Dee-Ann Durbin

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Laxman Narasimhan, chief executive officer of Latin America at PepsiCo Inc., speaks during the CEO Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru, on Friday, April 13, 2018. The conference brings together leading CEOs and heads of state from the Americas region to analyze opportunities to promote economic growth and investment. Photographer: Guillermo Gutierrez/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Starbucks names former PepsiCo executive as new CEO

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

FILE – A group of fired Starbucks employees celebrate the result of a vote to unionize one of the coffee company’s locations on June 7, 2022, in Memphis, Tenn. In a decision issued on Thursday, Aug. 18, a federal judge ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven employees in Memphis who were fired earlier this year after leading an effort to unionize their store. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz, File)

Starbucks has to rehire 7 workers it fired for trying to unionize, federal judge rules

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Michael Vestigo of Kansas City, Kansas, who claims he was fired by Starbucks, speaks while dressed as Apollo the wolf during the “Fight Starbucks’ Union Busting” rally and march in Seattle, Washington, April 23, 2022. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Starbucks asks labor board to temporarily suspend union votes at its U.S. stores

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

Banana Boat sunscreen has been recalled.

Banana Boat recalls scalp sunscreen spray for cancer risk

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FILE – Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that’s been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where the procedure is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Companies from Amazon to JPMorgan pledged to cover abortion travel costs. But it’s not clear how and if they’ll be able to do so

By Barbara Ortutay, Dee-Ann Durbin, and others

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Soaring gas prices are hurting drivers who rely on their cars for work

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

Starbucks drops vaccine mandate after Supreme Court ruling

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MIAMI, FLORIDA – JANUARY 11: A shelf displaying toilet paper sits almost empty as shoppers makes their way through a supermarket on January 11, 2022 in Miami, Florida. The coronavirus Omicron variant is still disrupting the supply chain causing some empty shelves at stores.

Where did the meat go? Shoppers increasingly find empty grocery shelves due to COVID and severe weather

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Parker Purifoy, and others

LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 28: In this photo illustration a phone is held displaying the Uber app as a black taxi pases at Waterloo station on September 28, 2020 in London, England. The ride-sharing service won its appeal after Transport for London denied a renewal of its operating license late last year.

U.S. sues Uber, saying wait fees discriminate against disabled

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

A food delivery robot crosses a street in Ann Arbor, Mich. on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. Robot food delivery is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Hundreds of little robots __ knee-high and able to hold around four large pizzas __ are now navigating college campuses and even some city sidewalks in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere. While robots were being tested in limited numbers before the coronavirus hit, the companies building them say pandemic-related labor shortages and a growing preference for contactless delivery have accelerated their deployment. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Robots roam some campuses and city streets as contactless food delivery grows

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

FILE – In this Nov. 6, 2019, file photo, a restaurant advertises Uber Eats in Miami. Restaurant delivery companies like DoorDash and Uber Eats are rapidly expanding their services to grocers, convenience stores, pharmacies, pet stores and even department stores. The move has been spurred by skyrocketing consumer demand during the pandemic. On Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Uber Eats unveiled its newest delivery option that will let users order flowers from FTD directly from its app. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, file)

Uber Eats and DoorDash are now delivering groceries, flowers to meet customer demands

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

This June 7, 2021, image shows the headquarters of Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rebecca Latham, CEO of Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails, said her council had thousands of boxes left over at the end of the selling season in late spring, even though girls tried innovative selling methods like drive-thru booths and contact-free delivery. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

The Girl Scouts have millions of unsold cookie boxes as they struggle to navigate the pandemic

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Nate Mullins, a former bartender from Oak, Harbor, Wash., who quit his job last November after clashing with managers over enforcing mask rules, poses for a photo near a street mural Monday, May 17, 2021, in Mount Vernon, Wash. There’s a wild card in the push to return to post-pandemic life: many workers don’t want to return to the jobs they once had. Mullins’ unemployment checks don’t match what he was making at the bar, but they’re enough to get by while he looks for jobs that would provide health care and retirement benefits. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Changed by the pandemic, many workers are reluctant to return to their old jobs

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Stephen Groves, and others

FILE – In this June 24, 2014 file photo, a giant Pride flag flies atop the Starbucks headquarters in celebration of Gay Pride Week in Seattle. More than 400 companies, including Starbucks, have signed on to support civil rights legislation for LGBTQ people that is moving through Congress, advocates said Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The Equality Act would amend existing civil rights law to explicitly include sexual orientation and gender identification as protected characteristics. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

More than 400 businesses back LGBTQ rights act, according to advocacy group

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

Jeffray Gardner, the owner of Marsatta Chocolate explains his artisan hand-crafted chocolates to new customer, Katherine Trontman at his company’s flagship store in Torrance, Calif., Sunday, March 28, 2021. Restaurants and delivery companies remain uneasy partners, haggling over fees and struggling to make the service profitable for themselves and each other. Gardner says he probably loses money on the one or two delivery orders he gets each day. But he’s still happy to work with delivery companies because they help him reach a wider audience. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Food delivery will continue to thrive after COVID restrictions ease, drawing out tensions between delivery apps and restaurants

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