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Having worked as a Uber driver previously, PeopleStrong’s Adrian Tan says it’s worth reconsidering pushing for gig economy workers to transition to fulltime work.

PHOENIX: Freeport-McMoRan is set to approve expansions at several of its US copper mines to capitalise on surging demand for the red metal as President Joe Biden moves to electrify the nation's automobiles and combat climate change, Chief Executive Richard Adkerson told Reuters. The expansions ...

Buyout firm TPG Capital and AT&T Inc said on Thursday they will form a new company, DIRECTV, to operate the company's U.S. video business unit.

Hasbro Inc said on Thursday it was renaming its popular Mr. Potato Head brand to drop the 'Mr.', giving the "Potato Head" line a less gender-focused identity.

WASHINGTON: The Democratic-controlled Senate cannot include President Joe Biden's proposed US$15 per hour minimum wage in a US$1.9 trillion coronavirus bill the party aims to pass without Republican votes, the body's parliamentarian ruled, a Bloomberg reporter said on Twitter on Thursday ...

Plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat Inc said on Thursday that it has signed multi-year supply deals with McDonald’s Corp and Yum! Brands Inc, sending shares up 18per cent in after-hours trading before they dropped back to a gain of 1per cent.

Boeing Co faces a new fine from US regulators as part of a expected settlement with US regulators over quality and safety-oversight lapses going back years, two people familiar with the matter said.

Food delivery company DoorDash Inc on Thursday reported an over three-fold rise in quarterly revenue in its first results as a public company.

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said the electric vehicle company's Fremont, California plant shut down for two days this week due to "parts shortages" and had reopened on Wednesday.

Facebook Inc on Friday said it had signed letters of intent with three Australian media firms, a day after the country's Parliament passed a law forcing it to pay media companies for using content on its platform.