[#  item_content] Brian Niccol, the incoming head of Starbucks, has a C-suite perk that has raised eyebrows in post-pandemic office culture: an interstate commute on a plane. NYT… Read More »Starbucks C.E.O. Brian Niccol Will Commute 1,000 Miles on Corporate Jet

[#  item_content] The vice president supports the tax increases proposed by the Biden White House, according to her campaign. NYT > Business�

[#  item_content] Rail labor disruptions in Canada tend to be brief, but a prolonged stoppage could hurt farmers, automakers and other businesses. NYT > Business�

[#  item_content] Wonderful Nurseries, owned by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, has sued the state to overturn a labor organizing law championed by the United Farm Workers. NYT >… Read More »Farm Workers Union Battles With California Grower, Wonderful Nurseries

[#  item_content] Investors are anxiously awaiting Jerome Powell’s policy speech at a symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. on Friday, as labor data suggests the economy is slowing. NYT… Read More »Will Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech Help Lead to a Soft Landing?

[#  item_content] A decade ago, the city — and all of Michigan — had too many houses. Now it has a shortage. The shift there explains today’s… Read More »What Kalamazoo (Yes, Kalamazoo) Reveals About the Nation’s Housing Crisis

[#  item_content] After an investigation that ran in The New York Times, the industry is edging toward change. But companies in western India are reluctant to abandon… Read More »Sugar Industry Faces Pressure Over Coerced Hysterectomies in India

[#  item_content] On Wall Street, claims that a president is responsible for the fate of the stock market are largely dismissed as bluster. NYT > Business�

[#  item_content] Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, will deliver remarks as inflation cools and growth holds up — but as labor market weakening threatens to interrupt… Read More »Powell Faces Economic Crossroads as He Prepares to Speak at Jackson Hole