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Current and former Twitter employees said they never received bonuses they were promised during Elon Musk's buyout of the social media platform.
SEC Grapples with Approval of Bitcoin Spot ETFs.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is currently considering the approval of Bitcoin spot Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), with Bloomberg ETF analysts projecting a 75% likelihood of approval by the end of 2023. However, the SEC has only approved future-based Bitcoin ETFs so far, leading to spe...
Yellow trucking may be shutting down, but its logo remains iconic
The story of the Yellow Trucking logo and its color choice.
Why 'Woke' is Good Business, According to Mark Cuban and Data
Consumers expect brands to be inclusive, so pumping the brakes on inclusive marketing is bad for business.
High interest rates and economic uncertainty are behind recent rise in corporate defaults
The corporate default rate is up and rising as interest rates remain elevated, making it more expensive for companies to refinance debt.
Reddit’s golden geese foul up its IPO plans
Thousands of moderators overseeing the site’s subreddits are on strike. It’s a wrinkle in Reddit’s plan to go public, and a sign that plan is premature, columnist Anita Ramaswamy writes.
For those who’d like a little more schadenfreude.
Brent crude prices could rise to $80 a barrel by the end of the year if the Fed pulls back on its inflation-fighting efforts, Bank of America said.
Comcast blasted for seeking "loopholes" in rule requiring disclosure of all fees.
This is one Twitter problem that didn’t start with Elon Musk’s takeover
A greater number of small businesses are worried about inflation and future business conditions, according to a survey released Tuesday by the National Federation of Independent Business.
Manufacturers around the world are contending with weakening demand as the economic outlook for the industry darkens.
Local entrepreneur wraps up 'search fund' process with purchase of Chesterfield IT firm
When Nick Akers set out to buy a business in late 2021, his search process had a 24-month timeline attached to it. He figured he wouldn’t need that much time, hearing that those in a similar situation typically are successful around the year and a half mark.
“That’s exactly how mine panned out,” Akers said.
Akers in May wrapped up his acquisition search, closing on a purchase of Chesterfield-based IT managed services provider STL Communications Inc. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Growth forecasts for advanced economies project just 0.7% increase this year, down from 2.6% in 2022.
Microsoft has agreed to pay $20 million to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over Xbox-related child privacy violations.
Disney is partnering with Apple to bring its streaming service Disney+ to the tech giant's new Vision Pro AR headset.
When required payments on federally-held student loans resume this September, borrowers will have $5 billion a month less to spend on other things, putting stress on an economy already facing the prospect of a recession.
Payment apps like PayPal and Venmo might be convenient, but they’re not banks — and a federal financial services watchdog is worried that too many consumers are treating them as such.
Across the U.S. economy, a number of industries are facing the same formidable challenge: Replenishing a workforce that is being diminished by a surge of retirements that began during the pandemic and has continued since.
