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There is a special kind of pain that comes from opening your internet bill and realizing it costs more than it did last month. Brace yourself, as AT&T is raising the monthly rates for some of its internet customers by $5 starting August 16. This adds another charge
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Nestlé is downsizing its footprint in the water market by offloading two well-known brands. The company has sold half its ownership in Perrier and San Pellegrino to Platinum Equity, a private equity firm, cutting its water portfolio in half. New premium beverage business is born Nestlé makes $3.4
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Cracker Barrel is making some big menu-sized changes. But don't panic, your roadside hashbrown casserole isn't going anywhere. Instead, the restaurant chain is slimming down behind the scenes by selling off its Maple Street Biscuit Company business, closing 16 Maple Street locations, and cashing in
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Airplane seats have come a long way from the era of fighting your neighbor for armrest territory. Now, Alaska Airlines wants to take the premium flying experience into its own little world, literally. The airline is redesigning its business-class cabins for its Boeing 787 Dreamliners, and the big headline
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Red Robin is closing more restaurants across the U.S. This isn't a full-blown shutdown, however; it is more like the company hitting the reset button after deciding some locations just are not worth keeping open. The closures are part of a turnaround strategy Red Robin has
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A proposed New York bill would require retailers to give shoppers 10% off when they use self-checkout. The idea is that customers are doing work that cashiers traditionally handled. New York Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas, who came up with the proposal, argues that retailers have increasingly leaned on self-checkout
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Retail workers deal with a lot more than stocking shelves and ringing up groceries these days. How New York is giving retail workers a silent lifeline From shoplifting incidents to aggressive customers, safety has become an issue and New York wants stores to be better prepared. Hence, a new state
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From Texas to Alaska, multiple Dairy Queen restaurants have closed after a franchise dispute. This is not the result of a single nationwide shutdown but a mix of local business struggles and a major franchise dispute that's hit one state especially hard. Let’s look into it all.
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Trader Joe's is expanding, and this could be good news for you. The popular grocery store chain is going through a phase of rapid expansion and will open 25 stores in 14 states by the end of the year. A Trader Joe's is coming to a
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If your morning routine involves a scoop of plant-based protein from Costco, you might want to read this. A new federal class-action lawsuit claims the retailer is selling Orgain Organic Plant-Based Protein Powder that contains toxic heavy metals without telling customers. Instead, the chain promoted the product
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EchoStar subsidiary Dish has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, its standalone Project Genesis wireless service is shutting down, and the dream of a true fourth nationwide carrier has effectively come to an end. The big question now is whether less competition means higher phone bills for everyone else. With one
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Google and its parent company, Alphabet, have agreed to a $68 million class action settlement over claims that Google Assistant sometimes recorded private conversations even when users never intentionally activated it. The company denies any wrongdoing, but the settlement could mean cash payments for eligible users who owned certain Google