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Walmart, Target Kick Off Holiday Deals Early To Ease Inflation Sting – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart and Target plan to begin offering deals and price matching offers earlier this year to keep up with Americans pressed by soaring inflation and looking for ways to ease the potential sting of holiday shopping. For two years now, shoppers have started preparing for the holidays early but last…
Home Depot Workers Want To Form The Chain’s First Store Union – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] A Home Depot store in Northeast Philadelphia could soon become the home-improvement chain’s very first to unionize, giving yet another boost to an energized U.S. labor movement that’s tackling the retail sector. Vince Quiles, who works in the store’s receiving department, filed a petition this week for a union election with the National Labor…
Bank Directors Urge Firing Of Trump Official In Ethics Probe – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] MIAMI (AP) — Executive directors of the Inter-American Development Bank voted unanimously Thursday to recommend firing a former Trump official as president of the Washington-based institution, a person familiar with the vote said. The move came after an investigation conducted at the bank board’s request determined that Mauricio Claver-Carone violated ethics rules by favoring…
Car Guy Biden Touts Electric Vehicles At Detroit Auto Show – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] DETROIT (AP) — President Joe Biden, a gearhead with his own vintage Corvette, showcased his administration’s efforts to promote electric vehicles during a visit Wednesday to the Detroit auto show. Biden traveled to the massive North American International Auto Show to plug the huge new climate, tax and health care law that offers tax…
From Carmakers To Refiners, Industries Brace For Rail Strike – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] Car buyers might not get the vehicle they want on time, commuter rail lines could see service disrupted, and shipments from everything from oil to livestock feed could be snarled. Those are just a few of the wide-ranging impacts a walkout by U.S. rail workers would have on the country’s industries and economy. A…
Starbucks To Revamp Stores To Speed Service, Boost Morale – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] Starbucks __ ringing up record sales but struggling with low employee morale __ plans to spend $450 million next year to make its North American stores more efficient and less complex. The company also said it plans to open 2,000 net new stores in the U.S. by 2025, with an emphasis on meeting the…
Enter This Contest For The Chance To Win Up To $50K Toward Your Bucket List Trip – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] Ready to travel again? Here’s your chance to bring your travel bucket list to life. The Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card launched the Boundless Bucket List Contest, where three lucky winners will receive the trip of their dreams, valued up to $50,000 each. Tourist exploring Maspalomas dunes, Grand Canary, Canary Islands Andrea Comi via…
Starbucks Forced To Rehire 7 Fired Memphis Workers Who Led Union Effort – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] Starbucks said Wednesday it will reinstate seven employees who were fired in February after leading an effort to unionize their Memphis store. The seven will get their jobs back after the Seattle-based coffee giant lost an appeal of a lower court’s order to reinstate them. Starbucks said the employees violated company policy by reopening…
The U.S. Is Still In For A Wild Economic Ride Despite Easing Inflation – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] Consumers have been struggling with high inflation over the past year, with the Federal Reserve determined to rein in the economy. A combination of factors, including Russia’s war in Ukraine, supply chain disruptions as a result of COVID-19, and the strong labor market have all contributed to the inflation picture, Michael Gapen, head of…
Starbucks Names Former PepsiCo Executive As New CEO – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] Starbucks has named a longtime PepsiCo executive as its new CEO. The coffee giant said Thursday that Laxman Narasimhan will join Starbucks on Oct. 1 after relocating from London to Seattle, where Starbucks is based. He will work closely with Starbucks’ interim CEO Howard Schultz through April 1, when he will assume the CEO…