Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Lebanon, Killing Eight in Apparent Attack

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🗓️ 17 September 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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P.M. Edition for Sept. 17. Lebanon and Hezbollah are blaming Israel as pagers carried by thousands of Hezbollah operatives exploded at about the same time. And a decade after a movement to promote American women to corporate leadership, women are still lagging behind. The Journal’s Vanessa Fuhrmans explains why. Plus, JPMorgan is in talks to take over Apple’s credit-card business. Tracie Hunte hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What should we have for dinner Trevor? We've got a few bits in the fridge.
0:03.0	Beets me, Connie.
0:04.1	Hang on, I'll use my phone.
0:08.4	How about a nice prawn curry?
0:10.4	Whoa, that's amazing, Connie. You got a chef living inside your phone
0:14.8	Not quite Trev at Argos.
0:17.8	coo. UK we have all the latest must-habs including the new Google Pixel with
0:22.2	Gemini AI.
0:23.3	There's more yum to Argos.
0:25.9	Subject to availability delivery fee may apply.
0:28.1	Can the phone what the dishes too, Connie?
0:30.0	Eight people killed and thousands injured in Lebanon after an apparent attack on Hezbollah with
0:37.5	exploding pagers. And in the ten years since a movement to advance women at work, what has changed for American
0:43.9	women in the C-suite? The way companies have really added more gender diversity
0:49.4	to their executive teams is that they haven't actually promoted women at a higher rate
0:55.6	into say the really big jobs that lead to the CEO position.
1:00.1	Plus, JPMorgan is in talks with Apple to take over credit cards from Goldman Sachs.
1:06.0	It's Tuesday, September 17th.
1:07.9	I'm Tracy Hunt for the Wall Street Journal.
1:10.2	This is the PM edition of What Snooze, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
1:16.0	Eight people were killed today after pagers carried by Hezbollah operatives exploded across Lebanon at about the same time. More than 2,700 were injured. People familiar
1:27.4	with the matter say the affected pagers came from a recent shipment received by the group
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