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Sources familiar with the situation told The Verge that Janneke Parrish, a program manager on Apple Maps, was terminated for "non-compliance" after deleting files off of her work devices during an internal investigation. The files reportedly included apps like Robinhood, Pokémon GO, and Google Drive.

American retailers are trying to maintain an optimistic outlook ahead of the pivotal holiday-shopping season but are alarmed about the broader effects of the current labor shortage and pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions.

Ex-Walmart president and CEO Bill Simon offers a possible first step in alleviating supply chain disruptions.

Domino’s Pizza cited an ongoing nationwide labor shortage as a key obstacle after the company posted its first quarterly sales decline in more than a decade on Thursday.

Domino's Pizza said Thursday that staffing issues have taken a toll on the company's orders

More than a year and a half into the pandemic, the U.S. is still missing around 4.3 million workers. Many have dropped out of the workforce permanently, leading the labor force participation rate to drop.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to a new pandemic low last week, dipping below 300,000 for the first time since March 2020.

However, a vast majority of the union members, about 90%, rejected a tentative agreement reached by the union and John Deere earlier this week even though it would have delivered 5% raises to some workers and 6% raises to others.

Optimism about the U.S. economy's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is fading as it faces mounting headwinds from both a labor shortage and supply chain disruptions, according to a survey of American CFOs.

The dispute between the Kellogg Company and the union involves an assortment of pay and benefit issues such as the loss premium health care, holiday and vacation pay and reduced retirement benefits.