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Start, switch, stop: How to regroup your IT projects to prepare people for change

As an IT leader, explaining your tech projects can be difficult. Here's how you can group your IT projects to better prepare users for what they entail.

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Start, switch, stop: How to regroup your IT projects to prepare people for change

U.S. FTC requires divestitures in $13.53 billion Boehringer-Sanofi deal

German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim agreed to divest five types of animal health products to settle charges that a proposed asset swap with Sanofi would harm competition, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission…

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Takata could settle U.S. criminal probe next month: source

Part of a settlement would include Takata pleading guilty to criminal misconduct, the source told Reuters. The Justice Department has investigated whether Takata hid information from safety regulators and issued misleading statements about the dangers posed by the air bags. Any deal would likely include a monitor to ensure Takata's compliance with the agreement, the source said.

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U.S. refiners face severe labor shortage for deferred maintenance

(Reuters) – After years of running flat out, U.S. Gulf Coast refiners are lining up repairs to plants in 2017 – but facing a severe labor shortage that could delay work, drive up costs and raise accident risks.

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Sprint, OneWeb say 8,000 jobs announced by Trump are part of SoftBank pledge

By Richard Cowan PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said telecommunications group Sprint Corp and a U.S. satellite company OneWeb will bring 8,000 jobs to the United States, and the companies said the positions were part of a previously disclosed pledge by Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. SoftBank holds stakes in both companies and its chief, billionaire…

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Panasonic to invest over $256 million in Tesla’s U.S. plant for solar cells

Panasonic Corp will invest more than 30 billion yen ($256 million) in a New York production facility of Elon Musk's Tesla Motors to make photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, deepening a partnership of the two companies. Tesla's shares

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Amazon calls 2016 holiday season its best ever; shares rise

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said it shipped more than 1 billion items worldwide this holiday season, which the top online retailer called its best ever, and its shares rose 1.6 percent in afternoon trade. The Amazon Echo home assistant and its smaller version, Echo Dot, topped the best-sellers list, said Jeff Wilke, chief executive of Amazon's worldwide consumer division, in a press release. Sales of voice-controlled

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U.S. consumers ebullient; home prices gain

House prices continued their steady recovery in October, although a spike in borrowing costs after Trump's Nov. 8 victory could present a headwind to sustained home value gains. The Conference Board said on Tuesday its Consumer Confidence Index rose to 113.7 this month from an upwardly revised 109.4 in November. The gain in confidence was entirely due to

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Last-minute spending surge lifts U.S. holiday shopping season

A jump in consumer spending in the final stretch of December significantly offset a slow start to the U.S. holiday shopping season, and is likely to help many retailers beat sales forecasts, industry research groups said on Tuesday. Spending over the Thanksgiving weekend in November fell 3.5 percent from a year ago despite…

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Delta to cancel order for 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft

Delta, in its statement, did not disclose specific terms of the agreement. Delta declined to comment beyond its statement. The cancellation comes as Delta and other top U.S. airlines seek to slow flight capacity growth and in some instances shrink existing service in response to falling airfares.

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