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The No. 1 ESG issue for Americans isn’t climate change. It’s workers
A driver uses the Uber app to drop off a passenger.Chris J. Ratcliffe | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesIn the annual ranking of top U.S. companies on ESG metrics conducted by research nonprofit Just Capital, there were some major moves in…
US judge bars Martin Shkreli from drug industry, orders $64.6 million payment
A U.S. judge on Friday barred Martin Shkreli from the pharmaceutical industry for life and ordered him to pay $64.6 million after he famously raised the price of the drug…
Now pharmacies don’t have enough staff to keep up with prescriptions
Heidi Strehl worked as a pharmacy technician at a Rite Aid in the Pittsburgh suburbs for more than 16 years. She loved her customers, enjoyed her job and thought of her co-workers as family. But this fall, Strehl abruptly quit, walking…
McDonald’s claws back $105 million from fired CEO Steve Easterbrook
Easterbrook was fired in 2019 after the fast food giant's board determined that he violated company policy by demonstrating "poor judgment involving a recent consensual relationship with an employee." In August 2020, McDonald's filed a…
Intel plans to take self-driving car unit Mobileye public
Dec 6 (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O) said on Monday it plans to take self-driving-car unit Mobileye public in the United States in mid-2022, a deal which could value the Israeli unit at more than $50 billion, a person familiar with the…
Federal authorities investigate lab, misconduct claims tied to Center for COVID Control
Free at-home COVID tests and N95 masks promised by BidenPresident Biden also announced that 1,000 military medical personnel will begin deploying to help overwhelmed medical facilities.STAFF VIDEO, USA TODAYCHICAGO – The principal lab…
Kellogg Workers Prolong Strike by Rejecting Contract Proposal
About 1,400 striking workers at four Kellogg cereal plants in the United States have rejected a tentative agreement on a five-year contract negotiated by their union, the company said on Tuesday.The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers…
Medicare Proposes to Cover Aduhelm Only for Patients in Clinical Trials
After Biogen’s price cut, advocacy groups for Alzheimer’s patients urged C.M.S. to lower the premium increase. On Monday, the secretary for health and human services, Xavier Becerra, said that he was instructing C.M.S. to re-examine the…
Stock market news live updates: Stock futures dip after December jobs report
Stock futures edged lower Friday morning as investors digested a key report on the U.S. labor market recovery at the end of a volatile week. Contracts on the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq declined. Investors mulled the Labor Department's…
King Soopers Strike Begins, Union Says Grocery Store Has ‘Unfair Labor Practices’
DENVER (CBS4) – Thousands of grocery store employees in the Denver area are on strike after negotiations between the union and King Soopers fell apart. The union says King Soopers and its parent company Kroger have “unfair labor…