Turnaround plan focuses on employees

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Customers order at a Starbucks in Manhattan Beach, California, on July 19, 2024. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images As Starbucks aims to bring back customers and assuage investors with its turnaround strategy, it is also winning over its store managers with promises to add more seating inside cafes and promote internally. Since CEO […]


Trump is already playing with fire with his tariff plan, adding a tax hike could mean GOP civil war

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Donald Trump was already playing with economic fire with his tariff plan, something that is all but certain to stoke some degree of inflation, and slow the economy at least in the short term.  So why would he threaten to throw gasoline on the blaze over his weird flirtation with a millionaire’s tax, something that […]


Sam’s Club reveals plan to eliminate checkout lanes completely with major change

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Sam’s Club, the Walmart-owned membership warehouse, is rolling out a major change to its grocery payment system and embracing artificial intelligence (AI). The retail giant plans to phase out traditional checkouts across its 600 stores and create a friction-free shopping experience which will include customers scanning goods on the go with an app and then […]


The 5 Queer Books I Plan to Read Next

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I currently have 25 books checked out from the library. Is that a lot? I have a few more holds I need to pick up, too. And then there are the hundreds of books I own and haven’t […]


China Outlines Plan to Bolster Consumption in Face of Trump Tariffs

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The Chinese government and the Communist Party jointly issued a lengthy list of planned initiatives on Sunday to get people to spend more, in yet another move by Beijing to offset potential harm from its escalating economic warfare with Washington. The road map for economic stimulus included larger pensions, better medical benefits and higher wages […]


Goodyear Tire transformation plan is moving company into the future

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A Goodyear blimp flies  Goodyear  AKRON, Ohio — Does the Goodyear blimp sell tires? That was one question veteran auto executive Mark Stewart had when he started as CEO of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. a little more than a year ago, seeking to lead a transformation plan for the quintessential American company. For a […]


Modi wants Tesla to build cars in India. Making the plan work may not be easy

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk postponed a scheduled trip to India this week where he was to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing “heavy Tesla obligations.” Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images India has been striving to become a global manufacturing hub, having successfully invited major companies such as Apple to set up as well as […]


Meta approves plan for bigger executives bonuses following 5% layoffs

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg looks on before the luncheon on the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second Presidential term in Washington, U.S., Jan. 20, 2025.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Executives at Meta stand to get bigger bonuses this year.  The company said in a corporate filing Thursday that it had approved “an increase […]


Honda and Nissan Scrap $50 Billion Merger Plan

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A $50 billion merger between Honda Motor and Nissan Motor, which would have established one of the world’s largest auto groups, has been called off. In December, Japan’s second- and third-largest automakers said they were exploring plans to combine their operations with the goal of sharing costs and jointly developing next-generation vehicles. Both companies said […]


Trump health care plan likely good for pharmaceutical companies

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about prescription drug prices during an appearance in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 20, 2020. Carlos Barria | Reuters Pharmaceutical companies appear to be hopeful about their growth under a Trump administration, after former President Joe Biden took a hardline stance on […]