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TikTok stars boycott Amazon in activism push
TikTok creators are lending their online stage to a cause— an advocacy group calling itself Gen-Z for Change says it has coordinated the pledge from more than 70 popular TikTok talents to stand in solidarity with Amazon workers, demanding the ecommerce giant give workers key concessions and halt anti-union efforts
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McDonalds shakes up its board
McDonald's is in the middle of a growth plan that includes new investments in its digital strategy and marketing as it looks to keep up with consumers. However, its board has been under pressure from a number of shareholders and franchisees
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S&P sees biggest drop since June
The benchmark index fell 2.1%, its sharpest daily decline since June 16. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite dropped 2.5%, nearly erasing its gains for August
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FTSE 100 bosses saw 39% jump in pay in 2021: study
It means they earned 109 times the average wage of a full-time worker in the UK, widening the inequality gap at a time of growing concern about spiralling inflation and the cost of living
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Anthony Fauci, face of America's Covid-19 fight, to step down in December
In the chaotic early days of the pandemic, Fauci became the nation's most trusted expert on Covid -- but his clashes with former president Donald Trump over the virus response drew anger from the right, and he now lives with security protection following death threats against his family
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Ford to cut 3,000 jobs in a push towards electric
Challenged by Tesla and other start-ups, traditional carmakers have accelerated production of their electric models in recent years
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Donald Trump demands FBI-seized materials get independent vetting
Claiming in a court filing that he had been targeted for political reasons, Trump demanded that a "special master" be named to review the more than two dozen boxes of files taken in the unprecedented August 8 raid
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Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter chief Jack Dorsey
Records made public on Monday show Dorsey was served with a legal order to give Musk any communications or documents related to the takeover deal inked in April, as well as information touching on false or spam accounts or how Twitter calculates the number of its active users
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A dad took photos of his naked toddler for the doctor. Google flagged him as a criminal
The episode cost Mark more than a decade of contacts, emails and photos, and made him the target of a police investigation
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Can Tesla data help us understand car crashes?
The sensors on Tesla cars log nearly every particular. While automakers rarely share this data, experts say it could fundamentally change the way regulators, police departments, insurance companies and other organizations investigate anything that happens on the road, making such investigations more accurate and less costly
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Art market pushes on with rocky crypto romance
NFT artworks accounted for some $2.8 billion in sales last year and the rate has declined only slightly in the first half of this year, despite the rout in the crypto market