Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Attacked by right wing, Deere farm machinery dumps diversity effortsJul 17, 2024 10:27 am - Deere & Co., the world’s top farm machinery maker, is pulling back from diversity measures in the face of conservative criticism, the second agriculture-related company i...
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Nestle shifted critical recycling goal and revealed scale of plastics problemJul 16, 2024 1:22 pm - When Nestle SA tweaked its plastic packaging goals in 2022, few noticed. The shift in language on the website of the world’s largest food maker pledged to mostly use pla...
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Companies are ditching golf for pickleball to get deals doneJul 15, 2024 10:20 am - While golf courses have long been hailed as the premier venue for closing deals and wooing clients, a growing number are finding that pickleball saves them time and money — while being more inclusive and easier to play for newcomers.
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Costco hikes annual membership fee for first time since 2017Jul 11, 2024 11:12 am - Costco Wholesale Corp. is boosting its membership fees for the first time since 2017, raising the charge for a basic membership to $65 a year from $60. The 8% price incre...
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Pritzker steps up anti-Trump push with Milwaukee abortion adJul 09, 2024 10:56 am - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is stepping up his fight against Donald Trump, with his pro-choice group buying billboard ads in the city that will host the Republican Na...
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Israel mulls Gaza cease-fire deal as Hezbollah fires rocketsJul 04, 2024 2:08 pm - Israel is weighing a response from Hamas in the long-stalled talks over a cease-fire deal in Gaza, while weathering an intense rocket attack from Hezbollah as fighting es...
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Zelenskyy challenges Trump to reveal plans for quick end to warJul 03, 2024 7:11 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Donald Trump should come forward with his plan to quickly end the war with Russia, warning that any proposal must avoid viola...
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Supreme Court upholds U.S. tax on foreign business incomeJun 20, 2024 9:49 am - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 2017 tax on American-owned businesses’ foreign profits, rejecting an appeal that could have saved companies hundreds of billions of dollar...
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Majority of middle-class Americans say they struggle financiallyJun 04, 2024 2:01 pm - Almost two-thirds of Americans considered middle class said they are facing economic hardship and don’t anticipate a change for the rest of their lives, according to a po...
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Chip factories are unions’ next target in test for BidenMay 26, 2024 6:00 am - First it was electric vehicles. Now it’s semiconductors. Unions are once again testing whether President Joe Biden can deliver on his promise of a manufacturing boom that boosts organized labor.