Biz/Tech

Just days after Maryland became the first state in the country to impose a tax on digital advertising targeting Big Tech, lobbying groups…

Facebook allegedly gave its advertisers “inflated and misleading” metrics on how many people their ads could reach for years, according…

Google is making changes to the leadership of its responsible artificial intelligence efforts months after the contentious departure of prominent…

Kroger will close two stores in Seattle over the city’s $4-an-hour hazard pay requirement for grocery workers, an escalation of the grocery…

Congressional hearings often involve a lot of grandstanding. But as the House Financial Services Committee prepares to grill major players in the…

Some politicians are worried that countries will borrow too much to prop up the economy over the coming year. Christine Lagarde doesn’t share…

McDonald’s will tie executive pay to diversity goals and aim to hit gender parity in management by the end of 2030 as the company tries to…

Over a month after this year’s virtual CES tech trade show, touting new and conceptual products of the future, I was left wondering whether…

Another 861,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, according to seasonally adjusted data released Thursday from…

A group of businesses and nonprofit organizations are banding together to speed up and strengthen their companies’ response to the pandemic.…

Congresswoman Maxine Waters plans to thoroughly investigate the GameStop trading frenzy by holding multiple hearings on the matter. Waters, the…

Upon hearing about Rush Limbaugh’s death on Wednesday, many fans said he was irreplaceable. For the time being, his distributor is not going to…

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Grocery store workers in the United States have been stocking shelves, handling customers and keeping stores tidy in challenging and sometimes…

Walmart announced pay bumps Thursday that will bring its average hourly wage to over $15 an hour. But the move still falls short of the $15 minimum…

South Australian winemaker Jarrad White spent almost a decade building his business in China. Then, in a matter of months, it all fell apart. It had…

One of the largest consulting companies in the world is making a major commitment — to moms. Accenture will hire 150 mothers for positions at…

Another 861,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, according to seasonally adjusted data released Thursday from…

The mania that drove the recent GameStop stock rally should remind all investors of the need to stay diversified. It’s simply not wise to put…

Maersk says it will launch the world’s first carbon neutral cargo ship in 2023, as efforts to clean up one of the planet’s worst…

People in Australia can no longer find news on Facebook. Facebook said Wednesday that people and publishers in Australia cannot share and view news…

Fire and emergency services. Domestic violence charities. State health agencies. Facebook’s sudden and dramatic decision to block people from…

When the news broke last October that Donald Trump had been diagnosed with Covid-19, legendary conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh immediately…

People in Australia can no longer find news on Facebook. Facebook said Wednesday that people and publishers in Australia cannot share and view news…

The brutal winter storm in the United States is disrupting business across a range of industries, including many sectors that are still trying to…

The winter storms and Arctic deep freeze that have blanketed the West, Midwest and South are still threatening lives and spreading misery,…