American Business Daily: Staples, Office Depot negotiating a merger

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February 3, 2015

NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY Staples, Office Depot negotiating a merger 7 things businesses should know about Obama's budget proposal 48 hours: Apple data center deal with Arizona happened fast RadioShack reportedly considering closing half of its stores, selling others to Sprint Nationwide was ready for 'the good, the bad and the ugly' after its Super Bowl ad Google, Uber ready to battle over on-demand rides, driverless cars Mercedes-Benz to build 12-acre campus Why Comcast must walk the walk on customer service Carlyle cuts Booz Allen stake to 29 percent Bud Light's and Energy BBDO's Pac-Man succumbs to Super Bowl puppy dog-mania Check out HP CEO Meg Whitman's compensation and perks in 2014 — and her big year ahead Tory Burch sitting pretty — and privately — on $3.5B company Nike, Adidas collections celebrate Black History Month Why a boring commercial may be best (and other branding lessons from the Super Bowl) Snapchat 'Literally Can't Even' with new disappearing series Anomaly helps Budweiser melt hearts, insult new subsidiary Military systems win with Obama budget, lose with sequestration PODS $1B sale among largest M&A deals Are you avoiding the task of firing toxic employees? Uber relents, turns over trip data to NYC taxi regulators Family Dollar CEO sells 1.77 million shares for $134.5M Anderson makes another play to take Books-A-Million private Weekend box office: 'American Sniper' misses Super Bowl record 3 lessons about loyalty that I learned from Donald Trump Lands' End snags Dolce & Gabbana president as new CEO Salesforce Ventures leads $41M funding of Apttus Hawaux to take on COO duties as well as CFO job at Dick's Sporting Goods 7 ways to scale your company the smart way Starbucks revs up its dating, romance and matchmaking efforts Exxon Q4 profit falls 21 percent amid oil slump Amazon makes deals with three U.S. colleges

COMPANIES IN THE NEWS Office Depot Staples First Solar Bloomberg RadioShack Corp. Sprint Google Uber Technologies Cousins Properties Mercedes-Benz USA United Parcel Service Newell Rubbermaid Inc. Ashton Woods Homes Verizon Comcast TOPICS IN THE NEWS Mergers and Acquisitions Retailing & Restaurants Politics Accounting & Consulting Small Business Entrepreneurs Startups Banking & Financial Services Human Resources Health Care

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