January, 2025

January, 2025

Teamsters: 18,000 Costco Workers Set to Strike Jan. 31
Costco could face a strike when an agreement covering 18,000 of its workers expires on Jan. 31. Costco Teamsters voted to authorize a strike by an 85% margin, the union said in a Monday (Jan. 20) pres...

UK Central Bank Weighs ‘Concierge Service’ to Draw Foreign Investments
The Bank of England could establish a “concierge service” to help foreign companies do business in the United Kingdom. It’s a similar service to one already available in Singapore, the Financial...

Rakuten Says Mobile Provides ‘Extremely Powerful’ Data to Train AI
Rakuten Group expects the data gathered by its mobile business to help train artificial intelligence (AI) will deliver benefits across the conglomerate’s operations. For example, the company is set ...

Sereact Raises $26 Million for AI Warehouse Robotics Efforts
German tech company Sereact has raised $26 million for its AI-powered robotics efforts. The company’s Series A round, announced Monday (Jan. 20), will allow Sereact to expand its research and develo...

UK Consumer Group Launches Business Bank Account Product Ratings
British independent consumer group and rating provider Fairer Finance has added new business bank account product rankings designed to help small businesses. The group now offers ratings for more than...

X and Bluesky Debut Video Offerings Amid TikTok’s Uncertain Fate
With TikTok’s future in the U.S. unclear, other social platforms are filling the void. Platforms like Bluesky and X have just launched new features making it easier for users to view and discover ve...

Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council Says Next Four Years Could be Golden Age for Entrepreneurs
The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) says the next four years could be a “Golden Age” for entrepreneurs. While the Biden Administration was not exactly anti-entrepreneur, th...

Donald Trump pulls US out of Paris climate agreement
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Donald Trump has once again taken the US out of the landmark Paris climate agreement, abandoning the global effort to limit climate chan...

Brendan Carr is officially in charge of the FCC
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Brendan Carr is now formally the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, giving him the power to set the agency’s agenda and usher through a ...

Vivek Ramaswamy steps down from DOGE
Photo by Kevin Lamarque - Pool/Getty Images Vivek Ramaswamy has stepped down from co-leading President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to the As...

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