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Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Starbucks will raise the hourly pay of U.S. retail employees by 3% at the outset of next year, the company announced on Monday. The Seattle-based coffee chain operates roughly 17,000 stores in the U.S., providing employees between $15 to $24 per hour in wages and a full benefits package […]
Tyson Chicken Nuggets Fully Cooked bag (Frozen). Food Safety and Inspection Service — USDA (NEW YORK) — Tyson Foods is voluntarily recalling almost 30,000 pounds of its dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets due to possible contamination of foreign materials, specifically metal pieces, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Despite a gradual slowdown in investment opportunities for Black businesses, Daymond John is determined to rewrite the narrative through Black Entrepreneurs Day. John, CEO of FUBU and co-star of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” started Black Entrepreneurs Day in 2020 to celebrate innovation and enterprise in the Black community. Black Entrepreneurs Day, […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A gangbusters job market showed pronounced signs of a slowdown last month, a government report on Friday showed. The fresh data elicited predictions from some economists that hiring could stall by the middle of next year. The U.S. economy added 150,000 jobs in October, which amounts to solid growth, […]
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A jury has found FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all charges in his federal fraud and conspiracy trial. The jury deliberated for a little over four hours before reaching a verdict on Thursday. “We will have decorum in the courtroom when the verdict is announced,” Judge Lewis Kaplan […]
Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The cost of doing business in California could soon be slightly more expensive with minimum wages set to increase in April. But what does that mean for menu prices at fast food restaurants that employ hourly workers? A spokesperson for Chipotle confirmed to ABC News Thursday that […]
Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — DoorDash is testing a new notification it hopes will encourage customers to leave a tip for delivery drivers. The delivery giant is rolling out a message to some of its app users that states, “Orders with no tip might take longer to get delivered — are you […]
RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Uber and Lyft agreed Thursday to pay a combined $328 million for withholding money from drivers. Uber agreed to pay $290 million and Lyft $38 million in what New York Attorney General Letitia James called the largest wage-theft settlement her office has ever secured. The money will be distributed to […]
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, despite stubborn inflation that has resisted the central bank’s fight to cool price increases. The move allows previous rate increases to take greater hold of the economy and grants the central bank time to assess whether another hike will be necessary. Inflation […]
Craig Hastings/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two senators are asking U.S. regulators to address “unfair” practices in airlines’ frequent flyer programs. In a letter sent Monday night, Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Roger Marshall, R-Kan., asked the Department of Transportation and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to help “protect consumers against unfair and deceptive practices in airlines’ […]
