SAN DIEGO鈥擜 Southern California grocery chain has been cited by California Labor Commissioner’s Office聽for failing to聽pay or delaying supplemental paid sick leave to 240 workers… Read More »Grocery Chain Cited for COVID Sick Leave Violations at 38 Stores, 3 in SD County
A group of Carson residents sued a warehouse owner and business for allegedly dumping debris from a warehouse fire into the Dominguez Channel, exacerbating the… Read More »Carson Residents Sue Nearby Warehouse Owner, Business Over Foul Odor
Tourism dollars from the historic St. Augustine area help Florida’s St. Johns Count fund its schools, roads, and bridges. So when the CCP virus shut… Read More »St. Augustine: A Model on How to Thrive During a Pandemic
According to a Perth midwife, hospitals in Western Australia (WA) could soon be forced to shut down or face severe staff shortages as hundreds of… Read More »West Australian Hospitals Could Face Crisis As Staff Refuse Vaccine Mandate
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is asking the Indiana Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that upheld limits on the governor’s emergency powers. appeal comes… Read More »With COVID Restrictions Challenged, Indiana Governor Asks State Supreme Court to Strike Down Law Empowering Legislature
Technology and health care companies helped push stocks higher on Wall Street Tuesday, nudging major indexes to new highs. S&P 500 rose 0.2 percent and… Read More »Solid Earnings Nudge US Stocks Further Into Record Heights
Chinese military likely used U.S. technology in its reported test of a hypersonic weapon earlier in the year, according to a recent letter signed by… Read More »Chinese Regime Using US Tech to Create Weapons, House Republicans Warn
Google owner Alphabet Inc. on Tuesday reported higher than expected third-quarter ad sales, a sign that the business is overcoming new limits on tracking mobile… Read More »Alphabet Earns Record Profit on Google Ad Surge
Multiple potential witnesses pulled out of a congressional committee hearing on U.S.-China economic relations due to fears that they could receive backlash stemming from the… Read More »China Experts Allegedly Withdrew From Congressional Hearing Over Fear of CCP Backlash
Health-care professionals losing their jobs, students denied access to education, and kids seeing their hockey dreams dashed—these are some of the complaints lawyers have dealt… Read More »Job Loss, Kids Denied Sports, Education Disrupted: Lawyers Share Impact of Vaccine Mandates on Clients
Soaring demand from China for Bolivian beef is fueling wildfires and deforestation as cattle ranchers slash and burn jungle in the Amazon ecosystem to make… Read More »China’s Beef Demand in Bolivia Drives Deforestation and Wildfires
UK government is making it easier to invest in nuclear power stations, lowering the table stakes with a new financing model which they hope will… Read More »New Nuclear Funding Model Frees UK to Squeeze out Chinese Investment
CEO of Defense Department contractor Raytheon said that the White House COVID-19 mandate will cause the firm to lose “several thousand” employees who will not… Read More »US Defense Contractor Will Lose ‘Several Thousand People’ Over COVID Vaccine Mandate: CEO
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his new cabinet on Oct. 26, adding nine new faces, dropping three, and making major reshuffles in key positions including… Read More »Trudeau Overhauls Cabinet in Major Shuffle
September 17, 2021 | R | 1h 47min What you get in “Copshop” is a gallows-humor-packed, abrasive, crime-thriller from director Joe Carnahan, a filmmaker who… Read More »Film Review: ‘Cop Shop’: Three Hitmen Walk Into a Police Station …
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded Monday to the release of thousands of company documents recently leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen, saying large companies “should be… Read More »CEO Mark Zuckerberg Addresses Leak of Thousands of Facebook Documents
Money may not grow on trees, but golden treasure does. Though they are called green Anjou pears, the bell-shaped fruits glistening in the October morning… Read More »Consider the Pear: How to Properly Ripen, Prepare, and Appreciate Fall’s Forgotten Fruit
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed an executive order Monday to demand state agencies do not comply with federal coronavirus vaccine mandates. Executive Order 724… Read More »Alabama Governor Signs Order to Fight Federal Vaccine Mandate
An organization representing trucking companies warned that proposed federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates may wreak significant damage on the U.S. supply chain amid a dearth of… Read More »Truckers’ Group Warns: Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Could ‘Cripple’ Supply Chain
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI—Modern Land missed a bond payment, the latest Chinese property developer to do so, adding to worries about the wider impact of the debt… Read More »China’s Modern Land Misses Bond Payment, Property Shares Drop
U.S. consumer confidence rose in October after three consecutive months of declines, as a spike in concerns about inflation was outweighed by upbeat sentiment in… Read More »Consumer Confidence Jumps as Labor Market Optimism Outweighs Inflation Concerns
United States has called for all member states of the United Nations (U.N.) to support Taiwan’s “robust, meaningful participation” in the system, saying the world… Read More »US Calls for Taiwan’s ‘Meaningful Participation’ in UN System
HONG KONG—Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite a lack of local outbreaks to better align with China’s policies and increase chances of quarantine-free travel… Read More »Hong Kong to Tighten COVID-19 Rules, Hopes China Reopens
A former British Cabinet minister is facing a 30-day suspension from Parliament after a watchdog found he had breached rules on lobbying. Conservative MP Owen Paterson… Read More »UK Ex-Cabinet Minister Faces 30-Day Parliament Ban for Breach of Lobbying Rules
SAN FRANCISCO—A powerful atmospheric river storm that swept through California set rainfall records and helped douse wildfires. But it remained to be seen how much… Read More »‘Atmospheric River’ Drenches Drought-Stricken California
NEW YORK—Labor shortages may be the most intractable of the cost risks that companies faced in the latest quarter, and as the earnings season moves… Read More »No End in Sight for Labor Shortages as Companies Fight High Costs
Hasbro Inc. beat quarterly profit estimates on Tuesday, helped by a rebound in its TV and film production business that cushioned some of the impact… Read More »TV Production Business Boosts Hasbro as Toy Shipments Take a Hit
PRAGUE—Taiwanese government ministers were visiting the Czech capital on Monday accompanied by dozens of business and research representatives to boost trade and investment, a move… Read More »Taiwanese Delegation in Prague to Boost Ties; China Protests
UK government said it will scrap the year-long public sector pay freeze because the economy is “firmly back on track” following the disruptions caused by… Read More »UK Scraps Public Sector Pay Freeze as Economy ‘Back on Track’
3M Co. cut its full-year earnings forecast on Tuesday, as the diversified manufacturer battles rising inflation, supply chain bottlenecks, and higher commodity prices. While demand… Read More »Industrial Giant 3M Lowers Profit Outlook on Supply Chain Woes
