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Walmart hires PayPal’s Rainey as CFO to succeed Biggs

  Bloomberg Walmart named PayPal Holdings Chief Financial Officer as its new finance chief, turning to a company outsider as it seeks to build a financial-technology venture and a membership program. Rainey will start his new job June 6, Walmart said in a statement. A veteran of United Airlines who jumped to PayPal in 2015, Rainey will replace Brett Biggs, ...

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US online inflation held at 3.6% in March

Bloomberg Online prices in the US rose 3.6% last month from a year earlier, matching February’s record high, according to data compiled by Adobe Inc. From groceries to clothes and pet products, 14 of the 18 categories tracked by Adobe recorded price increases since March 2021. Online inflation, first observed in June 2020 after years of declines, has now persisted ...

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Toronto home prices dip as new listings close the gap with sales

Bloomberg The average price of a Toronto home dipped in March as a slight cooling of activity allowed the pace of new listings to close the gap with sales, even as the market remained heavily tipped in sellers’ favour compared with historic standards. The average home price in Canada’s largest city dipped 2.6% to just under C$1.3 million in March ...

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