According to a report published in The Washington Post, Apple, the tech giant, is once again showing its true colors. The report stated that Apple has actively lobbied to Congress requesting that a bill aimed at preventing American companies from using Chinese forced labor practices for the production of their products to soften the language softened.

The Post referenced the statements of two congressional staffers, who claimed that lobbyists connected with the firm Fierce Government Relations, has been asking that the phrasing of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act be significantly watered down.

After having passed the House in September with a

Last week the nation’s largest retail chain, Walmart, confirmed that it had reversed its recent decision to remove all guns and ammo from their shelves. The reason for the initial removal originated in a statement as having been done due to heightened concerns of isolated incidences of civil unrest.

The massive retailer has instructed all of its store locations to remove its inventory of firearms and ammo from the sales floor and secure the merchandise in a well-secured backroom area.

According to an email statement to NBC News from Walmart Spokesperson Kory Lundberg, stores were being told that the instructions sent down

Bank of America Ends Pandemic Pay—Business As Usual

Bank of America has officially discontinued the additional pay offered to select employees who were loyal and worked throughout the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. This even though the financial giant saw profits in the billions of dollars so far this year.

Earlier in the year, in March, Bank of America offers an increase in both branch employees and call-center representatives bi-weekly pay by $200.

Those same workers received a notice last month that the institution termed "enhanced pay" would end in October. As such, an unnamed source privy to the announcement has

As many shoppers have witnessed, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has created a need for retailers to rethink the overall shopping experience to limit the opportunity for the virus to spread.

Many retailers, such as Walmart, had devised various systems and protocols, but with the busy holiday shopping season fast approaching, fear is that the current protocols may not be enough. To this end, Walmart and others are now rolling back to the precautions they formed in the pandemic's earlier days

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The precaution in specific is that of limiting the number of shoppers permitted in the store at one time to that of

Admittedly, it is tempting to as much of your shopping at your local Dollar General Store—I mean, there is a new one popping up all the time. There is also the fact that shopping there is very affordable, and according to recent data, as many as 75% of Americans currently live within five minutes of a store. However, even with all this in mind, you may want to stop and think before heading out to shop.

More often then not, the opening of a Dollar General Store heralds in bad news for already established local businesses. It has been determined that

United Airlines would have to furlough 2,850 pilots this fall if the government did not allocate additional funding for the airlines to cover labor costs.

In a message to pilots on Thursday, Bryan Quigley, United's senior vice president of flight operations, said that the company remains positive that Congress will approve an extension to the Payroll Support Program. However, United should be also prepared for a different outcome, Quigley wrote.

US airlines already received billions in financial assistance through government coronavirus relief packages this spring, and in return, agreed to avoid layoffs before Oct. 1. At the same time, most airlines, including

On Wednesday, New York, along with 48 other US attorney generals, filed a lawsuit against Facebook based on antitrust claims.

The filing alleged that the media giant is in violation of antitrust laws with the company's purchase competitors and eliminating alternatives to protect consumers' privacy.

A similar suit alleging the same antitrust violations was filed separately by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

The foundation of both lawsuit filings is Facebook's purchasing of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014. The media company also purchased other smaller tech companies in what is considered to have been done to curb and eliminate competition.

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