by Beth Holmes | Oct 9, 2023 | Companies, News
Tony Downs Food Company has agreed to pay $300,000 in penalties over issues of child labor in their plants. An investigation uncovered the employment of children as young as 13 in hazardous working conditions, including operating meat grinders and other equipment...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 2, 2023 | Companies, News, Technology
Data privacy in the automobile industry is terrible, reveals a recent study by the Mozilla Foundation. The study reveals that cars have poor data privacy, with many major manufacturers admitting they may be selling personal information collected from their vehicles....
by Beth Holmes | Sep 28, 2023 | Companies, News
Salary requirements may soon change, making more workers eligible for overtime benefits. The Biden administration has introduced a new rule that seeks to extend overtime pay eligibility to an additional 3.6 million U.S. workers, marking one of the most substantial...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 24, 2023 | Companies, News
Subway, the sandwich chain, is being sold to equity firm Roark Capital in a $9.6 billion deal expected to expand the chain. Subway made the announcement on Thursday, a bare-bones announcement that doesn’t reveal any details of the pending deal. Roark specializes...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 20, 2023 | Companies, News, Technology
The auto industry is facing a conflict between union labor, management, and the transition to electric vehicles. And President Biden is asking everyone to remember that livelihoods are on the line. On Monday, the president said in a press statement that the auto...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 16, 2023 | Companies, News
Yeezy shoe sales will go to support an anti-hate group, as Adidas kicks back against their former partner. In October of last year, Adidas ended their years-long partnership with rapper Kanye “Ye” West over his anti-Semitic statements, including threatening to go...
