Unite Here Local 11 reaches deal with Beverly Wilshire, strikes Sheraton near Disneyland

Unite Here Local 11 reaches deal with Beverly Wilshire, strikes Sheraton near Disneyland

Unite Here Local 11 has reached a tentative agreement with a 10th hotel, marking continued momentum in the contract campaign it began earlier this year. The deal with the Beverly Wilshire was reached days after the union nailed down agreements with two other major Beverly Hills hotels, the Beverly Hilton and the Waldorf Astoria. It…

Column: How the retail lobby sold a $45-billion whopper about organized shoplifting

Column: How the retail lobby sold a $45-billion whopper about organized shoplifting

If you’re making a list of big news stories of 2023, here’s one you might want to check twice: The surge in “organized retail crime,” or gang shoplifting. I’ve written before about the news media’s fixation on this phenomenon despite the unreliability of retailers’ claims about it, and especially when compared with the much more…

A weirdly candid interview with Elon Musk’s new AI chatbot, about Elon Musk

A weirdly candid interview with Elon Musk’s new AI chatbot, about Elon Musk

Fickle bosses can be tough. Doubly so when they’re also the richest person on the planet. So when Elon Musk’s newest underling officially started on the job December 8, The Times was eager to hear its take on the polarizing tech mogul. Enter: Grok. An artificial intelligence chatbot that Musk recently launched on X, the…

Column: This was the year of AI. Next year is when you should worry about your job

Column: This was the year of AI. Next year is when you should worry about your job

The biggest story in tech this year was, without a doubt, the explosive ascent of AI. The biggest story in tech next year will be whether it can turn a profit. Because so far, it can’t. A quick recap: OpenAI and ChatGPT burst onto the scene, dominated headlines, attracted millions of users and tens of…

Who owns the memorabilia on the walls of this iconic L.A. pizzeria?

Who owns the memorabilia on the walls of this iconic L.A. pizzeria?

Almost every square inch of wall space at Village Pizzeria on Larchmont Boulevard is adorned with tchotchkes and photos that gives the Los Angeles slice shop its bicoastal feel. A 2000 Subway Series poster and Brennan and Carr bumper sticker show its founder grew up in New York. A “Made in Los Angeles” neon sign…

OMV, ADNOC close to agreeing deal for chemicals company tie up  | Reuters News Agency

OMV, ADNOC close to agreeing deal for chemicals company tie up  | Reuters News Agency

Business & FinanceDeals 14 December 2023, 5:30 am 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) is closing in on a deal with Austria’s OMV (OMVV.VI) to combine two entities in which the companies own stakes to create a chemicals giant, two people with knowledge of the talks said. In July…