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Leonard Green buying BJ's Wholesale Club for $2.8 billion

Wholesale Club War: BJ's vs. Costco

Leonard Green & Partners and CVC Capital Partners have agreed to buy BJ's Wholesale Club for $2.8 billion. The move is expected to pit BJ's in more direct competition against Costco in the wholesale club wars as the firms push BJ's, in only 15 states to growth.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg listens to a question from the audience in San Francisco

5 secret Facebook features useful for you

Facebook users spend 700 billion minutes per month accounting for a quarter of the World’s total web traffic.In spite of that, most of them have not explored beyond the communicating and sharing features.
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Harry Potter Novels to go Digital in July

The author of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling has joined the 21st century with the announcement of new interactive online website Pottermore. The website will be exclusive seller of ebooks of her iconic Harry Potter series from October onwards, Rowling said Thursday.
Best Buy will reduce the size of its superstores over the next five years.

Best Buy Not Ready for Dead

Best Buy to use cash hordes no longer needed to repurchase $5 billion in stock. The company increases its quarterly dividend 7%. Best Buy will reduce square footage in its big box stores over the next five years.
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Five top qualities of a good CEO

Dr. Linda Henman, for more than 30 years, has helped military organizations, family owned businesses, and Fortune 500 companies define their direction and select the best people to put their strategies in motion.
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Why do wireless carriers give preference to Android smartphones over Apple iPhone?

Apple's iPad is a product that has decimated competition like no other. Android OS-based rivals and challengers in the tablet sphere have bit dust big time when they had to face down the Apple iPad high winds. However, the same is not happening in smartphone segment. The wireless carriers appear to be preferring Android smartphones to Apple iPhones for a variety of reasons, making it challenging for Apple to tip the scale in their favor.

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