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Holding 9,000 very important for the week all major averages in the green the dow up for the third week in a row. Connell we will take it a lot coming up this hour im speaking with huaweis chief Security Officer about the companys negotiations with european leaders, trying to avoid being blacklisted over there the way it is here so thats coming up. Were going to get Market Reaction from steve forbes in a moment but first lets start with gerri will else on the floor of the new york stock exchange...

California official Julie Su believes tipping culture to be abusive and oppressive. We strenuously disagree.

This year, we’ve had some fantastic podcast episodes with many different guests. Here are some of our favorite podcasts from 2021. Enjoy!

Min Simone Barron joins the podcast to discuss this month’s policy focus: Technology’s Potential Revealed in the Pandemic. We discuss how innovation changed the landscape of medicine, work, and education and what it means post pandemic. Simone Barron is a visiting fellow with the Independent Women’s Forum. She’s used her 30+ years of experience working in full-service restaurants to advocate for the industry and its workers. She is the co-founder of the Full Service Workers Allian...

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) I tend to follow food news a good bit. I enjoy seeing the trends, whether it’s in food programming on TV or the latest trends coming out of food companies and the restaurant industry. The big political fight over the last week has been the COVID-19 relief bill, the first iteration of which included a federal minimum wage increase. Typically, minimum wage increases are divisive because they reignite the age-old fight between businesses and workers. The current fe...

‘Irresponsible’ and ‘long overdue’: What economists and workers say about Biden’s bid for a $15 minimum wage and end to tip credits MarketWatch 1/20/2021 © Getty Images When President-elect Joe Biden first proposed raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour on the campaign trail in 2019, the U.S. was experiencing its best unemployment figures in decades. Since then, the unemployment rate has nearly doubled to 6.7% as the pandemic has cost millions of Americans their livelihoods. Som...

Sad loss: Fire destroys historic Seven Gables Theatre in Seattles University District The longtime theater in Seattles University District has been closed, along with Guild 45th, for several years. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 2:41 PM PST December 25, 2020 SEATTLE — The cause of a massive fire that ripped through a historic theatre in Seattles University District remains under investigation. The Seattle Fire Department responded to a three-alarm fire at the fo...