A 30-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to 9 years and 2 months in prison for fraudulently acquiring more than $1.6 million in funds through the government's coronavirus pandemic Paycheck Protectio

The logo of Robinhood Markets, Inc. is seen at a pop-up event on Wall Street after the company's IPO in New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Nov 18 (Reuters) - (This Nov. 18 story

Amazon and Target play an 'outsized role' in California port congestion and pollution, a new study says. 95% of Target's US imports come into West Coast ports, the Ship It Zero coalition found. The

Australia's third-largest banking group has revealed it is facing a fine for a string of alleged regulatory failures including charging financial advice fees to thousands of dead customers. Westpac s

A new union election for Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, will be held based on objections to the first vote that took place in April. The move is a major blow to Amazon, which had spent about a

To build a strong economic recovery, we need to make it easier for workers to bargain. Workers want unions because it's the key to better jobs that provide protection and living wages. Workers acros

Lego, the world’s largest toymaker, has awarded its 20,000 employees three extra days of holiday and a special bonus after a year of bumper revenues. The succession of pandemic-forced lockdowns has s

Jack Dorsey. MARCO BELLO/AFP via Getty Images Twitter stock jumped as much as 11% on news CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down. Parag Agrawal, who has been Twitter's CTO since 2017, will be the company'

The UK's antitrust regulator is set to block Meta's acquisition of Giphy, sources told the Financial Times. Meta — formerly Facebook — announced in May 2020 that it was acquiring Giphy. The regulato

(CNN) Jack Dorsey, the cofounder and public face of Twitter, will step down from his role as CEO, effective immediately, the company announced Monday. Dorsey will remain a member of Twitter's board un

By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) -Twitter Inc Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey will step down from his role and a successor has been lined up, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. The com

The Xiaomi logo is seen at a Xiaomi shop in Shanghai, China May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo SHANGHAI, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) will build a plant th

A man wearing a protective face mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, looks at an electronic board displaying Japan's Nikkei Index outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, September 24, 2

The secondhand economy is getting a boost from the supply-chain crisis. Sellers told Insider that more people are willing to buy used goods than before — from couches to holiday gifts. One Poshmark

Customers don't seem to mind paying higher prices as companies hike up staff pay. Companies from Nestlé to Chipotle have been raising prices to offset higher wages and rising costs. "We have not see

While the Thanksgiving box office didn't deliver the typically strong results that the movie theater industry has come to expect in the last decade, ticket sales for new titles fueled confidence that

About 20 members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group marched Saturday on Long Island — flashing white power signs, entering stores and shouting slogans. The march took place in the Village of R

California-based startup Airbahn received its first Airbus A320 aircraft on Wednesday. The company has teased its launch on social media for months and has job listings posted on its website. The co

The Indian government didn’t mince words in a recent message to Elon Musk’s Starlink: Get a license before offering satellite internet services in the country. Advertisement In a press release on Fr

Albert Tercero Manufacturer inventories. Durable-goods orders. Nonfarm payrolls. Inflation-adjusted GDP. These are the dreary reportables that tell us how our economy is doing. And many of them look

Every auto startup wants to be the next Tesla. Why these 2 may have a real shot Enlarge this image toggle caption Elliot Ross/Courtesy of Rivian/Courtesy of Lucid Motors Elliot Ross/Courtesy of Rivia

Uber to shutter most of its service in Belgium tomorrow after court ruling Uber will halt its ride-hailing service in most of Belgium tomorrow following a court ruling Wednesday that extends a 2015 o

Oil barrels are pictured at the site of Canadian group Vermilion Energy in Parentis-en-Born, France, October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Summary New coronavirus variant detected in South Africa

The new Omicron covid variant is a stark reminder that we are still in the depths of the pandemic

Portugal’s new law on working from home makes the European Union country sound like a workers’ paradise. Companies can’t attempt to contact their staff outside working hours. They must help staff pay

Eni's logo is seen in front of its headquarters in San Donato Milanese, near Milan, Italy, April 27, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo MILAN, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Italian energy group Eni (EN

The 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) was due to start on 30 November and run until 3 December, but the announcement of travel restrictions and quarantine requirements in Switzerland and many other E

Shoppers across the nation flocked to malls and major retailers Friday in search of "Black Friday" deals. About 158 million people were expected to shop in stores or online between Thursday and the en

A view shows the entrance to the construction site of the future Tesla Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, August 12, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo Summary Tesla withdraws ap

U.S. stocks dropped sharply on Friday as a new, fast-spreading COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa triggered fresh fears that a resurgent coronavirus could scuttle the global economy's recovery

Google’s Irish subsidiary has agreed to pay €218m (£183m) in back taxes to the Irish government, according to company filings. The US tech company, which had been accused of avoiding hundreds of mill

Are you feeling it, shoppers? This could be the strongest holiday season for sales in more than 20 years. That’s what the experts are predicting about consumer demand as the jobless rate is down, job

Feeld is a dating app that puts being progressive at the heart of what it does. For its chief executive Ana Kirova, that’s an approach she aims to bring to the way the business values its employees.

Apple's recent privacy update has caused widespread disruption in the mobile ad market. Several companies mentioned the iOS 14.5 update to their businesses on their latest earnings calls. An analysi

Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal is planning to unplug much of its content from Walt Disney's Hulu and make it exclusive to its subscription service, Peacock, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (No

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