Dollar stores are filling a surprising niche in your weekly grocery shopping routine

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Dollar General is looking more like a corner store to many shoppers.

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  • Dollar General has gained ground among shoppers as a destination for fill-in grocery trips.
  • The chain has grown its share of grocery trips that last under 10 minutes, Placer.ai found.
  • It points to another niche that dollar stores are filling in the US retail landscape.

For some shoppers, Dollar General is

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I was a young mom and thought mom friends were overrated. Then, I made one.

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The author was 26 when she had her son and didn't have any other mom friends at first.

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  • I was 26 when I had my son, and I didn't realize how important it was to have mom friends.
  • I tried to make some at first, but when nothing stuck, I sort of gave up.
  • Then, a good friend of mine had a child, and I saw the benefits of being friends with other parents.

When my son was born

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Workers are back in offices — and so are the bedbugs

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Google alerted New York City employees on Sunday that affected areas of its Chelsea campus were undergoing bedbug treatment.

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  • Google's Chelsea campus underwent bedbug treatment over the weekend.
  • A pest-control company said bedbug sightings in commercial spaces have increased as employees return to offices.
  • Bedbugs pose an icky problem for employers, who should have
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This year is shaping up to be the worst seasonal job market since 2009. Here are the major retailers hiring — and pulling back.

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Retail jobs typically represent about two-thirds of seasonal hiring each year, according to jobs site Indeed.

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  • Retailers are hiring fewer seasonal workers this year, but more people want the jobs.
  • The mismatch has an economist drawing comparisons to the Great Recession.
  • Here are the different hiring approaches major retailers are taking for the holidays.

America's annual holiday

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Dealmaking is heating up again. Goldman Sachs breaks down what founders should do after they cash out.

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Kerry Blum, global head of the equity structuring group within private-wealth management at Goldman Sachs.

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  • Goldman Sachs published a new 25-page guide for founders generating life-changing wealth.
  • Among the report's primary takeaways: Plan early to structure deals and capital considerations.
  • Goldman partner Kerry Blum says founders "only get one first sale"—so it's critical
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Jeffrey Epstein accuser says memoir didn't name some abusers because they threatened to bankrupt her with lawsuits

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Virginia Giuffre, who publicly accused Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking, wrote in her posthumous memoir that she was still afraid of naming some of her abusers.

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  • Virginia Giuffre said she was afraid to name some of her abusers in her memoir.
  • Some of the men threatened to ruin her financially with litigation
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