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SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – With the new year, Illinois will see another minimum wage hike on Jan. 1. The state’s minimum wage goes up to $11 for hourly workers....

WARSAW, Poland -- The developer of their latest game Cyberpunk 2077 may have more issues than a buggy, unfinished game to deal with. Amidst a large flurry of refund demands, CD Projekt Red...

DALLAS (UPI) -- Hindered by depressed demand for air travel, Southwest Airlines on Thursday gave furlough warnings to nearly 7,000 employees after a deal to cut wages by 10% next...

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Cloud computing company Salesforce acquired workplace chat app Slack in an agreement announced by the two companies Tuesday. Salesforce agreed to pay $27.7 billion for Slack,...

CUPERTINO, Calif. (UPI) -- Apple on Wednesday agreed to pay $113 million to settle a lawsuit brought by 33 states and Washington, D.C., accusing the company of intentionally slowing down...

DUBLIN, Ireland -- A 21-year-old Irish man is heading to prison for three years on various charges, including cryptocurrency theft. Conor Freeman would receive his sentence in criminal court Tuesday,...

WILMINGTON, Del. -- A leading cryptocurrency lender is requesting bankruptcy protection as a result of some alleged shady dealings. Cryptocurrency lender CRED Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Saturday...

BRISTOL, Conn. (UPI) -- ESPN announced Thursday it will lay off 300 employees and will not fill about 200 open positions, marking its largest number of job cuts in five...

GRAPEVINE, Tex. -- If you were planning to huddle outside of your nearest GameStop store, save yourself the trip this year. This is assuming your closest store hasn't already closed...

SPRINGFIELD -- New research suggests access to emergency paid leave could help limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. Supporters of a broader paid-time-off proposal say it's needed in states...