Category Archives: Business News – ABC Audio
Biden visits Baltimore port amid supply chain, inflation woes
Official White House Photo by Erin Scott(BALTIMORE) -- President Joe Biden visited Baltimore on Wednesday to tout his infrastructure bill and highlight his administration's work to ease port delays as...
Nov 10, 2021
Battle rages over conservation and local economy in Alaska
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Tongass National Forest stretches across nearly 17 million acres of land in southeast Alaska and is home to a lush vibrant ecosystem. It is now also at the center of a bitter bat...
Nov 10, 2021
Hearst's magazine workers protest mandatory return-to-office through the National Labor Relations Board
iStock/littlehenrabi(NEW YORK) -- After more than a year of working remotely through the COVID-19 pandemic, staffers at Hearst's magazines are fighting back against a mandatory return to office. Worke...
Nov 09, 2021
General Electric stock surges on news it's splitting into 3 companies
iStock/jetcityimage(NEW YORK) -- Shares for General Electric surged 6% in early trading Tuesday after the historic American conglomerate announced plans to split into three publicly-traded companies f...
Nov 09, 2021
Uber, Lyft making record profits as consumers pay high prices
Mario Tama/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Uber and Lyft are boasting record profits as both companies say they are aggressively recruiting drivers to fill a void created by the pandemic. Since t...
Nov 08, 2021
What to know about Los Angeles' strict vaccine mandate as it goes into effect
Viorel Poparcea/iStock(LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles' sweeping new vaccine mandate goes into effect Monday, which requires proof of vaccination in order for patrons to enter most public indoor spac...
Nov 08, 2021
What to know about the new OSHA vaccine mandate, and how it will impact you
Bill Oxford/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Some 100 million American workers are expected to be impacted by the Biden administration's new workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandate come January, under a sweeping n...
Nov 05, 2021
Employers add 531,000 jobs last month as recovery gains steam, unemployment rate falls to 4.6%
vicky_81/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Hiring gained steam in October, with U.S. employers adding 531,000 jobs and the unemployment rate edging down by a fraction of a percentage point to 4.6%, the Department...
Nov 05, 2021
Why some experts say corporate 'net-zero' emissions pledges could have net-zero impact on climate crisis
NicoElNino/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Dubbed a "code red for humanity" by the head of the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in its most-recent report that the impacts of huma...
Nov 05, 2021
Tips to save at the grocery store on your Thanksgiving shopping
Hispanolistic/iStock(NEW YORK) -- With 20 days till Turkey day, it's time to menu plan and get ahead on cost-effective ways to host Thanksgiving this year. According to a recent Instacart/Harris Poll ...
Nov 05, 2021
