‘Great resignation,’ ‘RTO,’ ‘quiet quitting’: Does work slang reflect your job?

‘Great resignation,’ ‘RTO,’ ‘quiet quitting’: Does work slang reflect your job?

Did you quit your job during the Great Resignation? Are you quiet quitting? Being told to RTO? Coffee badging at the office (and then promptly leaving)? The Los Angeles Times is developing a story about the many viral words that have become popular to describe work, terms such as “Great Resignation,” “quiet quitting,” “RTO,” “polyworking”…

Labor regulators seek to force Starbucks to reopen six L.A. stores

Labor regulators seek to force Starbucks to reopen six L.A. stores

Federal labor regulators are looking to force Starbucks to reopen six Los Angeles-area Starbucks stores and 17 other locations that were closed across the country in 2022 in a move that was allegedly done to suppress union organizing. The complaint filed by the National Labor Relations Board accused Starbucks of closing stores where workers had…

California energy officials vote to extend Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operations

California energy officials vote to extend Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operations

California energy officials have voted to extend the operation of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant through 2030, extending the life span of the state’s last nuclear plant an additional five years. The California Public Utilities Commission approved a proposal to keep Diablo Canyon’s twin reactors online, overturning an earlier agreement to close the plant in…

Gautam Singhania: Domestic abuse claims threaten India tycoon’s fortune

Gautam Singhania: Domestic abuse claims threaten India tycoon’s fortune

“Close to 96% of the net worth of the promoters of India’s wealthiest families is parked in trusts,” said Rishabh Shroff, partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, a Mumbai law firm. “These structures are increasingly attractive to wealthy business families, to shield their assets and insulate their businesses from insolvency, family or creditor disputes.”

Coca-Cola recalled 2,000 cases of drinks due to potential contamination

Coca-Cola recalled 2,000 cases of drinks due to potential contamination

Cans of Sprite and Fanta, beverages produced by the Coca-Cola Company, seen displayed in a supermarket. Alex Tai | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration disclosed the recall in a filing and said it began on Nov. 6. It encompasses 1,557 cases of 12-ounce cans of Sprite, 417 cases of Diet Coke,…

Moderna, Merck vaccine with Keytruda cuts risk of deadly skin cancer returning in half, data says

Moderna, Merck vaccine with Keytruda cuts risk of deadly skin cancer returning in half, data says

An exterior view of Moderna’s clinical manufacturing facility.  David L. Ryan | Boston Globe | Getty Images Moderna and Merck‘s experimental cancer vaccine, when used in combination with Merck’s blockbuster therapy Keytruda, reduced the risk of death or relapse in patients with the most deadly form of skin cancer by half after roughly three years,…

Covid inquiry: What is it investigating and how does it work?

Covid inquiry: What is it investigating and how does it work?

Image source, Getty Images By Jennifer Clarke BBC News Prime Minister Rishi Sunak robustly defended the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme he implemented as chancellor during the pandemic in his evidence to the Covid inquiry. Earlier, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted he had underestimated the scale and the challenge of coronavirus. The inquiry’s…