Union members voted down a contract proposal that covers tens of thousands of Walt Disney World service workers, saying it doesn’t go far enough to help employees face rising housing costs and other costs in central Florida. The union said…
Surveillance balloons flying in high winds are not sophisticated spyware. But a Chinese device discovered earlier this week in the northwestern US state of Montana has proven effective as a diplomatic irritant among the world’s largest economies. Secretary of state…
Wagnerokasaki | Istock | Getty Images The start of the new year doesn’t alleviate any of the issues plaguing human resources professionals throughout 2022. Challenges surrounding isolation, overall dissatisfaction, lower productivity, burnout, dissatisfaction with compensation, and fear of layoffs abundant.…
On Friday, Google announced a partnership with Anthropic, a startup founded in 2021. Anthropic created Claude, which like ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot. With the $300 million deal, Google will take a roughly 10% stake in the startup, according…
The US military has shot down a Chinese spy balloon flying over North America for a week and is moving to recover the debris to gather more information about the surveillance plane. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said a fighter…
Balloons fly in the sky over Billings, Montana, USA February 1, 2023, in this image taken from social media. Chase Doak via Reuters The US military on Saturday shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon it suspected had been flying over…
Historically, home prices have rarely fallen year after year. Unless the economy forces the seller’s hand, it usually won’t back down. Of course, we recently saw the U.S. housing market enter one of those rare periods where national home prices…
An unexpected surge in US job growth has eased concerns about a near-term US economic slowdown, but could force the Federal Reserve to extend its campaign to cool the economy. Data released on Friday showed a surprising level of resilience…
The Democratic National Committee on Saturday officially removed Iowa and New Hampshire from the status they have enjoyed for decades before becoming the presidential primary, ratifying President Joe Biden’s recommendation for the 2024 calendar. South Carolina will now start for…
Inflation readings, mercifully, have fallen, and investors are betting the Federal Reserve is nearing the end of its rate hike cycle. But any potential re-spiral higher in prices could complicate things significantly down the line, according to Morgan Stanley Investment…