Some DoorDash workers are demanding higher tips before delivery — and customers are freaking out

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Some DoorDash workers are asking customers for extra tips after they've already agreed to pick up an order.

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Dollar General's troubles have snowballed into cluttered aisles and stores forced to close by fire marshals. Employees tell us what went wrong.

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Dollar General stores, such as this one in Maryland, are overrun with unpacked merchandise sitting in aisles. Workers have said cuts to their hours are part of the problem.
Dollar General stores, such as this one in Maryland, are overrun with unpacked merchandise sitting in aisles. Workers have said cuts to their hours are part of the problem.

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Peloton recalls more than 2 million of its original $1,400 bikes after reports that the seat posts can break, causing lacerations and bruises

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Peloton is recalling the original Peloton bike.

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Adidas says it won't destroy its mountain of unsold Yeezy stock but plans to sell these items and donate profits to charity

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Kanye West.

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Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison, but the fate of her favorite accessory — the iconic black turtleneck — still hangs in the balance

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Amanda Seyfried plays Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu's "The Dropout."

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I shopped at a Dollar General food 'market' for the first time. I wouldn't go back unless it was my only choice.

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Alex Bitter, the reporter who wrote this piece, wears sunglasses and a light jacket while posing in the parking lot of a DG Market in Maryland.
The reporter in front of a DG Market in Maryland.

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I made $221K in passive income after quitting my corporate job to go into real estate. Here's how I built up my portfolio to 38 properties.

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Erika Brown bought her first property with $3,000.

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Party City is planning to close over 30 stores across the country — here's the full list

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Party City plans to close nearly two dozen stores.

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Amazon Labor Union's vice president, Derrick Palmer, resigns after assault charges become public

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Amazon Labor Union vice president Derrick Palmer stands at a bus stop in front of a Staten Island Amazon warehouse he helped unionize. He is wearing a black t-shirt and blue basketball shorts. Stickers supporting the ALU are on the bus stop.
Amazon Labor Union vice president Derrick Palmer stands at a bus stop in front of the Amazon warehouse he helped unionize in 2022.

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Buffalo Starbucks workers helped spark the chain's labor union movement. Now, one of the stores has filed to decertify its union.

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A person wearing a plaid shirt and hoodie holds a megaphone as another person wearing a hoodie and a Starbucks Workers United t-shirt walks behind her outside of a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York.
In Buffalo, New York, one of the first Starbucks stores to vote to unionize filed a petition to decertify its union.

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