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Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores are on strike Thursday in their largest labor action since a campaign to unionize the company’s stores began late last year.

CEO Andy Jassy has moved aggressively to cut costs across Amazon, and the company previously said it would freeze hiring in its corporate workforce.

After years of slow progress, Amazon says it’s ready to deliver orders under five pounds in less than an hour, dropping them from its 5-foot hexagonal drone.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed employees Wednesday afternoon, hours after the company announced it is laying off 13% of its staff, more than 11,000 people.

Twitter began widespread layoffs Friday as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform.

Twitter will be laying off staff Friday, the social media giant said in an email obtained by NBC News.

Justin Lindsey, a Miami Chick-fil-A operator, found his hiring sweet spot by offering full-time employees a three-day workweek

Women’s Sports Network, a streaming service supported by Amazon Freevee, Fox’s Tubi, is the first for female athletes and includes WNBA, golf and skiing deals.

President Joe Biden is raising the possibility of imposing a windfall tax on oil companies if they don’t boost domestic production. This comes as his administration aims to combat high gas prices just days before the midterm elections. Biden in brief remarks on Monday accused energy companies of “war profiteering” by making record-setting profits a...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter, which he agreed to purchase for $44 billion.

Average prices on new and used vehicles have begun easing from their record highs, and more vehicles have become available at dealerships.

Elon Musk is telling Twitter advertisers he is buying the platform to “help humanity” and doesn’t want it to become a “free-for-all hellscape” where anything can be said with no consequences.

A Washington state judge has fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for repeated, willful violations of campaign finance disclosure laws.