The ongoing United Auto Workers strike is expanding. UAW President Shawn Fain called for union members to strike at noon ET Friday at 38 General Motors and Stellantis facilities across 20 states. He said the…
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WWE’s “Friday Night SmackDown” will return to USA Network in October 2024 as part of a five-year domestic media rights partnership between TKO Group Holdings and NBCUniversal, the company said Thursday. The deal comes out to an average of…
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Pandemic aid officials who overpaid vulnerable renters are saying, ‘We messed up, pay us back’
State and local agencies that distributed federal aid to renters facing eviction during the pandemic are now scrambling to claw back millions of dollars in overpayments. Officials in at least five states have been sending…
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Amazon says it will start showing ads on Prime Video in early 2024, and that it is introducing a new, pricier ad-free option. In a post on its site, Amazon said it will begin showing…
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Novaform ComfortGrande and DreamAway mattresses sold exclusively at Costco are being recalled, with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission saying they may have been exposed to mold during manufacturing. The CPSC said that around 48,000…
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UAW strike begins at Mercedes-Benz supplier in Alabama as Detroit’s Big Three walkout continues
The largest U.S. autoworkers union said Wednesday that 190 workers with a local union in Alabama are now on strike. The United Auto Workers says a group of employees at ZF Chassis Systems, which supplies front…
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Starbucks has been ordered by a federal judge to face a lawsuit claiming that some of its Refresher fruit drinks lack, well, fruit. U.S. District Judge John Cronan rejected Starbucks’ request to dismiss nine of the 11…
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Kraft Heinz says it is recalling 83,800 cases of individually wrapped Kraft Singles American processed cheese slices because of a manufacturing problem that could cause plastic film to stick to the cheese, creating a choking…
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The Federal Reserve left the main U.S. interest rate unchanged Wednesday, waiting to see if its historic series of rate hikes over the last 18 months gets inflation under control. The central bank kept its…
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General Motors said Wednesday it idled a manufacturing plant in Kansas, and laid off almost all of the approximately 2,000 people working there. The automaker said in its announcement that there is no work available…