NEW YORK (AP) — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union that represents 1.4 million workers, is setting its sights on Amazon. On Thursday, it will vote on whether to make organizing Amazon workers its main priority. The Teamsters accuse the nation’s second-largest private employer of exploiting employees by paying them low wages, pushing them […]

DETROIT (AP) — What would you splurge on if you won the lottery? Most people have a dream car or two on their list, but alas, most people never win the lottery. General Motors has unveiled a luxury sports car that is competitive with its more exotic (read: expensive) counterparts but isn’t completely out of […]

Dealers have been enjoying the higher prices brought about by the recent shortage and are aiming to keep those prices high for the future by getting rid of your auto Broker and giving them the monopoly to charge the consumer whatever they want! The greater NY Auto Dealers Association is trying to push a bill […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Meme stock GameStop is gearing up to name Ryan Cohen as its chairman on Wednesday when the video game retailer holds its annual shareholders meeting. Cohen, the co-founder of Chewy, was nominated for the position by GameStop in April. GameStop added Cohen and two of his former Chewy colleagues to its […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate was on pace to approve legislation Tuesday that aims to boost U.S. semiconductor production and the development of artificial intelligence and other technology in the face of growing competition internationally, most notably from China. The centerpiece of the bill is a $50 billion emergency allotment to the Commerce Department to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The rich really are different from you and me: They’re better at dodging the tax man. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos paid no income tax in 2007 and 2011. Tesla founder Elon Musk’s income tax bill came to zero in 2018. And financier George Soros went three straight years without paying federal income […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief executive of the massive fuel pipeline hit by ransomware said Tuesday that authorizing a multi-million-dollar payment to hackers was the right thing to do after an attack that prompted a gas shortage in the eastern U.S., even as federal authorities have discouraged such transactions. “I made the decision to pay, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is sparking confusion and whiplash almost as fast as it’s adding jobs. Barely more than a year after the coronavirus caused the steepest economic fall and job losses on record, the speed of the rebound has been so unexpectedly swift that many companies can’t fill jobs or acquire enough […]

NEW YORK (AP) – After its movie theaters were shut and its stock was nearly left for dead because of the pandemic, AMC Entertainment is embracing the horde of fanatical investors who helped shock its shares back to life as part of this year’s “meme stock” buying spree. The company said Wednesday it’s launching a […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Tuesday that it will stop testing jobseekers for marijuana. The company, the second-largest private employer in the U.S. behind Walmart, is making the change as states legalize cannabis or introduce laws banning employers from testing for it. In March, a New York man sued Amazon, saying the company rescinded […]