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Tech glitch may have overcharged Walmart shoppers at self-checkout

If you’ve recently used a self-checkout kiosk at Walmart  (WMT) , and felt like your bill was abnormally high, (even amid inflation) then you were probably right. The retail giant has just admitted that it may have overcharged shoppers who opted to use self-checkout machines in March at 1,600 stores across the nation due to a technical issue, according to documents that were seen by Bloomberg News.

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Mickey and Minnie in a union? You bet, at Disneyland in California

The Happiest Place on Earth is dealing with some not-so-happy employees. 1,700 Disneyland cast members who play characters in the California theme park have voted to unionize under the Actors’ Equity Association. Disneyland has more than 21,000 total cast members, from food service workers to hair and make-up artists, and they’re represented by more than a dozen different unions.

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After closing 48 locations, signs of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing exist for Red Lobster chain

The big food court in the sky, or maybe it’s a downtown entertainment district, features a lot of restaurants that once had a big following. You may not remember them all, but some brands that were once huge, fell into irrelevancy and then went away.

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Biden, Trump don’t even agree on crypto, with Trump saying he’s in support, Biden opposed

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has recently signaled an about face on the digital assets industry, promising to support crypto in the U.S. during a recent campaign event and offering a stark contrast to apparent hostility from the Biden administration.

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Record Thursday: Dow hits 40,000-point mark, all three indexes look set to extend record highs

U.S. stocks nudged higher Thursday as investors looked to extend a springtime rally that has lifted all three major benchmarks to all-time highs following a muted inflation report and renewed bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates.

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