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Job openings hit record high as pandemic-battered Americans reassess work
iStock/ablokhin(WASHINGTON) -- The number of job openings hit a record high of 10.9 million on the last day of July, the Department of Labor said Wednesday, as businesses struggle to lure back workers...
Sep 08, 2021
Catch all the Pokemon in this new collaboration with Oreo
iStock/LauriPatterson (NEW YORK) -- Get ready to catch 'em all! Oreo just announced the release of a limited-edition Pokémon cookie pack. The Pokémon x Oreo cookie pack pays tribute to s...
Sep 08, 2021
Unruly passenger arrested after growling, cursing at flight attendants
iStock/guvendemir (NEW YORK) --There was mid-flight chaos on one American Airlines flight over the Labor Day holiday after a passenger began growling and berating the flight attendants on board. "What...
Sep 08, 2021
A glimpse inside the jury selection for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ trial
Chris Ryan/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Jury selection for the trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes began last week and was completed over a three-day process, with the prosecution and the defense a...
Sep 07, 2021
WATCH: GM temporarily shuts down more than half of North American plants
wellesenterprises/iStock(DETROIT) -- People looking to buy a new car, might want to pump the brakes on their search for now. General Motors announced it will temporarily shut down eight of its 15 Nort...
Sep 07, 2021
Expanded unemployment benefits expire as Americans face surge in delta variant
courtneyk/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Expanded pandemic unemployment benefits, put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic, expired on Monday. Impacting approximately 12 million Americans, the benefits ha...
Sep 07, 2021
COVID-19 pandemic exposes new challenges for restaurant industry
andresr/iStock(NEW YORK) -- When COVID-19 reached the U.S. and government restrictions set in -- closing indoor dining in much of the country -- millions of restaurant workers found themselves without...
Sep 06, 2021
Employers add 235,000 jobs in August and unemployment rate dips to 5.2%
YinYang/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Employers added 235,000 jobs in August, far below expectations of 720,000 new hires, and the unemployment rate dipped slightly to 5.2%, the Department of Labor said Frida...
Sep 03, 2021
Majority of companies plan to have COVID-19 vaccine mandate, survey finds
Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Once a touchy subject in the private sector, a new survey indicates that most firms are now planning on having COVID-19 vaccine mandates for thei...
Sep 01, 2021
McDonald's reconsiders safety of indoor dining amid delta variant surge
Simon Shin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(CHICAGO) -- As new COVID-19 cases emerge with the spread of the delta variant, businesses have implemented updated health protocols to ensure staff ...
Sep 01, 2021
