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Amazon Hiring for Over 200 Work-From-Home Positions

The job postings from Amazon are all for employees that would be able to work from home or work remotely, and not from the company’s own facilities. The following are the different job categories and how many positions are available at Amazon. Solutions Architect — There are 90 jobs available in this category. …read more […]

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Pioneer Natural Resources boosts 2018 spending on higher costs, drilling activity

Pioneer Natural Resources will boost its 2018 capital spending budget by roughly $450 million to address rising costs and to increase its drilling and well-completion activities, the company said on Wednesday. Pipeline constraints that are pushing down the price of Permian Basin crude could hamper the increase in service costs as companies opt to delay completing some wells, Dove added. Rival independent oil producer EOG Resources last week said it expected service inflation to rise by five to 10 percent next year. …read more […]

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Tesla’s board says Musk started go-private talks last week

“This included discussion as to how being private could better serve Tesla’s long-term interests, and also addressed the funding for this to occur,” the board members said. The board members said they had met several times last week with Musk and were evaluating the next steps. The statement came from six board members, including James Murdoch, chief executive officer of Twenty First Century Fox and Brad Buss, who served as SolarCity’s Chief Financial Officer till 2016. …read more […]

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Wall Street sees funding hurdle to Musk’s plan to take Tesla private

“Given the haphazard process of disclosure last afternoon, our initial impression was that Elon Musk sprung his plan of going private upon the public without consulting Tesla’s board of directors or major shareholders,” Bernstein analysts said in a note titled “Going private? Most analysts were skeptical, but some said a deal could materialize if Musk succeeded in lining up the right funding. “Elon’s tone and messaging regarding a potential transaction lead us to believe that there could be significant outside funding lined up,” RBC analysts said. …read more […]

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GE Capital to sell energy finance unit to Starwood Property for $2.56 billion

The 126-year-old industrial conglomerate has been divesting assets worth billions from its GE Capital unit since 2015 to focus on jet engines, power plants and renewable energy. The agreement with Starwood also includes the transfer of a team of employees, GE Capital said. The deal, expected to close in the third quarter, will add to Starwood’s core earnings, the real estate investment trust said. …read more […]

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Thomson Reuters grows revenue, sees Blackstone deal closing in fourth-quarter

Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.TO) (TRI.N) on Wednesday reported a 2 percent rise in quarterly revenue and reaffirmed its 2018 forecast, saying it was on track for a “solid” year. Analysts had expected revenue of $1.31 billion (1 billion pounds) and earnings of 11 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Thomson Reuters reported a 6-percent decline in operating profit to $204 million, which it said was primarily due to costs and investments ahead of the planned sale of a majority stake in its Financial & Risk business to Blackstone Group LP (BX.N). …read more […]

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Elon Musk says taking Tesla private is ‘best path,’ shares jump

Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday he is considering taking Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) private in what would be the largest deal of its type, moving the electric car maker out of the glare of Wall Street as it goes through a period of rapid growth under tight financial constraints. Funding secured,” Musk said on Twitter. In a letter to Tesla employees published more than an hour later on the company’s blog, Musk explained that going private would be “the best path forward.” Such a move – over which no final decision had been made – would let …read more […]

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‘The Bachelorette’ and new fiancé ready to move forward

ABC’s “Bachelorette” Becca Kufrin and her new fiance, Garrett Yrigoyen, hope to move forward after controversy. Shortly after the season premiere, it was discovered that Yrigoyen had liked Instagram posts that mocked transgender people, feminists and Parkland, Florida, shooting survivor David Hogg. Yrigoyen, 29, said the hardest part was criticism that Kufrin received. …read more […]

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Elon Musk considers a private Tesla, shares jump

Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday he is considering taking Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) private in what would be the largest deal of its type, moving the electric car maker out of the glare of Wall Street as it goes through a period of rapid growth under tight financial constraints. Funding secured,” Musk said on Twitter https://bit.ly/2Om3gn3. At $420 per share, a deal would be worth $72 billion overall. …read more […]