Now hiring at Amazon: Thousands of people in 1 day

Amazon plans to make thousands of job offers in just one day as it holds a giant job fair next week at nearly a dozen warehouses across the U.S. Most of these jobs will count toward Amazon's previously announced goal of adding 100,000 full-time workers by the middle of next year. The hiring spree is yet another sign of Amazon's massive growth at a time when traditional retailers are closing stores and cutting jobs.

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  Amazon Hosting Job Fair to Hire 50,000

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  Amazon plans open house Aug. 2 at Etna location in effort to hire 1,400 in central Ohio

  The Columbus Dispatch

McDonald's CEO: 'We want to be the disrupter' when tech threatens the restaurant industry

(McDonald's CEO is preparing the fast-food chain for disruption.Facebook/McDonald's) The restaurant industry is ripe for radical disruption — and McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook says the fast-food company is ready to lead the way.  Easterbrook says

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  McDonald's CEO Thinks He Could Bring the Pain to These 5 Sandwich Rivals

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  McDonald's CEO: 'You have a choice to either be the disrupter or the disrupted'

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Lidl just won the first battle in its war against Kroger

The German grocery chain Lidl just notched its first win in a legal battle with Kroger. A federal judge on Tuesday denied Kroger's request to force Lidl to stop selling items under its "Preferred Selection" brand.