Amazon announced that they will be raising the minimum wage for their U.S. full-time, part-time, seasonal and temporary employees to $15 starting on November 1. There are currently 250,000 people that work for Amazon with plans to hire another 100,000 for the upcoming holiday season. CEO Jeff Bezos commented on the decision, stating, “We listened
In what is surely a groundbreaking policy, Los Angeles International Airport is now allowing travelers to fly out of the airport with marijuana. TSA says they will not stop or arrest anyone who has weed on them during the security check. In a statement regarding the new policy, LAX stated, in part, “[i]n accordance with
Berner spoke to VladTV about getting in the marijuana industry at the ground level and working his way up to management and later owning several dispensaries. He spoke about getting harassment from the feds when he was managing a dispensary as a teenager, and Berner added that they can still shut people down because marijuana
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Sirius XM is set to purchase Pandora Media for over $3 billion. With this play, this will put Sirius XM in significant competition with streaming companies like Spotify. Sirius’ deal to purchase Pandora is set to put the market value of the company near $30 billion,
Jeff Bezos sat down for a lengthy talk during The Economic Club of Washington. During the interview, Bezos touched on some of the more pressing issues surrounding his company’s performance and expansion, not to mention concerns with work conditions and providing workers a living wage. But the conversation wasn’t entirely serious. Bezos was asked how
Coca-Cola, the Atlanta-based soft drink giant, is reportedly in talks about creating a CBD-infused soft drink. Coke is looking to team up with the Canadian marijuana farm Aurora Cannabis to develop the beverages. Coca-Cola tried distancing itself away from the chatter around the venture which initially reported the company would create drinks with the psychoactive
Apple opened yesterday’s keynote with an opening featuring an Apple employee delivering “The Clicker” to CEO, Tim Cook. Check it out below:
The not so subtle line about Diddy having something to do with Pac’s murder on Eminem’s “Killshot” has the internet buzzing. There are many who consider it a clever play on words but others aren’t taking it all in fun. Jay Electronica took special offense to the line, tweeting out: View this post on
Eminem has gotten the internet buzzing yet again, only this time he offered a response to Machine Gun Kelly’s “Rap Devil” diss. Despite Em using “Killshot” as his way of lyrically assassinating MGK, he also took a (playful) jab at Diddy regarding an infamous assassination. Em rapped: “Kells, the day you put out a hit’s
Apple unveiled their new iPhone Xs series including a Max version that will retail for $1099. The XS base model will reportedly retail for $749.
