US DOJ urges High Court to shield companies from slave labor suits citing 230 year old tort statute ~news usa law Article 417 words 4 votes
13% of museums worldwide may close permanently due to COVID-19, studies say ~arts Article 523 words, published May 20 2020 10 votes
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5 million to build the case for a universal basic income ~finance business Article 1047 words 13 votes
Johnson & Johnson to stop selling baby powder in US and Canada after tens of thousands of lawsuits from consumers claiming its talc products, including Johnson’s Baby Powder, caused their cancer ~science chemistry medicine Article 374 words 10 votes
America’s only public bank, the Bank of North Dakota, is number one in saving small businesses ~finance banking economics business.small Article 334 words 10 votes
After the crisis, big business could get even bigger: the pandemic and its response thus far are perfectly designed to concentrate corporate power--but we don’t have to accept that ~finance economics business.big Article 2700 words 6 votes
Will Facebook’s oversight board actually hold the company accountable? ~tech facebook social media Article 581 words 5 votes
Uber lays off another 3000 employees, shuts forty-five offices in coronavirus crunch ~transport Article 502 words 7 votes
Amazon eliminates pay raises for workers as COVID-19 toll mounts ~finance economics business Article 1069 words 5 votes
Tech companies are pretending to be on their best behavior: Big tech is watching its step and trying to appear ethical during coronavirus. Don’t be fooled ~tech social media amazon facebook google Article 8 votes
IKEA's shopping malls arm Ingka Centres plans US entry in major play ~finance business Article 778 words 6 votes
Zoom acquires Keybase and announces goal of developing the most broadly used enterprise end-to-end encryption offering ~tech security Article 1159 words 38 votes
Uber-Grubhub: How the pandemic is launching the era of online platform regulation ~tech Article 2324 words 6 votes
US tribal nations face most severe crisis in decades as the coronavirus closes casinos ~finance business Article 517 words 3 votes
Restaurant owners say Uber Eats and Deliveroo are still charging unsustainable commissions on delivery, with many planning to cut the cord on food delivery platforms ~food restaurants Article 719 words 10 votes
We asked thirteen artists how Spotify's 'Tip Jar' is working out for them ~music Article 3504 words 3 votes
Tesla sues Alameda County to force California factory reopening ~finance business Article 367 words 13 votes
Elon Musk’s billionaire brother—Kimbal Musk—told his workers they were family. Until COVID-19 hit ~food restaurants Article 1763 words, published Apr 7 2020 9 votes
Uber loses $2.9 billion in Q1 2020, offloads bike and scooter business ~transport Article 796 words 11 votes
Leaving Amazon - Tim Bray (former VP) on whistleblowers, climate strikes, sexism, and racism at Amazon ~tech amazon Link 27 votes
When business plans blow up: management lessons from WWII ~finance business Article 1707 words 6 votes
Elon Musk tweets "Tesla stock price is too high imo", shares fall ~finance business Article 165 words 34 votes
Norway will slash its oil output from June to December of 2020 – the first time in eighteen years it has joined other major producers to shore up prices ~finance business Article 122 words 9 votes
RuneScape developer Jagex acquired for $530 million by Macarthur Fortune Holding ~games Article 175 words, published Apr 3 2020 9 votes
Japan to subsidize 100% of salaries at small companies ~finance business.small Article 312 words 6 votes
Cirque du Soleil has stopped all shows and laid off 95% of all employees, but remains optimistic that it can recover once the pandemic ends ~arts theatre art.performance Article 1907 words 9 votes
Magic Leap cuts half of jobs (about 1000) in major restructuring, plans to focus on enterprise business instead of consumer ~tech Article 7 votes
Shake Shack, Ruth's Chris and other chain restaurants got big PPP loans when small businesses couldn't ~food restaurants Article 12 votes
Facebook invests $5.7 billion in India's Jio Platforms, becoming the largest minority shareholder in the telecommunications company ~tech facebook social media Article 407 words 7 votes
Iceland wins EU trademark battle against United Kingdom-based supermarket chain ~finance business Article 585 words, published Apr 12 2019 7 votes
Rush for haircuts in Denmark – Danes can now get a haircut at a salon for the first time in a month, as the country takes the next step to gradually relax its coronavirus lockdown ~life Article 417 words 6 votes
Amazon-owned Whole Foods is quietly tracking its employees with a heat map tool that ranks which stores are most at risk of unionizing ~finance business Article 1378 words 20 votes