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Chipotle Mexican Grill is launching a spinoff restaurant, Farmesa, that will serve up customizable bowls focusing on healthier foods, the fast-casual chain announced Wednesday. Farmesa won’t have a dining room and instead will take orders for takeout or delivery. Chipotle is testing the spinoff in Santa Monica, California, in partnership …

The high-flying tech industry is facing a reckoning as the economy slows and customers pull back on spending. In the past month alone, tech companies have cut nearly 60,000 jobs, reversing a hiring spree that surged during the pandemic as millions of Americans moved their lives online. IBM was one of …

A Canadian accountant has been ordered to repay her employer for “time theft” after the company’s tracking software determined that she was performing personal tasks while she claimed to be working. The court ruling marks one of the first instances in which such technology has been used to order a …

Some Southwest Airlines passengers whose bags went missing during the carrier’s scheduling meltdown in December are still struggling to locate their belongings — more than a week after their original flights were canceled.  Although the airline claims it has returned to a normal flight schedule, passengers whose holiday trips were …

With a massive storm snarling travel across the U.S. and Canada this weekend, thousands of travelers have been stuck at airports — or waiting in long lines or on hold on the phone trying to rebook their flights. More than 2,800 flights had already been canceled in the U.S. Tuesday …

Starting January 1, many Americans will qualify for a tax credit of up to $7,500 for buying an electric vehicle. The credit, part of changes enacted in the Inflation Reduction Act, is designed to spur EV sales and reduce greenhouse emissions. But a complex web of requirements, including where vehicles …

Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite, will pay $520 million to settle allegations from federal regulators that it tricked children into making in-game purchases and violated privacy laws. The video game company will pay $275 million for violating a federal children’s privacy law and will spend another …

Infowars host Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy protection Friday in Texas, citing debts that include nearly $1.5 billion he has been ordered to pay to families who sued him over his conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook school massacre. Jones filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Houston. His …

Pretty much everyone hates Airbnb cleaning fees — those pesky charges tacked on to your vacation rental bill that supposedly cover the costs to get the place ready for the next visitors. Travelers don’t like the expense — and hosts don’t like charging them, either. Dennis Shirshikov, an Airbnb host …

As more businesses across America experiment with a four-day workweek, one Miami-area restaurant owner is taking the concept even further. Justin Lindsey, who owns a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Kendall, Florida, is allowing employees to work the equivalent of a full 40-hour week in just three days, with four days off. …