Shoppers and retailers set for ‘challenging’ 2024, says BRC
The British Retail Consortium says shoppers will still be squeezed by higher living costs this year.
The British Retail Consortium says shoppers will still be squeezed by higher living costs this year.
The United Auto Workers union reached a tentative agreement on a new contract for 48,000 General Motors workers on Monday, bringing a potential end to the union’s roughly six-week strike against the “Big Three” automakers. The union said it had achieved a core demand in talks with GM: putting battery plant employees under the UAW…
Ex-Post Office branch manager Sally Stringer is demanding Fujitsu pay towards compensation
The world is moving through one of the most dramatic economic transformations in modern history. Old powers are recalibrating, emerging markets are rising, and technology is redrawing the boundaries of influence faster than governments can regulate it. What was once a predictable global order—dominated by a few major economies—is now a dynamic, decentralized system where…
As if high gas prices weren’t making life miserable enough, California drivers are being buffeted by higher auto insurance premiums — if they can find coverage at all. Frustrated by state regulations, a number of insurers have limited the new policies their agents can sell in California. Barbara Caudana, a personal line account manager for…
To repurpose an old joke: How do you create a $15-billion company? Answer: First, start with a $44-billion company … Yes, we’re talking about Elon Musk and the fate of Twitter-now-X, the social media platform he bought in October 2022 and spent the subsequent year turning into a hive of antisemitism, racism and all other…
Amazon did not respond to BuzzFeed News’ initial request for comment. Later, the company said there was no change in its policy after all. “This morning’s email to some of our employees was sent in error,” Amazon said. “There is no change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok.” A spokesperson for TikTok…