• GOP Sens Urge SEC to Investigate Chinese Companies
  
  Senate Republicans are urging Security and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler to investigate an alleged bait and switch by the Chinese Communist Party.
• Robinhood, Gateway to 'Meme' Stocks, Has $2.1B IPO
  
  Robinhood Markets Inc, the owner of the trading app which emerged as the go-to destination for retail investors speculating on this year's "meme' stock trading frenzy, raised $2.1 billion in its initial public offering Wednesday.
• Big Tech Mandating Vaccine for In-Office US Employees
  
  Big Tech companies are making it mandatory for employees in the United States to get COVID-19 vaccinations before entering campuses, as the highly infectious Delta variant of the virus drives a resurgence in cases across regions.
• Ford Overcomes Chip Shortage, Posts Surprise Profit
  
  Sky-high sales prices for its pickup trucks and SUVs helped Ford Motor Co. turn a surprise second-quarter profit despite a global shortage of computer chips that cut factory output in half.
• GM Sues Ford Over 'Cruise' Self-Driving Cars Branding
  
  General Motors Co. is suing its competitor Ford Motor Co. for violating a trademarked driver-assist technology that is used for hands-free features, according to a lawsuit.
• J&J Says Its COVID Vaccine Neutralizes Delta Variant
  
  Johnson & Johnson said its single-shot coronavirus vaccine neutralizes the fast-spreading delta variant and provides durable protection against infection more broadly.
• Experts: J&J Vaccine May Need Booster for Delta Variant
  
  Infectious disease experts are weighing the need for booster shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna mRNA-based vaccines for Americans who received Johnson & Johnson's one-dose vaccine due to the increasing prevalence of the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant.
• Congress to Probe Approval of Biogen Alzheimer's Drug
  
  Lawmakers announced Friday an investigation into the approval and pricing of Biogen Inc's Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, amid concerns over its steep price and doubts if the clinical evidence proves the drug works.
• Disney Offers $1K Signing Bonus, 9 Months After Layoffs
  
  Walt Disney Co. is offering $1,000 bonuses to recruit new housekeepers and select kitchen staff at its Florida theme parks, just months after laying off some 32,000 employees.
• Southwest Airlines Plans to Raise Minimum Wage to $15
  
  Southwest Airlines plans to raise minimum pay to $15 an hour for about 7,000 employees, citing the need to attract and keep workers as the airline industry continues to recover from the pandemic.
• Google Says It's Using AI to Design Chips Faster Than Humans
  
  Google is claiming it's developed artificial intelligence software that can design chips in less than six hours compared with the months it would take humans to make a chip. The tech giant's engineers...
• Apple's New Privacy Feature Won't Be Available in China
  
  A new product feature Apple has developed to improve users' privacy will not be available in certain countries, including China. The company announced Monday a new "private relay" feature, which has been designed to...
• Businesses Eyeing Exits in Hong Kong Amid Uncertainty
  
  Businesses are eyeing the exits in Hong Kong as it becomes less open and more fused to the mainland China economy, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
• Amazon 'Forcing Employees to Brand Themselves With Stickers' If They're Vaccinated
  
  Amazon is requiring workers who have received a COVID-19 vaccination to wear green stickers on their employee badges if they want to go maskless while working for the giant online retailer...
• Pot Users May Apply: Amazon Won't Test Job Applicants
  
  Amazon said Tuesday it will stop testing jobseekers for marijuana.
• Microsoft Announces Upcoming End of Internet Explorer
  
  It has been 25 years since Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser came on the scene, and soon it will leave the technological stage, ending an era.
• JPMorgan Launches New Venture to Again Grapple With Health Care
  
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. is taking another shot at trying to make health care less expensive for companies and better for workers in the U.S.The largest U.S. bank is launching a business called Morgan Health aimed at improving employee benefits and promoting health equity,...
• Billionaire Thiel, Trump Allies Back Rumble
  
  A group of prominent conservative venture capitalists are backing the video platform Rumble, a burgeoning social media competitor to Google's YouTube, including the billionaire co-founder of PayPal Peter Thiel...
• Bank of America Raising US Minimum Wage to $25 by 2025
  
  Bank of America Corp said on Tuesday it plans to raise its minimum wage for U.S. workers to $25 an hour by 2025, the latest in a series of major employers promising more pay to workers after a year of pandemic risks.
• AT&T to Spin Off CNN, HBO to Discovery in $43 Billion Deal
  
  AT&T Inc. agreed to spin off its media operations in a deal with Discovery Inc. that will create a new entertainment company, merging assets ranging from CNN and HBO to HGTV and the Food Network.
• Amazon to Hire 75,000 Workers, With $100 Bonus for Vaccination Proof
  
  Amazon.com Inc. will give $100 more to new hires with proof of COVID-19 vaccination, the world's largest e-commerce retailer said on Thursday, as part of its plan to hire 75,000 workers for fulfillment and logistics operations.
• State AGs Urge Facebook to Drop Children's Instagram Plan
  
  Citing dangers of children predators, a group of 40 state attorneys general wrote a letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to drop plans to make an Instagram social media site for kids under the age of 13...
• Peloton Recalling Treadmills After Reports of 1 Child's Death, 70 Injuries
  
  Peloton said on Wednesday it was recalling its Tread and Tread+ treadmills, reversing course after Chief Executive Officer John Foley earlier urged owners of its machines only to check safety warnings following the death of a child in an accident.
• Verizon Sells Yahoo, AOL to Apollo in $5B Deal
  
  Verizon Communications Inc. said it's selling its media division to Apollo Global Management Inc. for $5 billion, a move that will jettison once-dominant online brands like AOL and Yahoo.The unit will be known as Yahoo after the close of the transaction, which is expected...
• CEO of $2B Company Let Go for Taking LSD at Work
  
  Iterable Inc., a $2 billion company, released a board statement to its employees Monday that CEO Justin Zhu, an alumnus of Google and Twitter, was let go for reportedly using LSD at work in 2019.

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