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Walmart is hiking pay and bonuses for store managers
Business News
Walmart is hiking pay and bonuses for store managers

The big-box retailer will raise managers' annual salaries to $128,000 and give them chance to earn 200% bonuses

Updated January 19, 20243 min read
Coca-Cola will invest $1 billion a year in India to "seize the moment"
Business News
Coca-Cola will invest $1 billion a year in India to "seize the moment"

Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey said the government has reduced red tape and upped investments, making the country and the consumer market ripe for growth

Updated January 19, 20243 min read
British Airways is doubling its Mandarin-speaking staff to supercharge its sluggish China leg recovery
Business News
British Airways is doubling its Mandarin-speaking staff to supercharge its sluggish China leg recovery

Premium leisure travel from the mainland to the UK is making a comeback

Updated January 18, 20242 min read
Sheryl Sandberg made Meta's board more diverse. Will her departure undo that?
Leadership
Sheryl Sandberg made Meta's board more diverse. Will her departure undo that?

The Facebook owner's board is diverse when it comes to gender, but not race

Updated January 18, 20243 min read
Spirit Airlines is in trouble after the JetBlue deal was grounded
Business News
Spirit Airlines is in trouble after the JetBlue deal was grounded

The ultra-low-cost carrier has a big pile of debt and has to ground 10% of its fleet in 2024

Updated January 19, 20244 min read
Uber is shutting down its alcohol delivery app Drizly
Business News
Uber is shutting down its alcohol delivery app Drizly

It had bought the company for more than a billion dollars. Customers can still order alcohol on UberEats

Updated January 16, 20242 min read
Substack's Nazi content has cost it a top tech newsletter
Business News
Substack's Nazi content has cost it a top tech newsletter

Platformer is quitting the newsletter provider, it announced this week

Updated January 12, 20245 min read
The US embassy in Colombia warned visitors that using dating apps could be lethal
Business News
The US embassy in Colombia warned visitors that using dating apps could be lethal

The US Embassy Bogota is aware of eight "suspicious" deaths of private US citizens in Medellin in the last two months of 2023, many involving dating apps

Updated January 12, 20245 min read
Hindi music listeners are the only group of streamers that just keep growing
Business News
Hindi music listeners are the only group of streamers that just keep growing

Bollywood music and indie musicians — hip-hop artists especially — are fueling the Hindi music streaming phenomena

Updated January 11, 20243 min read
Binance and other crypto apps disappeared from Apple's App Store in India
Tech & Innovation
Binance and other crypto apps disappeared from Apple's App Store in India

At least nine crypto apps were removed with little warning

Updated January 10, 20244 min read
The SEC didn't have 2-factor authentication when it got hacked, X says
Money & Markets
The SEC didn't have 2-factor authentication when it got hacked, X says

The breach, which led to a post saying the agency had approved a bitcoin ETF, briefly sent the cryptocurrency price soaring

Updated January 10, 20242 min read
3M is freezing pension plans, even as other companies like IBM find the practice outdated
Business News
3M is freezing pension plans, even as other companies like IBM find the practice outdated

3M just halted pensions for non-union US workers, soon after IBM brought defined benefit plans back

Updated January 9, 20245 min read
"Fool Me Once" may not be prestige TV, but it shot to the top of Netflix's charts—all according to plan
Business News
"Fool Me Once" may not be prestige TV, but it shot to the top of Netflix's charts—all according to plan

Netflix made a multi-year bet on American author Harlan Coben, whose latest adaptation is killing it in the UK

Updated January 9, 20244 min read
Starbucks has to open a new store every 3 days to reach its goal in India
Business News
Starbucks has to open a new store every 3 days to reach its goal in India

The US coffee giant faces stiff competition from local and foreign chains like Third Wave, Blue Tokai, Tim Hortons, and Pret A Manger

Updated January 9, 20243 min read
Rising tension between India and the Maldives is spilling out into beach vacation plans
Business News
Rising tension between India and the Maldives is spilling out into beach vacation plans

Travel site EaseMyTrip is no longer letting Indians book flights to the Maldives

Updated January 8, 20243 min read
Is there any potential left for the metaverse economy?
Business News
Is there any potential left for the metaverse economy?

Hype over the virtual world is cooling as enthusiasm for AI's potential in the real world boils over

Updated January 8, 20243 min read
India has a lot at stake in Bangladesh's upcoming election
Money & Markets
India has a lot at stake in Bangladesh's upcoming election

With national security on the line, the world's largest democracy

Updated January 7, 20243 min read
Onetime meme stock AMC is hitting rock bottom
Money & Markets
Onetime meme stock AMC is hitting rock bottom

The release of Barbenheimer, along with concert films from Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, only gave the movie theater chain short-term boosts

Updated January 5, 20242 min read
Twitch updated its attire policy to plug the holes in its sexual content policy
Business News
Twitch updated its attire policy to plug the holes in its sexual content policy

The platform won't allow implied nudity that's been growing on the platforms topless or "black bar" meta

Updated January 4, 20243 min read
These Stanley cups sold out at Target within minutes. Now, they're on eBay at more than double the price
Business News
These Stanley cups sold out at Target within minutes. Now, they're on eBay at more than double the price

The “Galentine’s Collection” Quencher tumblers have become a craze, thanks to TikTok

Updated January 4, 20244 min read
Elon Musk says the Tesla Cybertruck will definitely make a "good police vehicle"
News
Elon Musk says the Tesla Cybertruck will definitely make a "good police vehicle"

Tesla Model Y and Model 3 are already squad cars across the US

Updated January 3, 20242 min read
A Tekken 8 filter for colorblind players is giving rise to other health concerns
Tech & Innovation
A Tekken 8 filter for colorblind players is giving rise to other health concerns

The filter is reportedly inducing migraines, vertigo, and even seizures

Updated January 3, 20242 min read
Japan Airlines' great evacuation is no miracle—it's a product of training
Business News
Japan Airlines' great evacuation is no miracle—it's a product of training

All passengers and crew on JAL-516 escaped unscathed after a collision that set the plane ablaze

Updated January 3, 20242 min read
The first-ever Mickey Mouse is no longer owned by Disney
Business News
The first-ever Mickey Mouse is no longer owned by Disney

Copyright for Mickey, Minnie Mouse, and other characters in "Steamboat Willie" just expired

Updated January 2, 20243 min read
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