In this article SBUX A protester waves a sign that read "unionize" near the Country Club Plaza Starbucks store where dozens of Starbucks employees and union supporters protested alleged anti-union tactics by the company Thursday, March 3, 2022. Jill Toyoshiba | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The union backing organizing efforts at Starbucks is
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BENTONVILLE, Arkansas — Walmart’s cavernous stores are known for aisles of low-priced groceries, paper towels and apparel. Now, those big boxes are hubs for its e-commerce business, serving as launch pads for delivery drones, automated warehouses for online grocery orders and departure locations for direct-to-fridge drop-offs. Eventually, they will help pack and ship goods for
In this article F Ford CEO Jim Farley poses next to a model of the all-new Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, April 26, 2022. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT – Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley expects the auto industry’s ongoing transition to electric vehicles
In this article DIS Ewan McGregor reprises his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the new Disney+ series “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” Disney ANAHEIM, California – By the time Oscar-winning filmmaker Taika Waititi’s untitled Star Wars film is set to hit theaters in late 2023, it will have been four years since a tale from a galaxy far,
In this article UAL A United Airlines passenger aircraft prepares to leave its gate and taxi to the runway at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California. Robert Alexander | Getty Images United Airlines plans to break ground Wednesday on an expansion of its training center in Denver, an initiative aimed at getting thousands
Rimac Nevera Rimac Rimac Group, the Croatian company best known for its 1,900 horsepower Nevera electric sports car, said it has raised 500 million euros (about $537 million) from investors including Goldman Sachs, Porsche and a technology fund advised by Japan’s SoftBank. The new funding round values Rimac at over 2 billion euros. Rimac made
In this article GM Striking United Auto Workers members and supporters attend a speech by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders outside General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant on Sept. 25, 2019 in Detroit. Michael Wayland / CNBC DETROIT – The United Auto Workers union is accusing a new General Motors joint venture of denying access to workers
Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza Source: Taco Bell Taco Bell is running out of its Mexican Pizza, less than two weeks after the chain brought back the menu item. The chain owned by Yum Brands said in a statement that it’s working with its restaurants and suppliers to get the item back on its menu permanently
In this article YRI-CA GFI-ZA CSG.N-CH ULVR-GB SAN-FR 9866-HK Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Yamana Gold (AUY) – The Canadian gold producer agreed to be acquired by Gold Fields (GFI) in an all-stock deal valued at $6.7 billion. Yamana Gold shareholders will receive 0.6 Gold Field shares for each share they
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, May 23, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures rose on Monday night, as Wall Street tried to build on last week’s momentum. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by 59 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.4% and 0.8%, respectively. The U.S. stock market
The World Health Organization has said that there is a “window” of opportunity to contain a recent monkeypox outbreak which has seen cases spread across Europe, the U.S. and Australia. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The World Health Organization said Monday that it is too soon to tell whether a recent monkeypox outbreak could
A Delta Airlines commercial aircraft approaches to land at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California January 18, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters Flight disruptions continued Sunday but eased from the rocky start to Memorial Day weekend, a test for carriers as they gear up for a busy summer travel season after more than two