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Wayfair cuts 5% of global workforce as sales slump
David L. Ryan/Getty Images(BOSTON) -- Online home goods retailer Wayfair is laying off nearly 900 workers worldwide, which amounts to 5% of the company's workforce, the company said in a memo to emplo...
Max Zahn, ABC News Aug 19, 2022

Why Walmart entered the streaming wars
patty_c/Getty Images(BENTONVILLE, Ark.) -- Walmart, the Arkansas-based retail giant known more for value than flare, made a splash in Hollywood this week upon the announcement of a deal with streaming...
Max Zahn, ABC News Aug 18, 2022

Abortion bans may lead to economic costs for states
Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to decide their own stances on abortion access has ...
Hank Sanders, ABC News Aug 18, 2022

Gen Z is bypassing Google for TikTok as a search engine
NurPhoto/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The term "Googling" may be synonymous with "searching" for things online, but for the group known as Gen Z that might be changing. Nearly 40% of Gen Z members (born ...
Michael Dobuski, ABC News Aug 17, 2022

Calculate how much Biden's Inflation Reduction Act may save you
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) --The Inflation Reduction Act, a $739 billion measure signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday, levies a 15% minimum tax on large corpor...
Max Zahn, ABC News Aug 17, 2022

Restaurant owners face challenges to balance rising costs, keep customers happy
Thomas Barwick/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Award-winning restaurateur Michael Scelfo has run kitchens post-9/11 and through the 2008 economic downturn, but he said the COVID-19 pandemic and soaring infl...
Kelly McCarthy, ABC News Aug 17, 2022

Newer cars shrink gender disparity in car crash fatalities: Officials
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The newer the car, the safer it is for women drivers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a new report Tuesday. While the NHTSA’s e...
Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News Aug 16, 2022

Airfare will jump 20% this Labor Day, experts say
Images by Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Air travel fares may be starting to drop from their summer highs, but customers could pay the price to see family and take long-awaited vacations i...
Kyla Guilfoil and Sam Sweeney, ABC News Aug 16, 2022

Industry group says most EVs will no longer qualify for federal tax credits
Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Car buyers hoping to get a tax credit from the government for an electric vehicle after President Joe Biden signs ...
Michelle Stoddart, ABC News Aug 16, 2022

Longtime Trump Organization CFO expected to plead guilty to tax charges, say sources
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Trump Organization's longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, is expected to plead guilty to tax charges as soon as this week, sources familiar...
John Santucci and Aaron Katersky, ABC News Aug 16, 2022
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