In 2022, Seattle became one of the first cities in America to pass a minimum wage law for food delivery drivers. The law went into effect in 2024, and the results were nothing short of calamitous.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Edgewater on Tuesday became Colorado’s first city to take advantage of a new state law allowing it to increase its minimum wage without automatically pulling ...

Dec 15 (Reuters) - Canada's Imperial Oil (IMO.TO), opens new tab said on Monday it plans to increase capital spending and upstream production in 2026 as it doubles down on higher-return oil sands ...

Server Clyde Papas waited on a table of customers at the Waipio Big City Diner on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. “It’s slow,” Philips said. “Businesses are not hiring because the economy’s not working. Its ...

Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon have poured more than $600 billion into AI since 2023, draining cash reserves and reshaping their financial profiles. Heavy AI investment is driving massive asset ...

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe City Council voted on Wednesday to raise its minimum wage from $15 an hour to $17.50 in 2027, eliciting praise from workers’ rights advocates across the City Different. But the ...

HOUSTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Chevron (CVX.N), opens new tab said on Wednesday that it plans to grow free cash flow by more than 10% annually through 2030 and increase oil and gas production, while ...

Meta Platforms reported mixed third-quarter earnings results Wednesday afternoon. Its shares were down over 11% by midmorning Thursday.

SIRI's Fixed-rate debt sits around ~4.3% and fuels a low-cost capital structure with strong cash flow coverage. SIRI's Satellite spending cuts will unlock roughly 20% more free cash flow by 2026.

Proposals for increasing the minimum wage continue to come at a fast and furious pace. California recently legislated minimum wage increases to $20 in fast-food restaurants and $25 in health care.

My older son’s first job after high school was stocking shelves in a California drugstore, for which he was paid the minimum wage. As he headed to work one day during his first week on the job, he was ...