Teamsters Ask New York to Probe Amazon Over Delivery-Contractor Layoffs, Say Thousands Lost Jobs
Teamsters file Aug. 18 complaint alleging Amazon’s delivery-contractor network failed to give WARN notices, citing 3,500+ job losses in New York.
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Teamsters file Aug. 18 complaint alleging Amazon’s delivery-contractor network failed to give WARN notices, citing 3,500+ job losses in New York.
Ottawa will provide $10B to support a nearly $70B clean-energy package centered on Churchill Falls, Gull Island, Labrador wind and transmission.
Flock Safety will cut default ALPR data retention from 30 to seven days, add Evidence Mode and mandatory misuse detection — but existing customers keep prior settings.
USDA's August WASDE projects a near-record U.S. corn harvest for 2026-27 but tightens corn and wheat supplies and lifts farm-price forecasts.
Home Depot said CEO Ted Decker is taking a temporary medical leave; Ann-Marie Campbell and CFO Richard McPhail will share interim leadership while Decker recovers.
Headline CPI rose 0.1% in July (3.4% y/y); core CPI up 0.2%. Shelter costs accounted for roughly two‑thirds of the monthly increase as energy fell.
The CFTC invoked emergency authority to keep Kalshi operating under federal derivatives rules while New York pursues a lawsuit alleging the exchange is illegal gambling.
Reserve Bank of Australia kept the cash rate at 4.35% on Aug. 11, stressing the pause is not easing and warning it may raise rates if inflation risks rise.
Archer will buy Boeing’s Wisk, Insitu and SkyGrid to add autonomy, defense drones and airspace software while Boeing takes an equity stake.
2,000 bitcoin (~$129.8M) moved from an unknown wallet to an address labeled Binance on Aug. 10. Exchange inflows can signal sales or routine custody moves.
Whale Alert flagged a $146.18M USDC transfer from Deribit to an “unknown wallet,” but Deribit’s published wallet list shows both addresses belong to the exchange.
BLS: nonfarm payrolls fell 23,000 in July, unemployment 4.1%. May-June payrolls were revised down 103,000, signaling softer U.S. hiring.
Trump invokes national-security trade powers to set minimum import prices and duties on polysilicon and solar products and launches an onshoring incentive program effective Dec. 4.
Amazon Pharmacy will deliver certain GLP1 weight-loss medicines to eligible Medicare beneficiaries for a $50 monthly copay under the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge demonstration.
Allegiant pilots ratified a two-year deal that delivers an immediate average 40% hourly pay increase, unlocks about $300M in retention bonuses and expands benefits.
On Aug. 5 the SEC announced a new Enforcement Division Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit, led by Timothy Zimmerman, to pursue accounting and reporting fraud.
A Saudi-led consortium completed a $55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts, taking the publisher private and delisting EA from Nasdaq.
BOJ minutes show a 7-1 vote approving the June rate rise to 1.0%, with one dissent citing Middle East risks and debate over bond-buying taper.
A July 27 Senate minority memo says the Trump-linked $TRUMP meme coin plunged about 97% since launch, leaving roughly 1 million holders with steep losses.
Pfizer lifted the midpoint of its 2026 revenue forecast after stronger-than-expected sales from non-COVID drugs, despite a GAAP loss from write-downs.