At an office in SoHo, rows of desks sit empty, while a shaggy dog — shadowing an owner nostalgic for work-from-home comforts — wanders the conference rooms. At a tech […]
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Back to news homeAfter Pandemic Rebound, U.S. Manufacturing Droops
The pandemic had a bright silver lining for Elkhart, Ind.The city, renowned as the capital of recreational vehicle production, had a surge in demand as cooped-up families took to the […]
Dating Apps Thrive in China, but Not Just for Romance
When Qu Tongzhou, a photography assistant in Shanghai, set out on a long-awaited trip to western China in June, she found the cities she visited to be unwelcoming. As an […]
Trying to Sell Your Old Peloton Bike? So Is Peloton.
Peloton paused the trade-in program this past June.“It’s in Peloton’s interest to try to control the secondary market,” said Sucharita Kodali, an analyst at Forrester. By buying back equipment, Peloton […]
Bitcoin Plummets Below $20,000 for First Time Since Late 2020
Square, another payments company, bought $50 million of Bitcoin and changed its name to Block, in part to signify its work with blockchain technology. Tesla bought $1.5 billion of it. […]
How Covid Did Away With the Sick Day
Many workers find themselves, consciously or not, mimicking the way their bosses behave. They witness managers answering emails from bed, and feel they should do the same.So some bosses are […]
Inside the Apple Store Battle for Union Representation
Apple has hired Littler Mendelson, an employment law firm, to blunt the labor push. It also has furnished store managers with talking points, including that unionizing could result in fewer […]
Has Shanghai Been Xinjianged?
Shanghai and Xinjiang used to be the two sides of the China coin.Shanghai was the glamorous China, with skyscrapers, Art Deco apartments and a thriving middle class that shopped in […]
Working 9 to 2, and Again After Dinner
How would Dolly Parton capture the daily grind in 2022?Working 9 to 2, putting in a load of laundryMake the kids a snack, but deadlines are a quandarySlack and emails […]
A Hybrid-Work Challenge: Monitoring Attendance
“We would have more of a policy following up with people on why they weren’t showing up,” she said.But many workers, across industries, are resisting the prospect of having their […]