SALT LAKE CITY — Despite the ridicule Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook has received in his first season with the franchise, one constant the guard has provided is availability. Westbrook has been in the lineup in all but one of the team’s 76 contests. His lone absence was an early February game in Portland due to lower back tightness. The Los Angeles native admitted it has been a trying experience for him and his family as he has been scolded by fans and media for what he would… Source link

With the labor market continuing to be super competitive, the baseline for hourly wages may be approaching $20 if companies want to attract badly needed talent, said one economist. “I am starting to see a willingness to hit the $18 an hour mark. I am kind of looking at that more as maybe where companies start to come in on a regular basis,” said Emsi Burning Glass chief economist Ron Hetrick on Yahoo Finance Live. “You had companies like Amazon who set the standard there. I think everybody… Source link

A labor drive at an Amazon (AMZN) warehouse on Staten Island narrowly won a historic union election on Friday, establishing the first U.S. union in the company’s 28-year history and intensifying a nationwide surge of organizing across major companies like Starbucks (SBUX) and Disney (DIS). As of early Friday afternoon, the union was poised for victory with a margin of nearly 500 votes. The National Labor Relations board said on Friday that the union and Amazon had challenged 66 ballots,… Source link

Is there a budding bromance between Tesla CEO and U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh? We wouldn’t go that far, but at least the two global influencers met at last. Musk gave Walsh a tour of Tesla’s new Gigafactory in March. The tour came after Walsh said on Yahoo Finance Live he welcomed a call from the EV titan. “We had a good conversation,” Walsh said on Yahoo Finance Live. The meeting marks the first public olive branch by the Biden administration to connect with the outspoken Musk, which is fresh… Source link

Yandex, the Russia-based internet company, and its fast grocery unit Yango Deli are rethinking the company’s strategic priorities in the United Kingdom and France, TechFundingNews.com reported Friday (April 1). The news outlet reported Yango Deli delivery will end its operations in France as the business suffers. The company is also exploring the sale of its United Kingdom division, sources told the online news organization. “Yango Deli is gradually suspending its ultra-fast grocery… Source link

In the past few years, the phrase “HIPAA violation” has been thrown around a lot, often incorrectly. People have cited the law, which protects patient health information, as a reason they can’t be asked if they’re vaccinated or get a doctor’s note for an employer. But asking someone if they’re vaccinated isn’t actually a HIPAA violation. That’s a fine and not-illegal thing for one non-doctor to ask another non-doctor. What is a HIPAA violation is what U. Phillip… Source link

Chip giant Intel (INTC) is bringing the heat to rivals Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD (AMD) with the launch of the company’s Arc graphics chips. And it could turn the graphics chip industry upside down, not to mention help consumers like you and me. Intel has been teasing its Arc graphics since 2021 as an alternative to Nvidia’s and AMD’s offerings for customers who are looking for solid graphics capabilities for both gaming and content creation. The company will eventually release a slate of… Source link

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GREEN BAY, Wis. – Having released Za’Darius Smith to help get in compliance with the salary cap and last year’s young backups providing meager contributions with Smith missing most of the season, Eric Edholm went with Purdue’s George Karlaftis with the Green Bay Packers’ first pick in a mock draft at Yahoo. Edholm noted some pertinent Packers history in making the first pick. “With receiver somewhat picked over and a quality pass-rush talent on the board, this is the way we’ll go… Source link

Entrepreneur and self-made business mogul Emma Grede knows a few things about building successful businesses with the Kardashians. Together they have co-founded several: Good American, SKIMS, and Safely. “I have a very long relationship [with the Kardashians], going back to my former career where I’d worked with the family, for I guess near enough 10 years now,” Grede told Yahoo Finance Live Presents (video above). “So it’s been a relationship that’s taken a very long time to form. We’ve done… Source link