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7-Eleven is the world's biggest convenience store chain

7-Eleven Owner Restructures To Fight Takeover

The owner of 7-Eleven announced a major restructuring on Thursday as it seeks to boost its share price and fend off what would be the biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese firm.
The Fed voted to cut rates by 50 basis points last month

Fed Minutes Highlight Divisions Over Rate Cut Decision

Policymakers voted 11-to-1 in favor of the larger cut to boost demand and bolster the labor market amid signs inflation was falling toward the bank's long-term two percent target, with Fed governor Michelle Bowman the only voting member of the committee to publicly back a smaller cut.
A woman walks past the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank, in Beijing on July 9, 2024.

China Opens $71 Bn 'Swap Facility' To Boost Markets

Authorities last month unveiled several stimulus policies -- from interest rate cuts to relaxing home-buying rules -- after struggling since the end of Covid restrictions to reignite growth and get business activity back on track.
The US Department of Justice has said it would demand that Google make profound changes to how it does business

US Weighs Google Breakup In Landmark Trial

Determining how to address Google's wrongs is the next stage of a landmark antitrust trial that saw the company in August judged a monopolist by US District Court Judge Amit Mehta.

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