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FILE- In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo visitors stand near a 5G logo at a display the PT Expo in Beijing. A handful of Verizon customers will soon have faster wireless service, but they’ll have to pay $10 a month more. Verizon says it’ll flip the switch next month on a much-hyped, next-generation “5G” phone network. Service will start in parts of Chicago and Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
March 13, 2019 - 12:35 pm

Verizon Says 5G Network Will Cost Extra $10 A Month

A handful of Verizon customers will soon have faster wireless service — but they'll have to pay $10 a month more. Verizon says it'll flip the switch next month on a much-hyped, next-generation "5G" phone network . Service will start in parts of Chicago and Minneapolis. The offer is available only...
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FILE- In this July 6, 2018, file photo prospective customers confer with sales associates as a Model 3 sits on display in a Tesla showroom in the Cherry Creek Mall in Denver. Tesla is walking back its plan to close most retail stores worldwide in a move the company says will force it to raise prices on most of its electric vehicles. The company still will move to online-only sales, but now says it won't close as many stores as originally thought. Tesla announced last month that it would shutter most of its stores to cut costs so it could sell its lower-priced Model 3 for $35,000. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
March 11, 2019 - 10:05 am

Tesla Walks Back Its Plan To Close Most Showrooms

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is walking back plans to close most of its showrooms worldwide and announced price hikes for most of its electric vehicles. Tesla announced last month that it would shutter most of its stores to cut costs so it could sell its lower-priced Model 3 for $35,000. The company...
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women shopping
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March 08, 2019 - 10:28 am

Celebrate Detroit's Women-Owned Businesses On International Women's Day

"There's a lot of strong women that are doing lots of different things."
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March 07, 2019 - 11:48 am

Charlotte Russe Closing All Stores; Holds Going Out Of Business Sale

The company employs about 8,700 people, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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March 06, 2019 - 1:03 pm

Now Hiring: Home Depot Looking To Fill 1,500 Positions In Metro Detroit

"You can come with your entire knowledge of hardware or you can come without any; it doesn't matter. We're gonna train you and make sure you're ready."
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Papa John's founder and CEO John Schnatter
FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, file photo, Papa John's founder and CEO John Schnatter attends a meeting in Louisville, Ky. Papa John’s has reached a settlement agreement with Schnatter that will see him step down from the pizza chain’s board once an independent director that is mutually acceptable replaces him. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File
March 05, 2019 - 9:03 am

Papa John's Founder To Step Down As Part Of Settlement Agreement

Papa John's has reached a settlement agreement with founder John Schnatter that will see him step down from the pizza chain's board once an independent director that is mutually acceptable replaces him. If a new director isn't named prior to Papa John's 2019 annual shareholders meeting, Schnatter's...
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Panorama de la planta de General Motors en Lordstown, Ohio, donde se ensambla el Chevrolet Cruze, el 27 de noviembre de 2018. (AP Foto/John Minchillo, File)
March 04, 2019 - 12:36 pm

GM Restructuring: Production Ending At Ohio Plant This Week

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — General Motors will end production this week at the first of five North American plants it wants to close by early next year as part of a companywide restructuring. The last American-made Chevrolet Cruze will come off the assembly line Wednesday at GM's sprawling Ohio assembly...
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FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2018, file photo, a banner depicting the Chevrolet Cruze model vehicle is displayed at the General Motors' Lordstown plant, in Lordstown, Ohio. GM employees in Lordstown and other factories in Michigan and Maryland that are targeted to close within a year say moving will force them to leave behind relatives, even their children, in some cases. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
March 03, 2019 - 11:04 pm

Autoworker Upheaval: Families Split, Children Left Behind

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds of workers at four General Motors plants slated to close by January are facing a painful choice: Take the company's offer to work at another factory — possibly hundreds of miles away — even if that means leaving behind their families, their homes and everything they've...
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This combination of images shows Walmart greeters, clockwise from top left, John Combs in Vancouver, Wash., Ashley Powell in Galena, Ill., Mitchell Hartzell in Hazel Green, Ala., and Adam Catlin in Selinsgrove, Pa. Combs, Powell, Hartzell and Catlin are among disabled Walmart greeters threatened with job loss as Walmart transforms the greeter position into one that’s more physically demanding. After more than a week of backlash, Greg Foran, president and CEO of Walmart's U.S. stores, said in a memo to store managers Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, that "we are taking some specific steps to support" greeters with disabilities. (Rachel Wasser/Tamara Ambrose/Gina Hopkins/Holly Catlin via AP)
March 01, 2019 - 5:57 pm

After 'botch,' Walmart moves to keep disabled greeters

Walmart endured more than a week's worth of bad publicity before announcing publicly that it was making "every effort" to find a role for disabled workers who had been threatened with job loss as the retailer gets rid of greeters at 1,000 stores. Amid a fierce backlash, Greg Foran, president and...
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