Taylor Swift Drops Re-Recording of Early Song
Epic Games Releases Tool to Help Developers Create Hyper-Realistic Characters
Epic’s new MetaHuman tool lets you craft realistic faces inside a browser - The Verge
Are we out of the uncanny valley? The MetaHuman Creator tool wants to help.
GM's Mary Barra: Semiconductor chip shortage won't disrupt truck production
GM could take up to a $2 billion hit to pretax profits this year due to a chip shortfall, but will protect production of profitable pickups and SUVs.
How Increasing the Federal Minimum Wage Could Affect Employment and Family Income | Congressional Budget Office
This interactive tool allows users to explore how various policies to increase the federal minimum wage would affect earnings, employment, family income, and poverty.
The Hidden World of Pricing: Uber, Trulia, Etsy, Superhuman & More
A look inside the pricing playbooks used by dozens of unicorn companies with Pete Flint and Madhavan Ramanujam.
‘It is not a living wage’ say advocates for higher minimum pay in Michigan
Some researchers and economists say a minimum wage raise will likely benefit workers in Mich., while opponents argue that small businesses may suffer
Ford F-150 production hit by chip shortage | Fox Business
Ford will cut the number of shifts at the factories that produce its best-selling F-Series trucks for one week due to the global semiconductor chip shortage affecting the auto industry.
Peeps will be back for Easter after a 9-month hiatus - CNN
This year isn't turning out to be all bad. Peeps are back in production.
PayPal profit tops estimates as pandemic drives online spending to record levels | Reuters
PayPal Holdings Inc beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday, with a coronavirus-driven shift to online shopping and digital transactions driving record levels of payment volumes for both the quarter and the year.
Private jet company Wheels Up to go public in a $2 billion SPAC deal
The deal vaults the seven-year-old start-up past many of the industry's longtime leaders in the race to become the Uber or AirBnb of private aviation.
GM to idle 3 plants in North America due to semiconductor shortage
GM will idle three assembly plants in North America for one week due to the ongoing semiconductor shortage that has already hit Ford and Stellantis.
As America devours more wings than ever, restaurants double down
America's appetite for chicken wings appears unending and restaurant chains of all sorts are rushing to feed it.It might seem impossible, but the pandemic actually made one of the country's favorite menu items even more popular. After governments forced restaurants to close and curtail indoor…
27 Places Raising the Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour - The New York Times
The new year brings another round of increases, nearly a decade after workers started campaigning for higher pay.
The New Year Will Bring More Transparency In Hospital Prices : NPR
Daily chart - Nearly half of America’s states are increasing their minimum wage in 2021 | Graphic detail | The Economist
But only three will provide a “living wage”
With nearly a year's worth of supply for sale, downtown Detroit's condo market is oversaturated
For nearly two years, Detroit has had an excess of condominiums for sale on the market. To developers, that means an added challenge in an already tough building climate plagued with long-rising construction costs eating into profit margins — not to mention economic upheaval caused by a…
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
TikTok Surpasses Facebook as Most Time-Consuming Social Media App of 2020
Loves Furniture went bust. Then its HQ landlord jacked up its asking price.
The former Art Van Furniture headquarters property in Warren has been listed for sale for $65 million. That's an eye-catching number because just a few weeks before, its new tenant, Loves Furniture Inc., filed for Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection, the property was listed for $53.9 million…
P&G Posts Another Great Quarter During the Pandemic
Ford closes plant in Germany for 1 month as global chip shortage worsens - CNN
Ford has ordered a month-long production halt at one of its plants in Germany, the latest sign that a global shortage of computer chips is putting carmakers under increasing pressure and threatening their recovery from the pandemic.
The Promising Industry of Pet Food
3,900 Ford UAW members building Escape, Corsair lose work hours due to parts shortage
Factory making Ford Escape, Lincoln Corsair shuttered by parts shortage, workers to stay home.
Crocs shares soar on raised sales outlook through 2021
Crocs said it expects 2020 sales to grow more than 12% to a record of roughly $1.38 billion, up from a previous range calling for 5% to 7% growth.
US coffee chains face two-year recovery from COVID sales hit
The U.S. branded coffee chain segment, which is dominated by Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts, saw sales plunge 24% to $36 billion in the past 12 months
Minimum Wage in States 2021
Loves Furniture files Chapter 11 bankruptcy 8 months after acquiring Art Van assets
Loves Furniture Inc., the upstart furniture retailer that acquired more than two dozen Art Van stores out of bankruptcy only eight months ago, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Detroit late Wednesday.The reorganization comes only weeks after the Warren-based retailer began liquidating 10 stores across…
Oil jumps, breaks above $50 for the first time since February as Saudi Arabia announces voluntary cuts
Oil prices jumped to their highest level in nearly a year on Tuesday.
Christmas tree sales are booming as pandemic-weary Americans seek solace. - The New York Times