Business

Some workers in Brazil get a late pass for staying up to watch women's World Cup

6:14pm August 01, 2023

In the past, Brazil has let public sector employees arrive late to work so they could watch the men's national soccer team play in the World Cup. Now that policy applies for women's matches too.

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National

Bed Bath & Beyond is back from the dead with Overstock.com relaunch

5:28pm August 01, 2023

by Alina Selyukh

Online discount retailer Overstock.com has become Bed Bath & Beyond after buying the bankrupt home-goods brand. But don't expect brick-and-mortar stores to reopen or big blue coupons in the mail.

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A Bed Bath & Beyond sign is displayed in 2012, in Mountain View, Calif. Overstock.com is dumping its name online and becoming Bed Bath & Beyond.

National

Overstock.com is revamping using Bed Bath & Beyond's name

5:26pm August 01, 2023

Overstock bought Bed Bath & Beyond's intellectual property in bankruptcy court. Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson said the company wanted Bed Bath & Beyond's name recognition.

National

When Yellow Freight closed down, nearly 30,000 union jobs for truckers went with it

4:57pm August 01, 2023

by Marianna Bacallao

Truckers who worked for Yellow Freight suddenly have found themselves jobless after the company shut down. While they may find other jobs amidst a driver shortage, they're unlikely to be union jobs.

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Politics & Government

Elon Musk sues disinformation researchers, claiming they are driving away advertisers

2:24pm August 01, 2023

by Shannon Bond

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is suing the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which has documented the spread of hate speech and viral falsehoods on social media.

Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by artificial intelligence

5:01am August 01, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

As the Hollywood strikes grind on, some background TV and film actors are concerned about losing jobs to artificial intelligence.

How the shutdown of transport company Yellow could have ripple effects for truckers

4:44pm July 31, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with trucker Alex Mai, who runs a YouTube Channel about trucking news, about how 30,000 workers are losing their jobs as the shipping company Yellow has shut down operations.

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An aerial view shows a newly constructed "X" sign on the roof of the headquarters of the social media platform previously known as Twitter, in San Francisco, on July 29.

National

San Francisco investigates Twitter's 'X' sign. Musk responds with a laughing emoji

11:28am July 31, 2023

by Juliana Kim

A city inspector was denied access twice to evaluate the new "X" sign on the roof of Twitter's headquarters that was installed without a permit.

14 years ago the federal minimum wage was raised to $7.25 an hour. It hasn't changed

6:55am July 31, 2023

After hearing from a low-wage worker in California, NPR's A Martinez talks to Rev. William Barber of the Poor People's Campaign about why the federal minimum wage hasn't gone up in more than a decade.

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A pair of white sneakers, made specifically for Apple employees, is up for auction

6:44am July 31, 2023

The tech giant made the line of sneakers as a one-time gift for its employees in the '90s. A size 10.5 pair has found its way onto the Sotheby's website, where it's on sale for $50,000.