A Dollar General worker was fired 'immediately' after telling her manager she was pregnant, a federal agency says

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McDonald's is donating thousands of free meals to the Israel Defence Forces and citizens after Hamas attacks

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McDonald's restaurant sign near Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, Israel on December 28, 2022.
McDonald's restaurant sign near Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, Israel on December 28, 2022.

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Retailers are using a simple mind trick on you to make their discounts seem bigger than they are

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A Star Wars fan dressed up as Luke Skywalker during a screening of ''Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."

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Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech

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If the missed-scan detection technology detects a problem a light above the machine illuminates, and it sends a text notification to a handheld device for employees assigned to the area.

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Vomit fees are being added to some restaurant brunch bills. Be careful with those bottomless mimosas!

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Restaurant workers don't want to clean up vomit, so their bosses are taking action against intoxicated guests.

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Olaplex's CEO, who once said hair loss complaints are 'sadly, a fact of life in our industry,' steps down

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JuE Wong, the CEO of Olaplex, is stepping down.

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The billionaire who created duty-free shops and gave away his wealth liked to live frugally, from flying economy to driving a used Volvo

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Chuck Feeney in his daughter's apartment in New York, on September 25, 2007. Feeney is known for giving away nearly all of his fortune.

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Crumbl's most popular cookies have more calories than a Big Mac, and fans on social media are outraged

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A Crumbl cookie has more calories than a Big Mac.

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The Birkenstock brothers are worth $3.4 billion, even after the shoemaker's shares tanked at its IPO

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Customers shop at a Birkenstock store on October 10, 2023 in Venice, California.
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Teens love Starbucks for these 4 reasons

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A guest wears gold large earrings, a gold large chain necklace, a white cropped t-shirt with yellow large fluffy fringes long sleeves, a dark green sleeveless puffer jacket, a high waist felt midi tube skirt, an orange suede and brown leather handbag, outside Louis Vuitton, during Paris Fashion Week January 2022
A Piper Sandler analyst said that Starbucks' brand equity was "relevant social currency."

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