Retailers’ Seasonal Hiring Plans Signal a Cooling Labor Market After scrambling to fill out work forces in recent years, many companies are reporting more modest goals for temporary employment.
In China, Businesses Cut Prices as Consumers Spend Less Beijing hopes spending can spur growth, which has been dragged down by slowing real estate sales and exports. But shoppers are gravitating to discounts.
Judge Affirms Pay Raise For Food Delivery Workers in New York Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub had challenged the new pay standard, which would require them to pay gig workers about $18 per hour to start.
Instacart Soars 40% as It Begins Trading, an Encouraging Sign for Tech I.P.O.s Shares opened at $42 on Tuesday, valuing the grocery delivery company at $13.9 billion.
Instacart Prices I.P.O. at $30 a Share, Raising $660 Million The grocery delivery company priced its offering at the high end of expectations, in a potentially upbeat sign for tech public offerings.