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The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

4.1 • 672 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Private sector hiring was up for December. And grocery chain Albertson’s saw a sales bump in its latest quarter. Anthony Bansie hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.7	of Slack Business Plus. Here's your midday brief for Wednesday, January 7th. I'm Anthony
0:36.9	Bansy for the Wall Street Journal.
0:38.8	Private sector hiring went up last month. Human Resources firm ADP says businesses added a net 41,000 new
0:45.6	employees in December after shedding jobs the month before. While big companies pulled back,
0:51.2	small businesses grew their staffs enough to put overall numbers back
0:54.6	in positive territory. The figure is slightly below the 48,000 jobs expected from economists
0:59.9	surveyed by the Wall Street Journal. Grocery giant Albertsons is reporting higher third
1:04.9	quarter sales as pressured shoppers haunt for value. The company says price cuts are driving
1:09.9	higher unit sales, even as all income segments
1:12.6	show signs of financial pressure. Growth in the pharmacy and digital businesses also boosted
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