She took the phrase “fake it ‘til you make it,” a bit too literally.  A startup founder has pleaded guilty to cooking the books of her human resources software firm and lying about how many customers it had in order to attract over $5 million from venture capitalists focused on…

Labor unions pushing to organize Starbucks employees this week filed yet another complaint accusing the company of union-busting practices, saying the coffee giant’s membership in the United Nations Global Compact is “self-serving” and does not reflect what’s truly happening. One of the 10 principles of the U.N. Global Compact, a…

Apple Inc. already has an iPhone for your pocket, as well as a watch for your wrist.On Monday, the tech giant unveiled its Vision Pro headset to launch you into virtual and augmented reality — at a starting cost of $3,499.“It’s the first Apple product you look through, and not…

Americans don’t think inflation will ease anytime soon. According to a monthly Consumer Sentiment study from market research company Numerator, 78% of Americans think “inflation will increase” in the next few months. In addition, 68% of people say the U.S. economy will worsen in the next few months. See also:…

Cornel West, a former Harvard and Princeton professor now at Union Theological Seminary, said Monday that he’s running for president in 2024. “I am running for truth and justice as a presidential candidate for the People’s Party to reintroduce America to the best of itself — fighting to end poverty,…

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, was a thinly-veiled shell game that allowed its Svengali-like founder to secretly use customer accounts as his own and do business in the U.S., the Securities and Exchange Commission has alleged in a civil suit filed in Washington D.C.’s federal court. The crypto firm,…

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Binance Holdings Inc. and its founder Changpeng Zhao with 13 securities law violations, the regulator announced Monday.The SEC alleges that Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, “secretly allow[ed] high-value U.S. customers” to trade on the platform in violation of U.S. securities laws which bar…

The contest to become the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nominee is heating up further, with former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum making moves this week. Pence filed paperwork for his White House bid on Monday, ahead of a launch…

© Reuters. Apple’s Vision Pro headset is on display at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S. June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Loren Elliott (Reuters) – Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) unveiled its first augmented-reality (AR) headset, as well as a series of upgrades to its devices and…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Apple logo is seen in this illustration taken March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Stephen Nellis CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) -Apple on Monday unveiled a costly augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro in its riskiest bet since the introduction of the iPhone more than a decade…