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After losing an election at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union has filed a complaint with the NLRB.
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Disneyland and other theme parks are reopening with pandemic safety protocols, many of which lean heavily on tech.
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A cancer patient paid about $200 for blood tests at a doctor’s office and nearly $2,000 for the same tests at a Los Angeles hospital. This is nuts.
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It turns out games are uniquely tailored to explore love, romance and heartbreak. Consider “Maquette,” “Genesis Noir” and “Journey of the Broken Circle,” interactive conversations that ask players to think about love.
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Triller’s parent company on Wednesday appointed a new CEO, Mahi de Silva, after acquiring his company, Amplify.ai for an undisclosed price.
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José Delbo, an 87-year-old comic artist, sold more than $1 million worth of Wonder Woman NFTs. Sales like his got the attention of DC Comics and Marvel. The debate over NFT winners and losers.
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The debut was a mark of success for Coinbase, which was valued at just $8 billion in its most recent funding round in 2018, and a win for Nasdaq, which hosted its first direct listing.
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Facebook’s quasi-independent Oversight Board says it will start letting users file appeals over posts, photos and videos that they think the company shouldn’t have allowed to stay on its platforms.
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Investment firm Blackstone acquired the genealogical site Ancestry for $4.7 billion. It says it has no plans to mine people’s DNA data for profit.
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At a virtual meeting with automakers and consumer electronics companies, the Biden administration sought to show it’s serious about addressing semiconductor supply constraints and softening the blow for affected industries.
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Uber is seeing strong demand for ride-hailing as more people get out of their homes, but its food delivery business remains strong as well.
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Indie game ‘Good Lookin’ Home Cookin’’ explores the struggles of running a small business with the microaggressions faced by people of color.
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Members of a Senate antitrust panel say Apple has pulled out of a hearing to examine allegations of anticompetitive treatment of outside app developers.
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Honest’s IPO filing comes amid heightened demand for personal care and cleaning supplies during the pandemic.
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Muslim Advocates’ lawsuit claims Facebook officials broke a consumer-protection law by falsely promising the company would remove content that ran afoul of its moderation standards.
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The billionaire Facebook investor and Trump backer is a bitcoin investor, but he’s also worried China is using it to destroy the dollar.
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In Scottsdale, Ariz., actor Steven Seagal is seeking $3.4 million for his desert retreat lined with bulletproof glass.
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On the Florida coast, a three-story home owned by LeBron James when he played for the Miami Heat just sold for $12.75 million.
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Auto safety experts and driverless technology advocates hope someone will put an end to Tesla’s word games and rule-skirting.
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Restaurants say people are refusing to work because unemployment benefits are so good. You should be skeptical.
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Southern California’s red-hot real estate market saw more than half of L.A. homes sell for over the asking price in March, and a few miles away in Beverly Park, a mansion was auctioned off for a record price.
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There’s a growing movement in Los Angeles and across the country calling for cities designed for people, not cars.
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If you lost your job or had your hours cut in the last 18 months, you may be able to rejoin the company’s health plan for free through September. Don’t wait for a notice from the employer.
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The email lands at a sensitive time for the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which has come under pressure for not having any Black members as well as allegations of ethical and financial lapses raised in a Times investigation.
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Jay Penske has added another asset to his growing media empire, a 50% stake in the SXSW festival.
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Viewers are cycling through streaming services much faster than they did a year ago, according to a new study.
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The ArcLight Hollywood with its Cinerama Dome means a great deal to Hollywood the neighborhood. Here’s hoping for a rescue that saves it but doesn’t try to reinvent something that works.
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General Motors, Toyota and others benefited from Americans’ strong demand for new cars and trucks compared with a year earlier, when the spread of COVID-19 shut showrooms.
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Weighing the claims of a Tesla whistleblower, an appeals court has issued a ruling that could have big implications for employee rights.
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California’s insurance commissioner estimates average pandemic refunds to stuck-at-home drivers were about half what they should have been.
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The U.S. House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on economic and consumer policy said YouTube does not do enough to protect kids from material that could harm them.
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A coalition of bookshops, pharmacies, hardware stores and grocers is attempting to ramp up the pressure on the world’s largest web retailer.
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Data breaches involving Facebook and Health Net highlight Americans’ vulnerability to hackers — and our lack of a national privacy law.
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The video game retailer is set to cash in on an internet-meme-fueled 2021 rally in one of the largest at-the-market equity offerings ever announced for the retail sector.
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The half-acre property includes a three-story home, one-bedroom guesthouse, pool with a swim-up bar and concrete dock.
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In famed Beverly Park, the longtime estate of late media mogul Sumner Redstone is on the market for $27.9 million.
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The 12-acre estate centers on a 9,000-square-foot home made of stone, copper and glass.
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Media executive Chris Albrecht just sold his Pacific Palisades home for $16.25 million, the community’s third-priciest sale this year.
