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Activision Blizzard chief administrative officer Brian Bulatao argued that "active, transparent dialogue between leaders and employees" would be a "better path" to achieving the company's workplace culture aspirations than waiting for the outcome of a future bargaining process.

Better.com chief financial officer Kevin Ryan will manage the company's day-to-day operations in Garg's absence and report directly to the board.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is dropping the Sackler name from seven exhibition spaces amid growing outrage over the role the family may have played in the opioid crisis.

Investors take a breather after three days of gains.

Starbucks employees at the coffee chain's Elmwood Village location in Buffalo have voted 19 to 8 in favor of being represented by Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union. The vote awaits official certification by the National Labor Relations Board.

The Labor Department released weekly jobless claims data on Thursday morning.

The stock market is eyeing the third day of gains.

"I realize that the way I communicated this news made a difficult situation worse," Better.com founder and CEO Vishal Garg wrote in an email to employees. "I am deeply sorry and am committed to learning from this situation and doing more to be the leader that you expect me to be."

Mike Rowe warns the U.S. workforce could become "wildly" unbalanced if Americans don't control the perceived definition of a good job.

U.S. job openings unexpectedly climbed to a near-record high in October, as employers struggled to onboard new workers amid an ongoing labor shortage.

The tight U.S. labor market is likely to persist into 2022, pressuring companies to find creative solutions to retain and attract workers.