Insist or incentivize? Companies are deciding whether to make vaccines mandatory
Companies are now being forced to answer a question that was until recently mostly hypothetical. Should they require their employees to get a…
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HSBC is pushing even harder into Asia and wants to bring back its dividend
HSBC is pushing even harder into Asia as the bank seeks to shore up its business in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing tensions between…
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MyPillow and CEO Mike Lindell hit with $1.3 billion lawsuit
Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology company that has been the focus of debunked conspiracy theories about election fraud, is suing…
Continue ReadingAirlines ground dozens of Boeing 777 planes after engine failure over Denver
Airlines in the United States, South Korea and Japan have grounded dozens of Boeing 777 aircraft after one of the jets suffered engine failure…
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Chief of Cherokee Nation asks Jeep to stop using tribe’s name
The principal chief of the Cherokee Nation has asked Jeep to stop using the tribe’s name on its SUVs. The Jeep Grand Cherokee is the…
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The 737 Max is no longer Boeing’s biggest problem, after yet another safety grounding
Late last year it seemed Boeing was finally on the verge of moving past some of the biggest challenges in its history. US regulators lifted the…
Continue ReadingMomentum is building for a stock-trading tax — and Wall Street is furious
Uncle Sam is in search for a pot of gold that could ease the pain of trillion-dollar deficits. And some believe Wall Street might just have the…
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This bitcoin bank’s stock has jumped nearly 1,300% in just over a year
The boom in bitcoin prices is giving a huge lift to a California bank that accepts cryptocurrency deposits and doles out bitcoin-backed loans. Shares…
Continue ReadingJanet Yellen on what a successful economic recovery looks like
The US economy is still at the mercy of the pandemic. But for policy makers to help the recovery along, we must first get the virus under control,…
Continue ReadingThe Texas deep freeze could force this energy company out of business
Electricity and gas provider Just Energy warned that the financial impact of the Texas winter storms could force it out of business. Just Energy said…
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Biden is president, but Trump’s election lies are still being amplified by his media allies
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. USA Today and Suffolk…
Continue ReadingBlack women executives making history in the c-suite offer career advice to those following in their footsteps
Kamala Harris isn’t the only Black woman making history in 2021. The January 20 swearing-in of the nation’s first woman, Black and…
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Bill Gates: Tradeoffs in Texas led to deaths
In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Bill Gates said deaths during Texas’ winter freeze were preventable, caused by the…
Continue ReadingRio Tinto blew up a sacred site in Australia. The CEO left but still got a huge payout
Rio Tinto’s former CEO got a huge payout last year despite being forced to resign over the company’s destruction of a sacred Indigenous…
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Dominion sues MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell for $1.3 billion
Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology company that has been the focus of debunked conspiracy theories about election fraud, is suing…
Continue ReadingDisney+ warns viewers that ‘The Muppet Show’ includes offensive content
Disney+ is warning viewers that some episodes of “The Muppet Show” feature “negative depictions” and “mistreatment of…
Continue ReadingTaco Bell joins the chicken wars with a new taco
Everyone seems to love fried chicken sandwiches. But how about a fried chicken sandwich on a taco? Taco Bell is making that dream come true with its…
Continue ReadingPublix joins a growing list of grocers offering incentives for workers to get vaccinated
Publix joined a growing list of US grocers and retailers offering incentives to workers who get the Covid-19 vaccine. The popular Southern…
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White House says stock-trading tax is worth studying after GameStop frenzy
The White House supports studying the merits of a financial transaction tax — a move favored by progressives and despised by Wall Street — in the…
Continue ReadingAs Texas went dark, Fox News blamed windmills
The majority of power outages in Texas over the past week came from losses in coal, natural gas and nuclear energy, according to the state’s…
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