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Southwest Airlines makes new cuts to company spending to reduce costs newsthirst.

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane taxis along the tarmac at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia on December 13, 2024. Daniel Slim | Afp | Getty Images Southwest Airlines is pausing corporate hiring and promotions, suspending most of its summer internships and going without some employee team-building events that…

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Trump to create External Revenue Service for tariff collection newsthirst.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump makes remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Jan. 7, 2025.  Carlos Barria | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will create an “External Revenue Service” to collect “Tariffs, Duties and all Revenue from Foreign sources.” Trump did not give any further details about the proposed government entity….

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Mark Wiedman, BlackRock exec thought to be Fink’s successor, is leaving newsthirst.

Mark Wiedman, head of BlackRock’s global client business, attends the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit, in Hong Kong, Nov. 8, 2023. Tyrone Siu | Reuters Mark Wiedman, a senior BlackRock executive with a tenure that spans more than 20 years, is leaving the asset manager, according to a person familiar with the matter. Wiedman, head…

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South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrested, local media reports newsthirst.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – JANUARY 15: Investigators arrive at the entrance to the presidential residence of Yoon Suk Yeol, as authorities try to execute an arrest warrant, in Seoul, South Korea, on January 15, 2025.  Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol was reportedly arrested by the country’s Corruption Investigation…

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Budget deficit rose in December and is now 40% higher than it was a year ago newsthirst.

A view from the United States Department of the Treasury building in Washington DC, United States on December 30, 2024. The US Treasury Department was cyberattacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor in early December.  Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty Images The federal budget sank further into red ink during December, leaving the first fiscal…

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