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Whole Foods is holding an Amazon-style "hiring day" on Thursday to recruit 6,000 workers nationwide. Applicants can interview for seasonal and full- and part-time positions at all of its US stores, and job offers may be made on the spot. Amazon, which bought the grocery chain in August and held its own mega job fair earlier this year, has said it plans to hire more than 100,000 US workers through mid-2018 (the Whole Foods hiring won’t be counted towards that goal). ? Share your thoughts: #WholeFoodsHiring

Sprint is planning to call off merger talks with T-Mobile (again), according to Nikkei. The deal could be terminated as soon as Tuesday; it would be the second time in three years that the No. 4 carrier has ended a deal with the No. 3 carrier. Sprint parent Softbank has expressed concerns over giving up too much ownership and the valuation of Sprint shares. Softbank and T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom AG hoped a merger would create a telecoms giant able to take on the likes of Verizon and AT&T — although antitrust approval would have still been far from a sure thing. ? Share your thoughts: #SprintTMobileMergerTalks

Representatives from Facebook, Twitter, and Google are set to testify about Russian meddling before Congress over the next two days, a day after Special Counsel Robert Mueller revealed three indictments in his probe into the 2016 presidential election. Facebook is expected to say that “as many as 126 million people may have been exposed to 80,000 posts” bought and paid for by a “Russian propaganda group,” Wired reports. And Twitter plans to reveal that it uncovered 36,746 accounts “that had at least one characteristic we used to associate them with a Russian account” — and which generated election-related Tweets that got “an eye-popping” 288 million impressions. ? Share your thoughts: #RussiaTechTestimony

Homes in the US are being snatched up at the fastest pace in 30 years. A US home now sits on the market for just three weeks — one week less than the same time last year, according to a new report by the National Association of Realtors that surveyed 8,000 homebuyers. A limited supply has also resulted in 42% of buyers paying at least the listing price, making it more difficult for first-time home buyers to enter the market. ? Share your thoughts: #USHomes

Americans are getting into the Halloween spirit: Spending for the holiday is expected to reach a new record of $9.1 billion for costumes, candy, decorations and more — a significant bump from last year’s $8.4 billion. Sweets will make up a seasonally adjusted $4.1 billion alone thanks in part to an increase in consumer confidence, according to the National Confectioners Association. Halloween sales are contributing to an overall positive outlook for holiday sales, which are expected to bring in up to $682 billion. Share your thoughts: #HalloweenSpending

Idea of the Day: Many professionals have experienced imposter syndrome at some point — that feeling that you’re not worthy of your achievements, or qualified for your role. To move past this feeling, begin by writing down reasons why you think you’re an imposter, says KPMG associate director Joe Kwon.

“By writing them down, you are allowing them to be expressed more fully, which dissipates some of their power.”

What's your take? Join the conversations on today's stories: #WholeFoodsHiring | #SprintTMobileMergerTalks | #RussiaTechTestimony | #USHomes | #HalloweenSpending

From earlier: #ManafortRussiaProbe

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