‘I’m guilt-ridden’: Our waitress’s behavior was so egregious that I wrote ‘NO TIP!’ on the check. Was I wrong?
“When is the service so bad that you can actually, in good conscience, refuse to tip?”
Other business may raise pay
An employee hands an order to a customer through a drive-thru window at a McDonald’s restaurant in Oakland, California, April 9, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images As fast-food chains in California start to pay their workers a higher minimum wage, other business owners across the state are watching to see whether […]
Healthcare stocks fade as obesity-drug optimism fades
Healthcare companies fell sharply Monday as ebullience about a new class of weight control drugs subsided.
Warner Bros. directors Miron, Newhouse resign after antitrust probe
The exterior of the Warner Bros. Discovery Atlanta campus is pictured after the Writers Guild of America began its strike against the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers, in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 2, 2023. Alyssa Pointer | Reuters Two Warner Bros. Discovery directors, Steven Miron and Steven Newhouse, are resigning following a U.S. […]
Oil futures hit five-month high on strong manufacturing data, escalating geopolitical tensions
Oil futures advanced on Monday, with West Texas Intermediate crude reaching a five-month high after data showed business activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector expanded at a modest pace last month, while an Israeli air strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria threatened to worsen geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
Target, Kohl’s, TJX could benefit
Macy’s hasn’t yet shut the approximately 150 stores it plans to close. But retail competitors already smell opportunity. In recent interviews with CNBC, Target CEO Brian Cornell and Kohl’s CEO Tom Kingsbury said the department store’s decision to shrink its footprint gives them a chance to increase their own sales. Off-price chain T.J. Maxx could […]
United asks pilots to take unpaid time off, citing Boeing delays
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, from United Airlines company, taking off from Barcelona airport, in Barcelona on 28th March 2023. JanValls | Nurphoto | Getty Images United Airlines is asking pilots to take unpaid time off next month, citing late-arriving aircraft from Boeing, according to a note sent to pilots. It’s another example of how Boeing’s customers […]
Tech-heavy Nasdaq is up five straight months. History shows this happens next, Bespoke says.
The U.S. stock market has been on a tear over the past five months — and more gains may be in store for the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index, if history is any guide, according to Bespoke Investment Group.
Dana Walden could defy critics and make history
Dana Walden, co-chair of Disney Entertainment Rich Polk | Getty Images In 1994, a captain of the media and entertainment industry saw something in Dana Walden that made him think she was capable of a bigger role. Thirty years later, that may happen again. That first time, the executive was Peter Chernin, then president of […]
Gold hits fresh record as rate cut hopes build after data shows inflation ease
Gold continues its march higher on Monday, following data last week showing an ease a Fed favored inflation gauge.
