The price to put together a special meal this Thanksgiving holiday may cost you more than you were expecting, as farmers warn of a “dire situation” due to labor shortages, shipping delays and rising inflation costs. From your beloved stuffed turkey down to the sweet side of cranberry sauce, you should expect to pay more….
Never in its 50-year history has Starbucks relied on union workers to serve up frothy lattes at its U.S. cafes. But some baristas aim to change that. Workers at three separate Starbucks stores in and around Buffalo, New York, are expected to begin voting by mail this week on whether they want to be represented…
Zillow’s online house-flipping unit has turned into an embarrassing flop, forcing the real estate company to exit the business and dump thousands of its own properties on local real estate markets. Zillow plans to sell roughly 18,000 homes it already owns or has under contract through its home-flipping business, called Zillow Offers, according a letter to…
Consumers are already feeling the impact of empty shelves amid the global supply-chain crisis, a new survey from Adobe Digital Insights found. Online shoppers encountered more than 2 billion out-of-stock messages in October, roughly double the same time last year, according to the software maker, which tracks purchasing data. Electronics, jewelry, apparel, pet supplies and…
As the supply chain crisis threatens to disrupt the holiday shopping season, Americans are being urged to buy gifts early and consider less popular items. November is traditionally one of the best months to find deals, but many hot products are in short supply or more expensive than usual. And while sales might be starting…
Conspiracy theories that promote climate-change skepticism and denial spread rapidly across the internet ahead of the United Nation’s ongoing COP26 Climate Change summit in Glasgow, Scotland. Amplified by bots and influencers, a large volume of climate-change denial content spread on social media starting in June, according to researchers at Blackbird.AI. The technology firm’s platform uses machine-learning algorithms…
Inflation accelerated in October, with Americans facing sharply higher consumer prices as they head into the crucial holiday shopping season. Consumer prices increased 6.2% from the year-ago period, slightly faster than their 5.4% increase the previous month. Core inflation — which strips out volatile food and energy costs — grew 4.6%. Such swift price hikes…
The IRS has issued more than 169 million payments in the third round of direct stimulus aid, with more than 2 million people in July receiving the $1,400 checks. But some lawmakers are pushing for a fourth round of stimulus aid that would effectively send recurring payments until the pandemic ends. So far, the federal…
White House officials have embraced a key talking point as a bout of high inflation hits consumers and hands Republicans ammunition to argue against President Biden’s policies: Price gains may be faster than usual, but at least they are slowing down from rapid summertime readings. Data to be released on Wednesday is likely to eliminate…
One day before ballots were scheduled to go out to workers at three Buffalo-area Starbucks in a vote on unionization, workers at three other stores in the area filed petitions with federal regulators on Tuesday requesting elections as well. The coming vote is significant because none of the nearly 9,000 corporate-owned Starbucks stores in the…
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