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News Articles: Business

Travelers wait next to their luggage near the Southwest Airlines baggage claim area at the Nashville International Airport after the airline canceled thousands of flights in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday.

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  • National

Southwest cancels another 4,800 flights as its reduced schedule continues

The airline's CEO says the company is hoping to be "back on track before next week." But until then, it's continuing on a reduced schedule.

December 28, 2022
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Nothing this year brought home the dangers in private ownership of major social media platforms more than the capricious, often-destructive and regularly unpredictable actions of Twitter CEO Elon Musk. He is pictured above at Tesla's "Gigafactory" in Germany on March 22, 2022.

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  • Perspective

Six ways media took a big step backward in 2022

Elon Musk caused Twitter chaos, the streaming industry hit adolescence, late night TV lost its footing, there were lots of layoffs and some dispiriting indications of compassion fatigue.

December 28, 2022
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Farm laborers working with an H-2A visa harvest romaine lettuce on a machine with heavy plastic dividers that separate workers from each other on April 27, 2020, in Greenfield, Calif.

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  • Politics

Farmworkers brace for more time in the shadows after latest effort fails in Congress

A legalization path for farmworkers failed to pass this month and faces an even steeper climb in a Republican-controlled House in the next Congress.

December 28, 2022
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Travelers wait at a Southwest Airlines baggage counter after flight cancellations hit Los Angeles International Airport on Monday. The airline warns it will fly about one-third of its schedule for the next several days.

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  • National

Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours in a 'full-blown meltdown'

The disruptions add to chaos that has left people stranded at airports across the country, many of them with little idea of when they can get home or where their bags are.

December 28, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Ahn
A flight board shows canceled flights at the Southwest Airlines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday.

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  • Weather

The blizzard is just one reason behind the operational meltdown at Southwest Airlines

Southwest isn't the only airline experiencing delays and cancellations, but it is by far the worst-hit, with about 5,500 of its flights canceled across the country in the last two days.

December 27, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Neuman and
  • Jennifer Ludden
People gather at City Hall to protest New York City's vaccine mandate for public employees on Feb. 11, the day that many were fired.

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  • Business

Thousands of workers were fired over vaccine mandates. For some, the fight goes on

As COVID has become less virulent, the debate over vaccine mandates has faded. But some workers who were fired for refusing the shots are still fighting to be reinstated.

December 27, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, take to the streets in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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  • Business

Union wins made big news this year. Here are 5 reasons why it's not the full story

Starbucks stores from coast to coast. An electric vehicle battery plant. The first Amazon warehouse in the U.S. All kinds of workplaces unionized in 2022, but winning elections is only the first step.

December 27, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu and
  • Alina Selyukh
GPB News NPR

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  • Asia

Apple, accused of supporting China's censorship, is now facing new criticism

Protesters say Apple has kept tools that help circumvent censorship in China off its App store inside the country. Now it has to contend with pressure from Chinese citizens who aren't happy about it.

December 26, 2022
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
Children ride scooters past a house for sale in Los Angeles. Home sales have slowed as mortgage rates have climbed.

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  • Business

2022 marked the end of cheap mortgages and now the housing market has turned icy cold

The buying frenzy of a year ago is long gone. Home buyers have pulled away, sellers are holding back, and the whole housing market is locked in a deep freeze.

December 26, 2022
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By:
  • Arezou Rezvani
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

After overseeing one of the largest settlements in FTC history, Lina Khan looks ahead

NPR's Andrew Limbong talks to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, about her efforts to tackle antitrust in the tech space – and her vision for the office going forward.

December 26, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Pedestrians navigate a snow-covered sidewalk in Chicago, on Thursday. Severe winter weather has impacted tens of millions of people in the U.S.

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  • Weather

'Can I go back to my regular job?' Sports anchor goes viral for blizzard coverage

A video of a sports journalist in Iowa has racked up more than 20 million views on Twitter after he was recruited to help his station cover the icy storm for a day.

December 24, 2022
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By:
  • Halisia Hubbard
Ahmed Aslam Ali, the owner of the Shish Mahal restaurant in Glasgow, Scotland, is pictured with a plate of chicken tikka masala in his restaurant, on July 29, 2009.

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  • Food

Who created chicken tikka masala? The death of a curry king is reviving a debate

A Pakistani immigrant in Glasgow claimed he invented the beloved takeout dish with some spices and a can of tomato soup. His death has revived a long debate about who really can lay claim to the food.

December 23, 2022
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on April 4, 2013. Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action privacy lawsuit.

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  • Technology

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica

The proposed settlement is a result of revelations that the information of up to 87 million people may have been improperly shared with the data analytics firm that worked for political campaigns.

December 23, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Ahn

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  • Your Money

These 7 charts show how life got pricier (and, yes, cheaper!) in 2022

Boy, have we talked a lot about inflation. It affected every part of our lives (and the economy) in 2022. Here are some of its highest highs and lowest lows. (It wasn't all bad news!)

December 23, 2022
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By:
  • Stacey Vanek Smith,
  • Alina Selyukh,
  • and 1 more
This July 19, 2012, file photo shows a Chick-fil-A fast food restaurant in Atlanta.

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  • Business

A Chick-fil-A location is fined for giving workers meals instead of money

The employees are owed back wages for their work. The location also was fined for violating child labor laws.

December 23, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
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