Tag Archives: Economy

A CEO apologized to current employees for Zoom call layoffs that reduced his company's workforce by about 15% just before Christmas.

Parts of the country, especially the southeast, are in the grips of a gas panic as people rush to fill their tanks. But who's at fault?

A student in Florida had her school lunch taken away and tossed out when she didn't have 15 cents to...

Last month, I flew to Tampa to visit my best friend and his family...which is really my second family in...

The man known as the host of 'Dirty Jobs' says narrating a Walmart ad has earned him death threats and...

Big box stores are seeing less business while online retailers are growing. But who's really to blame for that shift?...

Americans pay billions of dollars in public assistance annually to compensate for fast-food wages, according to a recent estimate. But...

Shoppers cleared shelves at two Louisiana Walmart stores over the weekend during an EBT glitch that prevented cards from displaying...

Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg just paid $30 million dollars for four homes surrounding his own in Palo Alto, California. The...

Walmart, the retailer America loves to hate, is waiting to see whether Washington, DC Mayor Vincent Gray vetoes a "living...

After reading a story about a planned protest among Walmart employees on Black Friday, I scanned the comments and noticed...

Striking workers at Hostess plants might be patting themselves on the back and saying, "Mission Accomplished," if their mission had...

One of the best things said at either political convention so far was said Tuesday night by First Lady Michelle Obama. The comment had nothing to do with government, domestic policy or some great unmentioned strategy waiting for us if her husband gets a second term.

A Massachusetts caused a stir when she refused to join a program that would allow food stamp recipients to purchase her tasty desserts. But her reasons make a lot of sense.

I've worked in television long enough to know that it's pointless to utter phrases like, "Now I've heard everything!" But this is the kind of story, had I not learned said lesson, that might make me say such a thing.

The scenario is enough to make anyone upset and ready to take action: a poor, 100-year-old woman facing a bill for nearly $200,000 to stay in her home. Until you know a few more details.