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The year was 1998. Jeff Bezos wanted to buy Netflix for about $15 million. And Reed Hastings gave it serious consideration for a hot minute.
After all, Amazon was going to start selling DVDs. It was going to eat Netflix alive.
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The numbers are in—the U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs last month, fewer than expected. The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.9%:
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