US Protests

Small peaceful protests have formed outside of Robinhood headquarters in Menlo Park, California, the Securities and Exchange Comission headquarters in Washington D.C. and the New York Stock Exchange Thursday following a call made in a now-deleted post on the speculative investing sub-Reddit forum WallStreetBets.

"As Microsoft executives have said internally to employees, this is not a normal year," Microsoft wrote in a blog post Saturday. "The company believes that opposition to the Electoral College undermined American democracy and should have consequences."

The Pike Place store was established in 1971 as the coffee giant's first location.

"The President’s statements continue to be interpreted as calls to action, and we are taking this action to remove the potential for harm to our community and the general public," a Twitch spokesperson told FOX Business in a statement Wednesday.

President-elect Joe Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration and the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol have brought intense security measures to Washington, D.C., leading some small businesses to close for the week and beyond.

Following last year’s efforts to ban Trump Administration officials from speaking on campus, Harvard University students are now circulating a petition that calls for revoking degrees from Trump supporters and aides who attended the elite Ivy League institution, FOX Business has learned.

Facebook is urging employees to avoid wearing or carrying company-branded clothing and other items in public after the social media platform suspended President Trump's account, according to an internal memo.

Parler registered its domain with host-sharing site Epik on Monday, according to publicly available WHOIS search results.

The use of one of the largest facial recognition software databases in the country jumped 26% on the day after the storming of the U.S. Capitol, with police and law enforcement agencies turning to the technology to try to identify agitators behind the attack.

The move aims to "help build trust and assist with protecting the greater D.C. community" ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20. 

A growing list of businesses are pausing or reviewing political contributions in response to efforts against the certification of the Electoral College and the Capitol riot by a group of Trump supporters that followed. 

Bradley Rukstales, CEO of tech company Cogensia, was arrested Wednesday following riots at the Capitol and is now apologizing for his actions.

There appears to be no love lost between Musk and Zuckerberg.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton believes Capitol Hill protesters who harmed people or property must be held accountable.

Gate City Candy Co. owner and Army veteran Daniel Weatherington was forced to close the doors of his Greensboro, North Carolina, business.

Business leaders from Wall Street to Silicon Valley joined trade groups across the nation in calling for an end to the protests and violence on Capitol Hill.

Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., details the Capitol Hill protests from the inside and urges rioters to end it.

Some Portland-based businesses have reportedly been left with no choice but to find new insurance companies or pay significantly higher premiums following months of civil unrest, looting and vandalism in parts of the Oregon city.

Hundreds of restaurant owners in Michigan came together to push back against coronavirus restrictions, Joe Vicari Restaurant Group owners told FOX Business.

The striking workers said Infinity discontinued pandemic pay for employees at the end of July and pays workers base wages well below those of other nursing homes in the Chicago area, despite receiving $12.7 million in COVID-19 funding through the federal coronavirus rescue package.