Tag: Business
Creepy Porn Lawyer Convicted of Trying to Extort $25 Million from...
(Associated Press) Michael Avenatti, the combative lawyer who gained fame by representing porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits involving President Donald Trump, was convicted...
Mayor Bloomberg Tries to Walk Back Politically Incorrect Takes on 2008...
(Associated Press) At the height of the 2008 economic collapse, then-New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the elimination of a discriminatory housing practice known...
Companies Try to Save Money by Discriminating Against Smokers
(Associated Press) U-Haul has an unusual wellness goal for 2020: hiring fewer smokers.
The truck rental company said in January it will stop hiring people...
Market Dominant Amazon Is Banning Books About Nazis…and Central Bankers
The retailer once said it would sell “the good, the bad and the ugly.”
(New York Times) Amazon is quietly canceling its Nazis.
Over the...
Will “Smart” Robots Render Human Workers — and Immigration — Obsolete?
(VDare) Robot arms are getting smart, and that’s bad news for human employees who work in warehouses.
The New York Times reports that a new component-sorting machine...
Xi Calls Situation Grave as China Virus Unnerves Investors Around the...
(Associated Press) China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in...
COMMENTARY: Global Elites Raging over Income Disparity Seek to Punish Prosperity
(Deroy Murdock, Liberty Headlines) The World Economic Forum each January lures Earth’s government and business elite to the small Swiss ski resort of Davos, where they fret...
Amazon CEO’s Smartphone Hacked — Prime Suspect Is Saudi Crown Prince...
(Associated Press) U.N. human rights experts are asking Washington to investigate a suspected Saudi hack that may have siphoned data from the personal...
Record Price for Rare Coin as Louis Vuitton Splurges on Enormous...
Rare Coin of Britain's King Edward VIII Fetches Record $1.3M
(Associated Press) One of the world's rarest coins, a gold piece bearing the image of...
Why Subway Restaurants Keep Closing Down
(Benzinga) Subway ended 2019 with 1,106 net fewer restaurants in the U.S., according to Restaurant Business.
The company's estimated 23,692 units at the end of the...
