Business As Usual Or Taking The Day Off: Workplace Recognition Of Juneteenth Varies Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery, as June 19 was the day enslaved people in Texas learned they were free. Now a federal holiday, the actual practices for marking the day still vary widely. Camila Domonoske
Startups Like Lordstown Wanted To Upend The Car Industry. It's Now Do Or Die For Them The electric vehicle startup had a string of terrible news, capped by the abrupt departure of its CEO. Its troubles are raising questions about the startups that have entered the auto industry. Camila Domonoske
Amazon's existential problem Amazon's success has come from its obsessive focus on customers. But that focus is causing an existential problem for the company — and its huge force of hourly workers. Clare McGrane
Coke's Stock Drops After A Slight By Soccer Star Christiano Ronaldo The Portuguese health fanatic moved two bottles of Coke out of the frame, and held up a bottle of water. Coca-Cola is a tournament sponsor. The company's market value dropped $4 billion.
Wine Industry Benefits From Resolution Of The Airbus, Boeing Trade Dispute The end of U.S. tariffs brought on by the Airbus-Boeing dispute is a great relief for France's wine industry and U.S. wine importers. One Trump-era dispute remains: tariffs on EU steel and aluminum. Eleanor Beardsley
Big Companies Are Finding Out They Need Help With Diversity Messaging NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with DEI consultant Lily Zheng about how the diversity, equity and inclusion industry has changed after 2020's racial injustice protests and how companies are responding.
Skeptics Doubt That An Ohio Company Can Bring Electric Truck To Market Lordstown Motors doesn't have enough cash on hand to produce its long-promised electric pickups. And this week it admitted it exaggerated its preorders, and its CEO and CFO stepped down. Camila Domonoske
First essential, then 'devalued': Gig workers don't want to return to ebb and flow of wages Wages ebb and flow in the gig economy, where workers pick up odd jobs on apps like Doordash and TaskRabbit. Sometimes, the money’s good. But with gig work, there’s no minimum wage. This summer, the Seattle City Council will work on ways to remedy that. Joshua McNichols
To Compete With China, The U.S. And EU Reach A Deal Over Aircraft Subsidies The United States and European Union have reached a truce on a long-running and costly trade dispute involving Boeing and Airbus. They say they are doing so to focus on a common competitor: China. Frank Langfitt
Six Flags Tests New Roller Coaster In New Jersey The Jersey Devil, named after a mythical creature that is said to wander the New Jersey Pine Barrens, is the world's tallest single rail coaster.
