Walmart to add health care centers in stores in 2024

US retailer Walmart plans to add more than two dozen health care centers to some of its stores next year. ...

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AMC to charge more for good seats in movie theaters

AMC Theatres, the United States’ largest movie theater chain, unveiled a new pricing system for tickets in its cinemas. In ...

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CES 2023: Startups aim to reduce global food waste

Many tech startups have introduced new solutions to food waste at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 in Las Vegas. ...

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Judge: People can sell candy, cakes, cookies without license

A Dane County judge has decided that people can sell a wide range of homemade food without a commercial license. ...

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Company holiday parties are back

Say goodbye to virtual wine tastings. Now, company holiday parties are back — in a toned-down way. After more than ...

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Companies find success with four-day workweek

The world’s largest pilot program for a four-day workweek recently came to an end, and the results were clear: A ...

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Fast-food restaurant ends possibly illegal volunteer program

A Chick-fil-A franchise in North Carolina, USA, has ended its volunteer program after receiving strong criticism for it online. The ...

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Goldman Sachs announces new vacation policy

Earlier this year, Goldman Sachs announced that it was giving unlimited paid vacation to its senior staff. Partners and managing ...

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Customer gives $3,000 tip for $13 bill

A customer at a restaurant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, recently left a $3,000 (about ¥408,000) tip for his server. Eric Smith ...

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Starbucks in legal battle with employees

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is asking a US court to make Starbucks rehire three workers. According to the ...

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US retailers worried that summer travel may lead to less shopping

According to major US department store Macy’s, many shoppers this summer will have to choose between going to the mall ...

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McDonald’s offers four new sandwiches inspired by fan creations

Earlier this year, US McDonald’s began selling sandwich hacks that were inspired by fan creations. For many years, customers have ...

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Oreo celebrates its 110th birthday

In honor of its 110th birthday this month, Oreo has released a new limited-edition flavor. Chocolate Confetti Cake Oreos have ...

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Apple unhappy about possible new EU rule

Apple is not happy about a proposed EU rule to standardize chargers for all smartphones, tablets, cameras, and other electronic ...

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Dollar stores booming in US

Dollar stores are experiencing a major boom in the US. Over 9,000 dollar stores have opened in the country since ...

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General Motors experimenting with new seat belt feature

General Motors (GM) is experimenting with a new feature called Buckle to Drive. With the feature, drivers who don’t use ...

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Restaurant increases menu prices after raising employee pay

Tex-Mex restaurant Chipotle has increased the prices of its menu items by about 4% to cover the cost of raising ...

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Balenciaga and Crocs release new collaboration

Popular fashion brand Balenciaga and shoemaker Crocs teamed up to create a pair of Crocs with high heels. The shoes, ...

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Survey: Most Brits change phones every two to three years

A recent survey found that 31% of British adults feel that it’s important to always have the latest electronic devices. ...

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US restaurants struggling to find workers

As the US economy opens up more and more, many people are looking forward to eating out again, but restaurants ...

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More UK employees choosing to retire later or never

More and more older employees in the UK are now choosing to put off retirement. According to the government, around ...

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16% of employees say they sleep during online meetings

In a recent survey by one mattress company, 16% of work-from-home employees admitted that they sometimes fall asleep during meetings. ...

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UPS changes rules on employee appearance

UPS, an American shipping company, has announced that it is loosening its strict rules on the appearance of employees who ...

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Ikea opening 50 new stores worldwide

Swedish furniture store Ikea says that it’s planning to open 50 new stores in major cities across Europe, Russia, North ...

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Netflix co-founder shares secrets of company’s success

The co-founder and co-CEO of Netflix recently published a book about his company’s unorthodox policies. In his book “No Rules ...

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Lego launches 3,600-piece grand piano set

Lego recently launched a 3,662-piece grand piano set that can make music. It has 25 playable keys and can be ...

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Thai restaurant owners receive over 700 years of jail time

Two owners of a Thai seafood restaurant received prison sentences of over 700 years each for scamming customers. Last year, ...

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Amazon secretly gives money to bookshop charity

Amazon has admitted to giving a mystery donation of £250,000 (around 33,400,000 yen) to The Book Trade Charity. The charity ...

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Facebook to pay users for voice recordings

Facebook has announced that it’s going to pay users for their voice recordings as part of its new Pronunciations project. ...

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Kenyan gas firm helps poor families

M-gas, a cooking gas company in Kenya, has launched a cheap prepaid gas service. The service includes a stove and ...

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Dangerous toys found on Amazon and eBay

An organization that reviews products for consumers found unsafe toys on Amazon Marketplace and eBay. The toys were declared dangerous ...

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Nike introduces a new subscription service for kids’ shoes

Famous footwear company Nike recently launched the Nike Adventure Club, a new subscription service for kids’ shoes. The new service ...

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Walmart changes step stools to save millions of dollars

US megastore Walmart says that it will save millions of dollars by changing the step stools in its warehouses. Employees ...

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U.K. company asks customers to give away old clothes

U.K. company Marks & Spencer (M&S) is working with the charity Oxfam on an initiative to have customers donate old ...

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Report: Americans don’t use all their paid vacation

According to a new report, many American workers do not use all of their paid vacation days. In the U.S., ...

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Tourist in Italy paid ¥3,000 for ice cream

A Taiwanese tourist was charged €25 (about ¥3,000) for an ice cream cone in Florence, Italy. The ice cream shop ...

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