A year after rolling out a "responsible time-off" program that allowed employees to schedule as much time off as they liked (within reason), insurance brokerage Holmes Murphy reports little change in the time employees spend away from work. READ MORE
Wells Fargo accused of ripping off mom-and-pop shops
Wells Fargo has already admitted to charging people for overdrawing bank accounts that they didn't have and for car insurance that they didn't need. Now, it's being accused of ripping off vulnerable mom-and-pop businesses. READ MORE
America's Most Powerful Companies Are Using Creepy Artificial Intelligence to Alter Your Behavior
From Starbucks to IBM, the use of artificial intelligence by big companies to alter your behavior is becoming a major thing. READ MORE
US created 209,000 jobs in July, vs 183,000 jobs expected
The U.S. economy continued a strong summer, adding 209,000 jobs in July while the unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent, the lowest since March 2001, according to a government report Friday. READ MORE
Elon Musk says people are canceling orders because it's like an 'hour-and-a-half wait for hamburgers'
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that 63,000 people cancelled their Model 3 reservations over the course of more than a year — but was quick to add that it's a relief for the electric-car maker. READ MORE
The Coming ObamaCare Bailout
‘Cost-sharing’ subsidies are illegal without an appropriation by Congress. READ MORE
Hy-Vee’s Big Convenience Play
Supermarket and convenience-store chain Hy-Vee Inc. will open a larger-than-usual c-store in Lakeview, Minn. READ MORE
Whirlpool to hire 500 for Iowa refrigerator plant
Whirlpool Corp.’s Amana Operations refrigerator plant is planning a “hiring blitz” over the next three weeks with the intention of adding 500 employees. READ MORE
Google reportedly offered $30 billion to acquire Snapchat
Nerdy Google has failed at social time and time again, so it considered buying teen sensation Snapchat. The search giant held informal talks with Snap and floated an offer of $30 billion in 2016 before Snap’s last funding round, and just before its IPO this year, according to Business Insider’s Alex Heath. That offer was apparently an open secret inside Snap, and was on the table after the IPO, too. READ MORE