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Vitamin Shoppe owner files for bankruptcy protection

November 5, 2024, 8:34am Business

Franchise Group, the company at the heart of a troubled management buyout that has devastated the stock of B. Riley Financial, has filed for bankruptcy — but plans to keep open most of its retail brands, including Vitamin Shoppe. Read story

Labor board accuses Apple of suppressing employee discussions

November 5, 2024, 8:34am Business

Apple has been accused by the National Labor Relations Board of trying to prevent employees from discussing pay equity and pressuring an engineer who attempted to circulate an online survey about wages to quit. Read story

FILE - Workers install lighting on an &ldquo;X&rdquo; sign atop the company headquarters, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, July 28, 2023.

You may have blocked someone on X but now they can see your public posts anyway

FILE - Workers install lighting on an &ldquo;X&rdquo; sign atop the company headquarters, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, July 28, 2023.

November 5, 2024, 8:16am Business

Elon Musk’s X has been modified so that accounts you’ve blocked on the social media platform can still see your public posts. Read story

FILE - The seal on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen June 9, 2023, in Washington.

A courtroom of relief: FBI recovers funds for victims of scammed banker

FILE - The seal on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen June 9, 2023, in Washington.

November 5, 2024, 8:16am Business

Sobs of relief broke out in a federal courtroom in Kansas on Monday as dozens of people whose life savings had been embezzled by a bank CEO learned that federal law enforcement had recovered their money. Read story

US agency ends investigation into Ford engine failures after recall and warranty extension

November 5, 2024, 8:07am Business

The U.S. government’s auto safety regulator has ended a 2 1/2-year investigation into Ford engine failures after the company replaced engines or extended the warranty on some vehicles. Read story

Hundreds of lawsuits allege Abbott Laboratories’ formula for premature infants made babies sick. But is the formula to blame?

November 5, 2024, 7:43am Business

To Dioselina Salto, the first two weeks of motherhood were amazing, even though she spent much of it in the hospital after her daughter was born prematurely. Read story

Student who wowed China in Alibaba math contest got help from teacher, organizers say

November 5, 2024, 7:42am Business

A vocational school student in China who wowed the public in June by finishing near the top in the preliminary round of a math contest was helped by her teacher in violation of the rules, the organizers said this week. Read story

IAM District 751 president Jon Holden greets union members after announcing they voted to accept a new contract offer from Boeing, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at their union hall in Seattle.

Boeing factory strike ends as workers vote to accept contract

IAM District 751 president Jon Holden greets union members after announcing they voted to accept a new contract offer from Boeing, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at their union hall in Seattle.

November 5, 2024, 7:40am Business

Factory workers at Boeing voted to accept a contract offer and end their strike after more than seven weeks, clearing the way for the aerospace giant to resume production of its bestselling airliner and generate much-needed cash. Read story