Inflation leveled off to 3.7% in September compared to a year ago, extending a gradual slowdown in consumer prices, even as it slowed to 0.4% from 0.6% in August. The…
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Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging FDA authority to reject flavored e-cigarettes
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear arguments in a case challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s authority to reject approvals of flavored electronic cigarettes. The case is one of several challenges to…
‘Kill us or send us home’: Workers at Amazon in Saudi Arabia say recruiters exploited them
This story was reported in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism and The Guardian. Momtaj Mansur flew to Saudi Arabia in September 2021, excited…
New inflation data to reveal consumer strength amid highest interest rates in two decades
The U.S. government will make its next monthly inflation report Thursday, and it’s generally expected that it will show inflation is cooling off. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release…
UAW says it’s expanding strike to include major Ford truck plant in Kentucky
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its strikes against Detroit Three automakers Wednesday by going on strike against a major Ford truck plant in Louisville, Kentucky. In…
The United Auto Workers strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers continues, but union President Shawn Fain said Friday that the labor stoppage isn’t expanding as the walkout closes out…
Star witness says FTX head Sam Bankman-Fried told her to commit crimes and mislead lenders
Caroline Ellison testified that FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried told her to steal money from FTX’s customers and use them to repay firms that had lent money to Alameda Research, the…
If you’ve noticed an empty store shelf where Clorox bleach, Glad trash bags or Burt’s Bees skin products should be, you’re not alone. Clorox, the consumer products giant that makes…
‘Kill us or send us home’: Amazon workers in Saudi Arabia say they were exploited by labor supply and recruiting firms
This story was reported in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism and The Guardian. Momtaj Mansur flew to Saudi Arabia in September 2021, excited…
Payrolls soared by 336,000 in September, defying expectations for a hiring slowdown
Job growth was stronger than expected in September, a sign that the U.S. economy is hanging tough despite higher interest rates, labor strife and dysfunction in Washington. Nonfarm payrolls increased…