Redbox DVD rental parent company files for bankruptcy
See what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) has filed for bankruptcy nearly two years after acquiring DVD rental company Redbox. CSSE, the ad-supported video-on-demand streaming service that also owns Crackle, disclosed in a Delaware filing that it owes nearly $1 billion to more than 500 creditors, including Walmart, Walgreens and […]
‘Retail is just a credit card company that sells merchandise’: Ex-worker reveals quotas she had to make at checkout – The Daily Dot
A former employee went viral after posting a video explaining the quotas she had to meet while working in retail, saying the constant demands created a poor customer experience and ultimately led her to quit her job. Haley (@professionalchitchatter) has racked up over 90,000 likes on TikTok, where she added the caption, “Retail is a […]
‘There’s more to the story’: Two executives at a rehab company kill themselves and three facilities shut down across the US
Employees at Retreat Behavioral Health Centers say they are left without answers after the sudden suicides of two top executives led to the closure of several facilities. Daily Mail. The rehab company, which has locations in Connecticut, Florida and Philadelphia, suddenly closed its Palm Beach, Florida, facility last week after employees said they told about […]
Tractor Supply Company issues statement
Tractor Supply Co. statement The company announced it would stop sharing data with the Human Rights Campaign, backtrack on its diversity, equity and inclusion stance, and abandon its carbon emissions targets. The Human Rights Campaign is a pro-LGBT advocacy group. In a statement, the company made the following five points: “Do not send data to […]
Missing Florida paddleboarder’s family urges navigation company to release his location data
The family of a “professional diver and spearfisher” is appealing for help from sailing companies after Luciano Mercenari went missing this week while paddleboarding off the coast of Key Biscayne, Florida. Mercenari was wearing a Garmin diving watch with GPS at the time of his disappearance, his cousin Allegra Jacchia said in a social media […]
Man with less than $1 in account makes bogus bid to bail out space company: SEC
Former NASA executive Edin Uzo Okoro reacts to the Boeing Starliner launch and shares his thoughts on the growth of the private space sector. A Fort Worth, Texas man is facing serious rebukes after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced plans to sue him for making a “false offer” to buy the now-bankrupt space company […]
Can chipmaker Nvidia remain world’s most valuable company
Chipmaker Nvidia has seen its market capitalization more than triple this week. Trillion dollars, surpassing Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable company. This historic surge has been compared to the frenetic days of the dot-com era almost 30 years ago. Is that true? As for Nvidia, it’s probably not a bubble, at least not […]
Oilers join rare company by forcing Game 7 in Stanley Cup Final after trailing 3-0
The Edmonton Oilers last week became the 211th team in NHL history to lose a series, 3-0, and they are now one win away from becoming just the fifth team to pull off the comeback. The Oilers defeated the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Friday, becoming just the 10th team in NHL history to force a […]
Disney senior VP claims company hires based on race
Executives at the Walt Disney Company argued that the storied brand has sweeping race-based hiring practices but uses coded language to avoid responsibility. In a series of undercover videos produced by investigative journalist James O’Keefe’s O’Keefe Media Group, Disney Senior Vice President Michael Giordano detailed a series of questionable hiring practices and beliefs that have […]
OpenAI co-founder devotes new company to 'safe superintelligence'
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever said this week: New artificial intelligence venture It focuses on safely developing “superintelligence.” The new company, Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI for short), has a sole purpose: to create safe AI models that are more intelligent than humans. “Building a secure superintelligence (SSI) is the most important technological challenge of our time,” […]