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FedEx’s pricing power isn’t working!

After carving a fifth off the market value of FedEx Corp when it withdrew its annual forecast and announced preliminary results that fell well short of expectations, investors were in a more forgiving mood for the full quarterly report. They mildly welcomed FedEx’s effort to chop as much as $2.7 billion of costs over the next 12 months to offset ...

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Wartime economy of Europe will last for now

  The European “way of life” has always been a vague concept, but — after Covid-19 — it chimed with a new generation looking for la dolce vita. Citigroup Inc is one unlikely poster child. At its new office in Malaga, Spain, junior bankers can expect to be paid half the salary of their London peers — $100,000, reportedly — ...

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The way to police Big Tech is through US states

  California governor Gavin Newsom signed a landmark bill into law, forcing large internet companies like Facebook to make their sites safer for children. Aside from sparking irritation in tech circles, it has put a spotlight on an area where states are making greater headway than Congress: passing laws to regulate the free-wheeling dominance of Big Tech firms. Rallying against ...

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