Labor Board sides with McDonald's in landmark case
The National Labor Relations Board decided Thursday that McDonald's can settle a case that accuses the burger chain of retaliating against employees who tried to unionize.
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McDonald's testing out fried chicken sandwich
McDonald's is finally entering the fried chicken sandwich wars.
Black Friday pulls in a record $7.4 billion
This year's Black Friday shaped up to be the biggest yet. Americans spent $7.4 billion online on Black Friday and $4.2 billion on Thanksgiving Day.
Twitter boss Jack Dorsey says he's going to live in Africa
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has capped a whirlwind tour of Africa by pledging to move to the continent for several months in 2020.
Women-led businesses get more VC funding than ever
Investments in female-founded startups are higher than ever.
McDonald's pays $26 million to settle wage theft suit
McDonald's is paying $26 million to settle a class action lawsuit over wage theft. It's the latest development in a string of conflicts between the major restaurant chain and its employees.
Some boxes of Cheese Nips are being recalled
Check your Cheese Nips -- the cracker's parent company has issued a voluntary recall.
Companies pull support for Prince Andrew's networking event
Accounting firm KPMG has dropped its support of Prince Andrew's Pitch@Palace networking event, severing ties with the Duke of York before his controversial interview with the BBC on Saturday.
Gannett shareholders approve GateHouse merger
Hundreds of local newspapers are now under one umbrella company, making it the largest US media company by print circulation and completing a deal that has journalists and advocates for strong local media worried about the future.
ACLU, Michigan workers sue McDonald's over sexual harassment
Days after Steve Easterbrook was fired as McDonald's CEO for engaging in what the company called a consensual relationship with an employee, workers filed a class-action lawsuit against the company over sexual harassment.
AT&T agrees to deal with activist shareholder
AT&T's truce with Elliott Management — avoiding a protracted fight with one of the world's most successful activist shareholders — sent the company's stock to a 52-week high on Monday.
Chicken sandwiches taking over America
Months after this summer's brief but brutal fried chicken sandwich battle, rivals are diligently plotting to win the longer war.
Marc Benioff says CEOs must do more
The old adage from Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman that
Domino's pulls plug on 4 European markets
Domino's has run into trouble in Europe.
Nestlé has $20 billion to spend
Nestlé shareholders could be in for another $20 billion windfall if the maker of Nespresso and KitKat fails to find businesses worth buying.
Boeing's board strips CEO of chairman role
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has been stripped of his role as chairman as the company struggles to get its grounded 737 Max jets cleared to fly again.
Ford hands control of its India business to Mahindra
Ford is beating a partial retreat from India's large but struggling car market.
Elon Musk is fighting multiple really ugly court fights at once
Elon Musk is in the midst of numerous legal battles charging that he's watching out more for his own interests than those of Tesla's shareholders.
Tesla board must defend Elon Musk's compensation package, judge says
A Delaware judge ruled that Tesla's board of directors must stand trial to defend chief executive Elon Musk's multibillion dollar pay package.
Yale grad goes from Wall Street to being homeless in Los Angeles
Shawn Pleasants has the kind of resume that would attract the attention of any job recruiter: high school valedictorian, economics major from Yale University, Wall Street banking jobs, small business entrepreneur. But a few wrong turns in life 10 years ago left him homeless, and today he's living underneath a tarp in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles.
28-year-old Californian starts dorm mattress company
As a college student transitioning from home life to dorm life, Steven Van Alen was jolted by a harsh reality of campus living -- the notoriously uncomfortable mattress.
Activist investor takes big stake in AT&T
Ellliott Management, a top activist shareholder firm, disclosed Monday that it has taken a $3.2 billion stake in AT&T.
Small businesses struggle as trade war drags on
The ongoing trade war between the United States and China has put many of America's small business owners on edge.
Main Street remains cautiously optimistic about US economy
As economists and investors debate whether a recession looms on the horizon, small business owners believe the economy is poised to keep growing. But they're nowhere near as confident as they were a year ago at this time.
