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Railroad Unions Split Over Labor Contract

November 21, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Railroad Unions Split Over Labor Contract
Members of the conductors union narrowly voted to reject a new wage deal brokered by the White House, while the engineers union narrowly ratified the deal.

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Paramount Global Terminates Deal to Sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House

November 21, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Paramount Global Terminates Deal to Sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House
The action brings to a close a two-year effort to merge two of the largest book publishers.

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Beyond Meat’s Very Real Problems: Slumping Sausages, Mounting Losses

November 21, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Beyond Meat’s Very Real Problems: Slumping Sausages, Mounting Losses
Founder and CEO Ethan Brown has struggled to manage growth, some current and former employees say. “Pushing back on Ethan was very hard.”

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Fed’s Aggressive Rate Hikes Are a Game Changer

November 21, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Fed’s Aggressive Rate Hikes Are a Game Changer
Monetary policy usually acts on the economy with ‘long and variable’ lags.

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Amazon Has a Problem: Consumers Don’t Love It as Much as They Used To

November 21, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Amazon Has a Problem: Consumers Don’t Love It as Much as They Used To
Shipping delays and customer service complaints are among the woes that have started to erode shoppers’ long-favorable views.

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Disney Ousts Chapek, Iger Returns as CEO

November 21, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Disney Ousts Chapek, Iger Returns as CEO
Walt Disney’s board replaced Chief Executive Bob Chapek with Robert Iger, the company’s former chairman and CEO who had left at the end of last year. Disney’s stock price shot up in premarket trading.

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Elon Musk’s Downscaled Twitter Faces Soccer World Cup Test

November 20, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Elon Musk’s Downscaled Twitter Faces Soccer World Cup Test
Employees have been working for weeks to prepare for the sporting extravaganza, a Twitter executive says.

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Stressed-Out Americans Plan to Buy Fewer Christmas Gifts, Donate Less to Charity

November 20, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Stressed-Out Americans Plan to Buy Fewer Christmas Gifts, Donate Less to Charity
Inflation is souring the holiday season, a crucial time when companies, charities and nonprofits typically collect their biggest haul of the year. “I can’t give the way I want to this year.”

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Rising Interest Rates Put Small Business Owners’ Plans on Hold

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Add rising interest rates to the challenges small businesses are already grappling with, including inflation, labor shortages and strained supply chains.

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Holmes Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Theranos Fraud

November 20, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Holmes Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Theranos Fraud
Elizabeth Holmes, convicted of defrauding investors in blood-testing company Theranos, was sentenced to 135 months in prison, capping the extraordinary downfall of a onetime Silicon Valley wunderkind.

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