Facebook users have less than one month left to apply for their share of a $725 million settlement over the social network’s privacy violations, part of the lengthy fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal that rocked the U.S. electoral process and Silicon Valley.…
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YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, known to his 172 million subscribers as MrBeast, filed a lawsuit on Monday against his food delivery service partner, Virtual Dining Concepts, claiming the company damaged his reputation by serving customers…
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A U.S. judge has ruled that former Bed Bath & Beyond investor Ryan Cohen can be sued by investors over a tweet he posted featuring an emoji that seemed to indicate an endorsement of the home goods…
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Trudi Shertzer can’t wait bring her 8-month-old to work every day. An operations duty manager at Pittsburgh International Airport, she is counting the days until she can drop off her son at a 61-slot child…
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It seems like a contradiction: How would increasing the cost of monthly credit payments help to bring down the price of goods and services in the economy? But that is the logic Federal Reserve officials…
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Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of Bud Light, announced it will lay off 350 employees, many of them in corporate positions, as it seeks to recover from the fallout over a campaign involving a trans influencer.…
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Casino mogul Steve Wynn to pay $10M, cut gambling ties after Nevada sexual misconduct investigation
LAS VEGAS — Casino mogul Steve Wynn has ended a yearslong legal fight with Nevada gambling regulators that started with claims of workplace sexual misconduct, agreeing to pay a $10 million fine and cut ties…
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U.S. gas prices hit an eight-month high Thursday amid rising oil prices. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded climbed to $3.71 Thursday, data from AAA showed. That’s more than $0.13 higher…
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Gap announced Wednesday it’s poached a top Mattel executive to be its new CEO as the apparel giant seeks to reverse an ongoing sales slump and regain its relevancy in the fashion industry. Richard Dickson, the president and…
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U.S. consumer confidence increased to a two-year high in July amid a persistently tight labor market and receding inflation, bolstering the economy’s prospects in the near term. But the economy is not out of the…