers. This could include where they are from, the length of their stay and whether they traveled with children, pets or in a group. Hosts with homes receiving excellent ratings and reviews from guests will also receive a new Guest Favorites designation.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Dating Apps Need to Rekindle Romance With Wall Street
6Nov By adminNo Comments
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Dating Apps Need to Rekindle Romance With Wall Street

Investors are swiping left on Bumble’s new chief. She shouldn’t take it too personally. The owner of the female-driven online dating app of the same name saw its share price slide about 5% on Monday morning after the company said that founder Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down from the chief-executive officer role. She will remain as executive chair, while Lidiane Jones will take over as CEO on Jan 2. She currently heads up Slack Technologies, where she became CEO almost a year ago under the ownership of Salesforce. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Dating Apps Need to Rekindle Romance With Wall Street
6Nov By adminNo Comments
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Dating Apps Need to Rekindle Romance With Wall Street

Investors are swiping left on Bumble’s new chief. She shouldn’t take it too personally. The owner of the female-driven online dating app of the same name saw its share price slide about 5% on Monday morning after the company said that founder Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down from the chief-executive officer role. She will remain as executive chair, while Lidiane Jones will take over as CEO on Jan 2. She currently heads up Slack Technologies, where she became CEO almost a year ago under the ownership of Salesforce. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
30Oct By adminNo Comments
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Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk

Updated Oct. 30, 2023 12:23 pm ETThe latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET.1206 ET – McDonald’s reports that digital sales of nearly $9B made up more than 40% of systemwide sales in the burger chain’s top six markets during 3Q. CFO Ian Borden says on a call with analysts that McDonald’s now has more than 57M customers that actively use its digital channel at least every 90 days in those top markets. “We’re learning when they visit, how they visit and what they buy, with more and more of our sales coming through identified channels than ever before,” Borden says. Digital channels include the company’s mobile app, delivery and digital kiosks at its stores. (dean.seal@wsj.com)Copyright ©2023 ...
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Choice Hotels Unveils $7.8 Billion Takeover Offer For Wyndham
17Oct By adminNo Comments
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Choice Hotels Unveils $7.8 Billion Takeover Offer For Wyndham

Updated Oct. 17, 2023 12:22 pm ETChoice Hotels made public a $7.8 billion offer to buy Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, a bid to unite two of the biggest budget hotel owners in the country.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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The NLRB Doesn’t Like Starbucks
14Oct By adminNo Comments
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The NLRB Doesn’t Like Starbucks

We told you last summer about Starbucks’ complaint that the National Labor Relations Board was colluding with union representatives to tip organizing elections at its coffee stores in the union’s favor. Now the suspicions are confirmed, and the NLRB has some housecleaning to do.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Ken Burns Turns His Camera on America’s Beleaguered Buffalo
13Oct By adminNo Comments
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Ken Burns Turns His Camera on America’s Beleaguered Buffalo

Listen to article(3 minutes)Ken Burns says he has been thinking about the American buffalo all of his life: “It may be the most important mammal in the history of the United States.” He explains that this “magnificent” yet beleaguered animal, which roamed the Great Plains in the tens of millions less than 200 years ago, has often stalked the background of his films—figuratively and literally—during his career as a documentarian of Americana. “The buffalo intersects with all these interesting parts of American history,” he says, which is why he’s been plotting a project about its fate for nearly 40 years. But he’s glad that he waited. Time, he says, has helped him to better understand the nuances of what he calls an “epic American calamity.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All...
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