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Apple spent more than it ever has on lobbying as antitrust threats loom
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 10, 2019. Brendan McDermid | REUTERS Apple spent a record $2.5 million lobbying Congress in the first quarter of 2022, more than a 34% increase from the previous quarter, according to its disclosure made […]
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Apple union organizers in Georgia say they were inspired by Amazon warehouse workers
Employees leading a unionization drive at an Apple retail store in Georgia were inspired by Amazon employees who tried to unionize a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, during the Covid pandemic. The remarks, which members of the Apple union organizing committee made in an interview with CNBC, show that the high-profile union drive at an Amazon […]
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Atlanta Apple store is the first to file for union election
An employee arranges Apple iPhones as customer shop at the Apple Store on 5th Avenue shortly after new products went on sale in Manhattan, in New York City, March 18, 2022. Mike Segar | Reuters An Apple retail store in the Cumberland Mall in Atlanta, Georgia, has filed for a union election, the Communication Workers […]
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IBM stock on pace for best day since April 2020 as analysts raise estimates
Wired senior staff writer Cade Metz and Arvind Krishna, IBM CEO and then senior vice president and director at IBM Research, speak onstage at the Wired Business Conference in New York on June 16, 2016. Brian Ach | Wired | Getty Images IBM shares rose as much as 8% on Wednesday after the hardware, software […]
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Op-ed: U.S. Democrats press Congress to pass China tech competition bill to create jobs and shore up supply chain
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., both sponsored legislation that promises to invest billions of dollars in technology, strengthen the U.S. supply chain and make America’s tech sector competitive with China. They both sit on the conference committee charged with combining different versions of the bill, which separately passed the U.S. House […]
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Streaming stocks slide after Netflix says it is losing subscribers
Reed Hastings, Co-CEO, Netflix speaks at the 2021 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. October 18, 2021. David Swanson | Reuters The stock prices of streaming video companies fell in extended trading on Tuesday after Netflix released earnings that showed the sector leader lost subscribers for the first time in more than […]
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Netflix estimates 100 million households are sharing passwords and suggests a global crackdown is coming
Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, attends a press conference in Mexico City, Mexico. Hector Vivas | Getty Images Today could be a dark day for your ex-boyfriend’s brother. Netflix, the world’s largest streaming video company, warned a global crackdown on password sharing is coming. It seems like a serious warning this time, and it could […]
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Morgan Stanley and Barclays name their top global stocks with upside potential
Morgan Stanley and Barclays name a slew of European stocks they expect to outperform going into earnings season. Source
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Apple retail union organizers want workers to be paid at least $30 per hour
Customers walk past an Apple logo inside of an Apple store at Grand Central Station in New York. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Workers who hope to organize a union at Apple’s Grand Central Terminal store want workers to be paid a minimum of $30 per hour, according to a website for the group, Fruit Stand Workers […]
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Apple retail union organizers want to be paid at least $30 per hour
Customers walk past an Apple logo inside of an Apple store at Grand Central Station in New York. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Workers who hope to organize a union at Apple’s Grand Central Terminal store want to be paid a minimum of $30 per hour, according to a website for the group, Fruit Stand Workers United, […]
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