Amazon is once again asking the National Labor Relations Board to direct thousands of the company's warehouse workers at an Alabama facility to cast votes in-person on whether to form a union, rather than by mail, despite the ongoing pandemic.The…
Intel investors and analysts got their first glimpse at incoming CEO Pat Gelsinger's vision for the company during its earnings call on Thursday.Gelsinger, who starts his job on February 15, has a challenging task ahead: Intel has fallen behind competitors…
NBC Sports Network is shutting down at the end of this year, the company said on Friday.The cable network will cease operation and USA Network will begin "carrying and/or simulcasting certain NBC Sports programming" later this year, according to a…
Tom Brokaw is formally retiring from NBC News after an extraordinary 55 years with the network.Brokaw, 80, is best known for having anchored the "NBC Nightly News" from 1982 through 2004.He has been a senior correspondent for the network in…
Stocks have surged since Election Day and are near record highs. Wall Street is clearly a fan of President Joe Biden's new administration -- and it's largely because of growing hope that moderates in both parties will continue to call…
Ford is recalling 3 million US and Canadian vehicles with airbags manufactured by the same company whose devices have been linked to at least 18 deaths in the United States.The move comes after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on…
Americans want more diversity on TV, and they're increasingly finding more of it on streaming platforms such as Netflix and Disney+ than on cable, according to a new Nielsen study.In the ratings company's first-ever TV diversity and inclusion report, Nielsen…
Walmart is rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine in more states as the Biden administration tries to accelerate distribution.The company has been administering vaccines in recent weeks in some of its locations in New Mexico and Arkansas. Now, Walmart, the largest…
A Tallahassee man in his nineties begs for his 70-year-old caretaker to be bumped up in the vaccination queue. A woman over 75 in Raleigh asks what number to call to make an appointment. The daughter of a nursing home…
Volkswagen is walking away from 2020 with a profit of more than $12 billion despite the coronavirus pandemic that torpedoed car sales and snarled manufacturing supply chains.The world's largest automaker said in a statement on Friday that it expects operating…
Joseph Palma holds up his work uniform with pride and despair. He hasn't put it on since he was laid off in March. He worked as a customer service agent for Eulen America, a contractor for American Airlines, assisting customs…
The fate of the economic recovery is riding on President Joe Biden's mission to speed up the lackluster rollout of coronavirus vaccines.While the development of vaccines happened faster than many had expected, distribution is lagging behind schedule, in part because…
Tech companies have been an investor favorite during the pandemic. But Wall Street is keeping its distance from two industry stalwarts after their latest earnings reports.Intel beat full-year revenue expectations, hauling in a record $77.9 billion last year and announcing…
The Vermont school teacher behind the cozy mittens worn by Senator Bernie Sanders during President Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday said she's been flooded with requests from people wanting to buy a pair. But they're no longer for sale."Thanks for…
A futuristic project by Google's parent company Alphabet to provide internet from high flying balloons has burst.Loon, the Alphabet subsidiary that used giant balloons to beam internet to people in remote areas around the world, has announced that it is…
Google says it will shut down its search engine in Australia if a controversial bill designed to benefit the news media becomes law.At a Senate hearing in Canberra on Friday, Google Australia Managing Director Mel Silva said the draft legislation…
"No Time to Die," the latest film in the James Bond series and one of the most anticipated movies of 2021, has been delayed again.The film, which stars Daniel Craig as the stylish spy, was set to open on April…
In a new financial document released just hours after he left the White House, former President Donald Trump disclosed Apple CEO Tim Cook once gave him a $5,999 Mac Pro computer.The documents, made public on Wednesday, list the item as…
A federal judge has denied Parler's request for a court order blocking Amazon from kicking the social media app off its platform, marking yet another setback in Parler's efforts to get back online.Judge Barbara Rothstein issued a ruling on Thursday…
Airlines are still operating only a fraction of the number of flights they offered pre-pandemic, and alcohol is banned in many cabins to help thwart the spread of Covid-19. This is adding up to a lot of leftover booze. Now,…
Last February, a group of Instacart employees who worked as in-store shoppers at a Mariano's grocery store in Skokie, Illinois, voted to unionize in a historic moment for the gig economy.Nearly one year later, those workers have been informed that…
Bitcoin is up more than 260% over the past 12 months -- a stellar ride -- yet owning the asset is fraught with risks including wild swings in cryptocurrency prices. But there are several ways for investors to get a…
Former Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett broadly supports President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion rescue package as a way to keep the coronavirus-ravaged economy afloat."They've thrown a lot of stimulus at it," Hassett told CNN Business on Thursday, "but I think…
Donald Trump's future on Facebook and Instagram is now up in the air.Facebook has referred its previous decision to suspend former President Donald Trump's posting privileges to its independent Oversight Board for review, the company said in a blog post…
Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess is new to Twitter, but he made a splash with his very first tweet -- going after master troll and Tesla CEO Elon Musk."Hello @Twitter! I'm here to make an impact with @VWGroup, especially on political…
