Year: 2021

Baristas voted to form the first labor union at one of the coffee giant’s own U.S. cafes in its 50-year history.

Top executives and company leaders like the Waltons, Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s co-founders have sold $63.5 billion through November, up 50% from 2020. The sales come amid soaring market valuations and ahead of possible changes in U.S. and some state tax laws.

The poultry giant said it plans to spend about $1.3 billion to automate parts of its production lines over the next three years, as meatpackers struggle with a nationwide labor shortage.

The carrier is planning to trim the number of overseas trips next summer because Boeing hasn’t delivered new 787s amid production problems.

To lure workers back, companies are renovating spaces, using software so staff can coordinate visits and dangling upgraded food to make offices more appealing. “You want to create a pull, not a push.”

Senators on the Commerce Committee’s consumer protection panel gave a chilly reception to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. “The time for self-policing and self-regulation is over,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

A drug combination called Evusheld is aimed at a minority of people for whom vaccines are less effective.