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Target giving another $200 bonus to front-line workers
Target is once again paying front-line employees a $200 bonus to thank them for their work over the past few months.On ... Read More
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Dish's epic battle with HBO ends
Satellite TV giant Dish Network and HBO's parent company, WarnerMedia, have taken off their boxing gloves.
It's been nearly three years since carriage talks between the two companies broke down, which led to Dish pulling ...Read more
Disneyland and other parks are requiring masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status
Responding to state and local health officials' recommendations, Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood and other theme parks will require guests to wear masks in all indoor settings, regardless of vaccination status.
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Despite ratings woes, Tokyo Olympics will be profitable for NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal acknowledged TV ratings for the Tokyo Olympics
"We've had some bad luck," NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell said Thursday during parent company Comcast's quarterly earnings call. "There was a drumbeat ...Read more
Amazon and other employers must pay workers for time in security screenings, Pa. Supreme Court says
Pennsylvania employers must pay workers for time spent going through mandatory security screenings, the state Supreme Court has ruled, a decision that threatens to force Amazon.com to compensate hundreds of workers for ...Read more
Universal Orlando attendance returns to 2019 levels as theme parks recover from the pandemic
Universal Orlando’s attendance returned to 2019 levels in the quarter ending June 30, executives from parent company Comcast revealed on a Thursday morning earnings call.
“For the first time since the pandemic, our ...Read more
Ride-share prices are rising. Will they ever go back down?
The number of tourists, office workers and partyers venturing out in Chicago is ticking up, and ride-share prices are rising with them.
The surge has left many riders wondering: when will prices go back down?
Ride-share ...Read more
Chicago weed shops stock up for Lollapalooza: 'Cannabis and music festivals go as far back as Woodstock'
Marijuana has long been an illicit yet integral part of the annual Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago. This year, it’s legal for the first time in the event’s 30-year history, and potentially big business.
The ...Read more
Biden wants more housing units as Hill Democrats urge rental aid
As lawmakers work their way through infrastructure proposals and appropriations bills, Democrats are confronted with a gap between President Joe Biden and members of Congress over how to address what both see as a big ...Read more
Flight attendants say airlines must do more to address unruly passengers
As air travel demand increases, a vast majority of flight attendants say they have dealt with unruly passengers and nearly 1 in 5 experienced a physical incident, including shoving, kicking seats and harassing flight crews...Read more
Real estate Q&A: What can homeowners do when the HOA board isn't doing its job?
Q: Our association’s board of directors is not doing their job. Overgrown landscaping, boats and inoperable vehicles in driveways, and houses that need painting are among the many problems in our community. What can a ...Read more
US economic growth surges 6.5% in second quarter, roaring back to pre-pandemic levels
WASHINGTON — Even with new pandemic worries and widespread product and labor shortages, U.S. economic growth surged in the second quarter, lifting the nation’s total output above where it was before COVID-19 hit, ...Read more
Honey, Who Shrank the Workweek?
Looking for a job that will let you work less and earn more?
Forget Facebook. Gambol past Google. The job you want isn't in Silicon Valley.
It's in Iceland.
Yes, the tiny island nation that gave us Bjork, fermented ...Read more
Directly Handle Your Boss or Let HR Do It
Q: I am in a high-pressure job with tremendous responsibility, and I'm afraid it is getting to me. I like my boss superficially but know I can't trust him. He has set me up a couple times in the past, wanting me to do ...Read more
Sign-up window for free COBRA coverage for many laid-off workers closes this week
After being laid off from her job as a systems analyst for a specialty chemicals company in December, Gabriela de Pompignan opted to hang on to her former employer’s insurance coverage under the federal law known as ...Read more
Renters search for more space as COVID leaves them working at home
Many renters are ramping up their searches for bigger places after COVID-19 forced them to work more than a year at home.
Although workers are gradually returning to their regular offices this summer, many are still being...Read more
Cruise industry charts summer comeback, but it's far from smooth sailing
Karen Matzel wanted to be first.
She was one of the last passengers to disembark the Celebrity Edge cruise ship in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on March 15, 2020, as COVID-19 shut down the industry, and she wanted to be the ...Read more
Seattle struck a 'grand bargain' on housing. Initial results are coming into view
The "grand bargain" that Seattle politicians and developers struck for larger buildings and affordable housing is starting to yield some results.
Under the new Mandatory Housing Affordability program formulated in 2015, ...Read more
Farmers make progress in improving water quality, but much work remains
Fred Yoder found that applying nitrogen-infused fertilizer to his fields three times in a growing season instead of all at once helped his crops use the nutrient more efficiently, and less nitrogen ended up in rivers and ...Read more
Qualcomm rides global 5G wave as revenue jumps 65%
Despite supply constraints, Qualcomm rode the rising 5G smartphone wave and continued uplift from mobile technologies spilling into new industries to post better-than-expected financial results during its fiscal third ...Read more
Ford posts second-quarter profit, improves full-year outlook as supply-chain woes linger
Ford Motor Co. reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results and improved its outlook for the full year, even as it continues to battle supply-chain constraints that have caused delays in delivering hotly-...Read more
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- Real estate Q&A: What can homeowners do when the HOA board isn't doing its job?
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- Chicago weed shops stock up for Lollapalooza: 'Cannabis and music festivals go as far back as Woodstock'
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