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Hong Kong/Seoul (CNN Business)Clark Park, a 35-year-old YouTuber, is one of many people in South Korea fed up with high food prices. That's why he grabbed his camera and joined a huge throng of shoppers clamoring for cheap fried chicken one August morning at Homeplus, a hypermarket chain that had ju

More than 8,000 workers at nearly 80 King Soopers stores went on strike for better wages on Wednesday as negotiations stalled, but the stores stayed open as the Kroger (NYSE:KR) Co-owned Colorado chain hired temporary staff and promoted online ordering. The strike started at 7:00 a.m. ET and would g

As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, businesses say they fear a California court ruling has increased the likelihood that companies will be sued for infections, even by people who are not employees or customers. The Dec. 21 ruling allowed a wrongful death lawsuit to proceed against See's Ca

Welcome to moody Monday, with stocks wobbling and oil prices getting hit hard after a batch of downbeat data from China, alongside a surprise rate cut. Some say that the global growth engine’s economic issues belong in a different box from the rest of the world, owing to Cihna’s self-imposed slowdow

New York (CNN Business)Frustrated by extra credit card fees when you shop? A pair of bipartisan bills in Congress aim to lower the swipe fees, also known as interchange fees, that retailers pay every time a customer makes a purchase with their card. The effort is backed by retail giants including Wa

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) on Friday told workers they only have to isolate for a week after testing positive for COVID-19, instead of 10 days, following updated U.S. health guidance. The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has prompted a spike in cases in the United States and worker shortages at