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The lawsuit, filed late Monday night, accused McDonald’s of systematically discriminating against black franchise operators by offering their white counterparts better financial assistance and more convenient locations. The former franchisees, who run about 200 restaurants together, have operated stores during the year since the 1980s. According to the complaint, McDonald’s …

It has been exactly one year since the US-China trade conflict plunged the US manufacturing sector into recession. The recession lasted for five months, but since then the factories have been back. U.S. manufacturers recorded their best pace in nearly two years on Tuesday. © Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune …

Daily G.O.P. On conference calls, Senate Republicans are discussing their next steps and linking them to a new approach that amounts to $ 2.2 trillion in small pieces that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered the White House during their stalled talks. Sources on call. The White House has rejected the …

Getty An executive order signed by President Trump in early August provides for a pay tax holiday for American workers that could take effect today. With Congress-led negotiations on the next stimulus package still aimed at providing economic relief during the coronavirus epidemic, Trump announced four executive orders at a …

“This is not our first choice – it’s our last,” Will East, managing director of Facebook Australia Australia and New Zealand, wrote in a blog post on Monday. “But this is the only way to protect against the outcome that ignores logic and will not help, but hurt, the long-term …