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UK firms make plea to cut a deal as Brexit vote nears

Bloomberg Some of Britain’s largest and most storied manufacturers are making a last-ditch plea to lawmakers to avoid a disorderly retreat from the European Union with stark warnings of production grinding to a halt and political inertia hurting their business. Ultra-luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce said its factory in southern England risks being paralysed in the event of a hard Brexit if ...

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US job openings fall to five-month low

Bloomberg US job openings fell to a five-month low in November while still exceeding the number of unemployed Americans by almost 1 million, data consistent with a tight job market. The number of positions waiting to be filled fell by 243,000 to 6.89 million, from a revised 7.13 million in the prior month, according to the Job Openings and Labor ...

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CBS prepares for Viacom merger talks

Bloomberg When CBS Corp board members go to Los Angeles for their January 31 meeting, they’ll have more on the agenda than just a tour of the local TV studios. The 11-member panel is expected to discuss both the hunt for a permanent chief executive officer and the possibility of a merger with Viacom Inc, according to people familiar with ...

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