Business news 2022

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The states with the lowest minimum wage are Georgia ($5.15) and Wyoming ($5.15) – but.employers who are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must still pay the $7.25 Federal minimum. Twenty-one states will raise their minimum wage on January 1, 2022, and four more states will raise their minimum wage later in the year. Georgia and Wyoming are not among them.

New year brings minimum wage hikes to 21 states
The wage floor in California and New York will hit $15 for many workers in 2022.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-y...b04b42ab6818ca

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COVID. Inflation. High gasoline prices. Supply chain disruptions. Not a good way to start the new year.

The economy is booming. Five reasons that could change in 2022.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/31/econo...022/index.html

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Not surprisingly, Morgan Stanley will not admit to any wrongdoing.

Morgan Stanley to pay $60 million to resolve data security lawsuit

https://www.reuters.com/markets/fund...it-2022-01-02/

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General Motors Corporation was founded in 1908 and now owns Buick, GMC, Cadillac and Chevrolet. Toyota was founded in 1937 in Koromo, Japan. The town was renamed Toyota on January 1, 1959.

Toyota beats General Motors in US sales; GM had led every year since 1931

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...s-gm-us-sales/

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The CW was founded in January 2006 and was named after the first initials of CBS and Warner, which each own 50% of the network – but probably not for much longer.

ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia reportedly exploring sale of The CW

https://nypost.com/2022/01/06/viacom...ale-of-the-cw/

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Okay, maybe this self-driving tractor will be able to plow a field – but will it be able to milk the cows, gather eggs from the hens and pick corn off the stalks?

John Deere gets close to self-farming farms with autonomous tractors coming later this year

https://www.businessinsider.com/john...ractors-2022-1

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Meta could wind up having to sell Instagram and WhatsApp. Or not.

FTC attempt to break up Facebook's parent company can proceed, judge rules
A lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission claims Meta participated in "anti-competitive conduct" and violated antitrust laws.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/feder...b04e9d84df179e

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Netflix was founded in 1997 in Scotts Valley, California as a DVD rental service. Netflix launched a streaming service in 2007 and began producing its own programming in 2013. Shares of Netflix closed today at 525.69, a gain of 6.49 (1.25%).

Netflix hikes subscription prices in US and Canada by $1-$2 a month

https://nypost.com/2022/01/14/netfli...us-and-canada/

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Activision was founded in 1979 in Sunnyvale, California. Among their first video games were Boxing, Skiing, Freeway, Fishing Derby, Stampede and Barnstorming. Among their most successful game series are Spider-Man, Tony Hawk, Crash Bandicoot, Transformers, Guitar Hero, Call Of Duty and Soldier Of Fortune. In 2008, Activision merged with Vivendi Games, the parent company of Blizzard Entertainment, and formed Activision Blizzard. And today.....

Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion

https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/2...duty-overwatch

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"Rehabilitated, you say? Sorry, we don't believe you."

Amazon, Whole Foods can be sued by murderer rejected for delivery job

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news...job/ar-AATcKTk