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Consumer

Amazon, Starbucks Both Hit with Holiday Strikes

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Though small compared to each company’s total workforces, work stoppages have set uncomfortable precedents for management.

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Industrials

Dock Workers Agree to Pause Historic Strike To Negotiate New Contract

Three days into a historic work stoppage, dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports reached a tentative deal with their employer.

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Industrials

Boeing Weighs $10 Billion Stock Sale Amid Costly Strike

Boeing is considering an emergency move: selling $10 billion in new stock to score some quick cash amid a union strike.

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Industrials

Boeing Weathers Serious Turbulence Amid Worker Strike

Days after industrial workers in its Pacific Northwest plants voted to approve a labor strike, Boeing instituted a hiring freeze.

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Industrials

Boeing Dodges a Work Stoppage in Washington

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Boeing reached a tentative deal with the union representing its production workers in Washington state, likely dodging a strike.

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Big Tech

A Small Union Win Casts a Big Shadow Over Amazon

Prosecutors for the NLRB concluded that a group of 84 unionized Amazon drivers in Palmdale, California are employed by Amazon.

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Markets

Coffee and Chocolate Are the Reigning Commodity Kings

The tight supply of both beans meant trading prices were extremely volatile, and the result was that cocoa almost tripled in price last year.

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Alternatives

Collectibles are Fun but Risky Investments

A portfolio doesn’t have to be just stocks and bonds. You can add something a little more fun, say your favorite vintage baseball cards.

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Artificial Intelligence

Biden Administration Eyes Data Center Regulations

Which way Trump will lean on the issue is difficult to say, though tech companies have worked hard to curry the incoming president’s favor.

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