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James Leynse/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans have had to struggle to find a new jobs due to a measure in their contracts that prevents them from working for a direct competitor following a set period of time. These non-compete agreements have been controversial for years, as some economic experts contend they hurt […]

jayk7/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Student loan borrowers could soon pay less money back on their loans and be on the hook for a shorter amount of time, should a new Biden administration rule take effect later this year. The Department of Education on Tuesday began the regulatory process to bring the new loan repayment […]

tattywelshie/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Near-historic price increases for basics like food and gas have drawn scrutiny to a question at the heart of the economy: How much money must a worker make to stay afloat? The price of eggs has risen nearly 50% over the last year; while the cost of milk and bread […]

CPSC (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is once again warning parents and caregivers not to use any models of Fisher-Price’s Rock ‘n Play sleepers, a type of chair used to soothe and rock infants to sleep. The safety agency released the repeat announcement Monday, nearly three years after the Rock ‘n […]

Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 7,000 nurses at two hospitals in New York City went on strike early Monday morning demanding better pay, better working conditions and more staffing. The strike began at 6 a.m. after nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Harlem […]

Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 7,000 nurses at two hospitals in New York City went on strike early Monday morning demanding better pay, better working conditions and more staffing. The strike began at 6 a.m. after nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Harlem […]

Weiquan Lin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For nearly a century, people have flocked every holiday season to Radio City Music Hall to watch the famous Rockettes perform in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular show. The latest show, however, is stirring up controversy among customers and privacy advocates. That controversy is over technology — specifically, facial […]

E4C/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The holiday meltdown at Southwest Airlines last month cost the company as much as $825 million in lost revenue and added expenses, the company said in a government filing on Friday. Southwest Airlines, the largest domestic airline in the U.S., canceled more than 16,000 flights over an 11-day period at […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The former chief executive of the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network defrauded hundreds of thousands of investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency, New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. Alex Mashinsky lied to investors, concealed Celsius’ dire financial […]

Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Peloton has agreed to pay a $19 million fine as part of a settlement over its treadmill recall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday. The fitness company recalled its Tread+ and Tread treadmills in May 2021 following reports of more than a dozen injuries and […]