Starbucks Is In Hot Water — This Time For Allegedly Breaking The Law

Starbucks Is In Hot Water — This Time For Allegedly Breaking The Law

Ella Clark didn’t have much time to goof around after she graduated from high school in June. The 18-year-old had to prepare for a federal hearing in San Francisco where she would square off with corporate lawyers representing the biggest coffee chain in the world. Clark believed Starbucks had violated her rights as she tried…

It’s open enrollment season for health coverage. If you’re self-employed, you can’t afford to ignore it

It’s open enrollment season for health coverage. If you’re self-employed, you can’t afford to ignore it

Open enrollment season can be a time of trepidation for the self-employed.  The stakes are especially high because if you need to buy individual or family coverage, the next few weeks could be your only chance for 2024, barring certain exceptions such as moving to a different state, getting married, divorced or having a child. …

Building an e-commerce sales success story is getting more complex and costly

Building an e-commerce sales success story is getting more complex and costly

Products in a loading bay at an Amazon fulfillment center on Prime Day in Melville, New York, US, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon may be the epitome of big business, but more than 60% of the behemoth’s sales last year came from small- and medium-sized businesses. Small businesses rely on…

On Main Street, it’s time to prepare for the new state minimum wage hikes in 2024

On Main Street, it’s time to prepare for the new state minimum wage hikes in 2024

A “Now Hiring” sign is posted in the drive thru of a McDonald’s restaurant on July 07, 2021 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images More wage hikes are coming across U.S. states in 2024 and many Main Street businesses may feel the pinch.  Not only are wages generally up from year-ago figures…

This Is How Americans Really Feel About Tipping — And It May Surprise You

This Is How Americans Really Feel About Tipping — And It May Surprise You

If you feel like you’re expected to tip more often these days but no longer know what the guidelines are, you have plenty of company out there. Most U.S. adults believe the expectation to tip has increased in the last few years, yet they feel a lot of uncertainty about when to leave gratuities and…

The U.S. Project Meant To Debut Revolutionary Nuclear Reactors Just Fell Apart

The U.S. Project Meant To Debut Revolutionary Nuclear Reactors Just Fell Apart

The project meant to debut small modular reactors, the technology the nuclear energy industry hopes will spur a renaissance of atomic power construction, collapsed Wednesday night amid mounting financial troubles. The NuScale Power Corporation based in Portland, Oregon, whose SMR design became the first in U.S. history to win the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval last…

Las Vegas Hotel Workers Are Prepared To Shut Down Much Of The Strip

Las Vegas Hotel Workers Are Prepared To Shut Down Much Of The Strip

Thousands of service workers in Las Vegas are preparing to go on strike Friday if they can’t settle new contracts with two of the city’s major hotel and casino operators. The Culinary Workers Union said it reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with Caesars Entertainment early Wednesday after 20 hours of bargaining. But…

How the cost of homebuying and selling will change after landmark court loss over real estate commissions

How the cost of homebuying and selling will change after landmark court loss over real estate commissions

Toronto Star | Toronto Star | Getty Images A recent jury verdict against the National Association of Realtors and large residential brokerages could upend the residential real estate industry.  The real estate compensation model is at the heart of the issue. Plaintiffs contend that commission rates are too high, buyer brokers are being overpaid, and…

How the Biden administration is doing on its goal of getting more loans to minority small business owners

How the Biden administration is doing on its goal of getting more loans to minority small business owners

Maskot | Digitalvision | Getty Images The United States has experienced a small business boom in recent years, and people of color are a large part of that success, making progress on historical underrepresentation of Black and brown entrepreneurs in America.  From 2010 to 2020, the minority population grew from 36.3% to 42.4%, but the…