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Denny's to close 150 restaurants as restaurant chains continue to struggle
The ubiquitous and popular diner chain Denny's will close 150 locations by the end of next year amid declining revenue and changing consumer habits, the company announced Tuesday.
Known for 24/7 service and a wide selection of menu items, the company behind the 71-year-old restaurant reported lower-than-expected earnings for the third quarter ...Read more
WHYY workers get better wages and protections against AI in new contract
Workers at WHYY, Philadelphia’s public media organization, have ratified a new three-year contract with improved benefits and wages.
The group of roughly 80 unionized workers is represented by SAG-AFTRA, a union with about 160,000 members in entertainment and media, which includes actors, journalists, editors, puppeteers, and other ...Read more
GM's Q3 results outpace expectations, automaker ups yearly guidance for third time
On the back of strong internal combustion engine sales and pricing in North America, General Motors Co. beat Wall Street earnings expectations on Tuesday with third-quarter net income of $3.056 billion, down just 0.3% year over year, on revenue of $48.757 billion, up 10.5%.
GM's incentive spend in the quarter as a percentage of the average ...Read more
McDonald's Quarter Pounders linked to E. coli outbreak in Western states
The Centers for Disease control is investigating an E. coli outbreak in McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers sold in 10 states.
At least 49 people have been sickened as of Tuesday, Oct. 22, apparently after eating the quarter-pounders. A map provided by the CDC shows most of the cases are in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Nebraska. There have ...Read more
CVS shows women are hired to do impossible jobs
As recently as last year, pharmacy chains were a bright spot for female leaders — one of the few sectors in corporate America where women could make it to the very top. Rosalind Brewer was CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and, at the time of her appointment, the only Black woman leading a Fortune 500 company. Karen Lynch was running CVS ...Read more
Georgia teachers don't recommend career in education, survey says
The latest survey results are in: Many Georgia educators need second jobs, they’re struggling without support staff in schools and most wouldn’t recommend someone go into the profession.
Almost 3,700 educators in 169 of Georgia’s school districts responded to an online survey by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators. The ...Read more
US banks brace for open banking era of consumer data sharing
U.S. banks will now have to give customers access to their financial data after the top consumer watchdog finalized a long-awaited rule aimed at fueling more competition for financial products and services.
Under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s open banking measure, consumers will be able to demand, download and transfer their ...Read more
Hollywood veterans get brutally honest about mentoring next generation amid industry turmoil
This spring, applicants vying for a spot in the Art Directors Guild’s Production Design Initiative — a program that offers mentorship and on-the-job training to future production designers and art directors — received a troubling email.
The message from the initiative’s leadership team said that, “due to historic and unprecedented ...Read more
Back-to-office orders have become common. Enforcement not so much
Since Cynthia Clemons' employer announced last month that she was required to be in the office two days each week, the switch from remote work hasn't been smooth.
The self-described extrovert, who works as an organizer for the nonprofit Abundant Housing LA, said she so far hasn't "gotten into a rhythm of being productive at a desk again."
"I ...Read more
As Trump threatens mass deportations, some rural areas that back him rely heavily on immigrant labor
COCHRANE, Wisconsin — Dozens of calves groaned as Hermenegildo, a young Mexican farmworker, wheeled out a cart with bottles of milk. He attached the bottles to the wood pen of each calf, walking up and down the row as the animals guzzled the milk in minutes. The 600 cows on the dairy farm produce 5,000 gallons a day, which are trucked for ...Read more
America's most famous inflation gauge is easing -- but some of your biggest expenses are left out
Price pressures have eased substantially over the past two years, but a disconnect remains between what US inflation data show and what millions of Americans experience with their finances.
That’s in part because price levels are still higher than they were before the pandemic. Another explanation: the government’s key inflation measure ...Read more
Rocket Mortgage accused of discriminating against Black homeowner who sought to refinance
Federal prosecutors accuse lender Rocket Mortgage of discrimination after an appraiser allegedly undervalued a Black woman's home, despite rising property values in her neighborhood.
Francesca Cheroutes sought to refinance the mortgage on her Denver property in January 2021, the complaint said.
Rocket also is accused of retaliating against ...Read more
Optimism meets skepticism at Quantum Summit in Chicago
Pioneers of quantum computing shared their dreams and skepticism about the fledgling industry Monday, while Gov. JB Pritzker said he thinks it’s already attracting companies to Illinois.
Industry leaders foresee momentous changes growing out of quantum computing, tempered with the realization it’s a challenge to make money in the industry ...Read more
Kaiser mental health professionals in Southern California go on strike
Psychologists, therapists and other mental health professionals who work for Kaiser Permanente across Southern California went on strike Monday morning, protesting that the healthcare organization had failed to address enduring problems that hamper its mental health care.
The National Union of Healthcare Workers said that nearly 2,400 mental ...Read more
A quarter of all working women are leaving free money on the table that could set back their retirement
A larger share of women than men aren’t saving for their future selves and could be losing out on hundreds of thousands of dollars over their lifetime as a result.
More than a quarter of women (26%) working full-time, part-time or looking for employment didn’t contribute to their retirement savings between August 2023 and 2024, compared to ...Read more
UAW members diverge over presidential election as union rallies for Harris
WARREN, Michigan — The United Auto Workers has held rallies, solicited door-to-door canvassers and brought on members to make calls to support the candidates it's endorsed this election — topped by Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for president. But some are less than enthused.
"They won't say it in public that they're voting for Trump this...Read more
Georgia in talks to land battery manufacturing innovation center in Atlanta
Georgia leaders are attempting to recruit a battery manufacturer to open an innovation center in Atlanta, a deal that could involve a Fulton County agency granting the company hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax incentives.
The Georgia Department of Economic Development is trying to woo a “state-of-the-art global innovation center” with...Read more
Toys aren't just for kids. Mattel and other companies are embracing 'kidults'
Jeremy Hart played with Hot Wheels as a kid, but he eventually grew out of them, tucking the miniature cars away in a toolbox.
Then nostalgia struck when he attended the Hot Wheels convention in California with his son three years ago.
"I get these little glimmers and glimpses of memories and feelings when I look and see those Hot Wheels from ...Read more
Farms or subdivisions? Ballot measure would curb development on Silicon Valley's southern edges
When most people in the Bay Area think of San Benito County, California, they imagine rolling ranch lands, majestic condors at Pinnacles National Park and the 227-year-old Spanish mission at San Juan Bautista, which was featured in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1958 film “Vertigo.”
But increasingly they also see the rustic county 5 miles ...Read more
Wind and solar would replace most of Xcel's troubled Comanche 3 coal plant power -- but not all
Most of the power to replace the last of Xcel Energy’s coal plants in Colorado, including a chronically troubled facility, would come from renewable energy sources — but not all.
Xcel filed the first phase of a proposal to replace the power currently generated by the Comanche 3 coal plant in Pueblo and the Hayden coal plant in Routt County....Read more
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