Walmart partners with Burger King — here’s how to get free Whopper
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Walmart partners with Burger King — here’s how to get free Whopper

ByNews Polite

Walmart said Thursday it has partnered with Restaurant Brands’ Burger King to offer discounted meal benefits to its membership customers as the retail giant looks to make its services more attractive to compete better with Amazon’s Prime. Walmart’s members can avail discounts at Burger King, including 25% off on any digital order every day, the company…

Elon Musk’s ban on remote work at X beats disability bias claim
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Elon Musk’s ban on remote work at X beats disability bias claim

ByNews Polite

A federal judge in California on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit accusing social media platform X of forcing out workers with disabilities after Elon Musk took over the company and barred employees from working remotely. US District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in San Francisco said the plaintiff in the 2022 proposed class action, Dmitry Borodaenko,…

Judge strikes down Biden admin ban on worker noncompete agreements
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Judge strikes down Biden admin ban on worker noncompete agreements

ByNews Polite

 A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday barred a Federal Trade Commission rule from taking effect that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers’ rivals or launch competing businesses. US District Judge Ada Brown in Dallas said the FTC, which enforces federal antitrust laws, does not…

Edgar Bronfman submits roughly .3B rival bid for Paramount Global
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Edgar Bronfman submits roughly $4.3B rival bid for Paramount Global

ByNews Polite

Veteran media executive Edgar Bronfman Jr. on Monday submitted a roughly $4.3 billion bid to take over Paramount Global through the acquisition of National Amusements, the family holding company that owns a controlling stake in the media company, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. The competing offer for the…

Owner of 60 Wall St. makes risky bet with massive 0M revamp
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Owner of 60 Wall St. makes risky bet with massive $250M revamp

ByNews Polite

The struggling Financial District’s brightest hope — and biggest challenge for its owners — is 60 Wall St., the vacant, 1.6 million square-foot tower where Paramount Group launched a marketing and leasing campaign as it completes a $250 million transformation. The 47-story tower developed for JPMorgan in the 1980s more recently belonged…

Massive housing market changes are coming — here’s how you could be affected
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Massive housing market changes are coming — here’s how you could be affected

ByNews Polite

Changes from a landmark settlement affecting broker commissions from America’s largest real estate trade association take effect this weekend, potentially creating a more complex and uncertain buying process for consumers, according to industry experts. The changes made under the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) $418 million settlement, announced in March, “adds more…

Kroger to slash grocery prices by B after Albertsons acquisition
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Kroger to slash grocery prices by $1B after Albertsons acquisition

ByNews Polite

Grocery giant Kroger pledged to slash prices at Albertsons stores by $1 billion following its proposed acquisition of the rival chain — but Wall Street is increasingly skeptical the deal will win government approval as food inflation continues to roil US politics. Kroger is raising the stakes of the $25…

Saks Fifth Avenue owner developing luxury hotel, apartments in former department stores
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Saks Fifth Avenue owner developing luxury hotel, apartments in former department stores

ByNews Polite

Saks Fifth Avenue is contemplating extending its brand to hotels and luxury apartments as it looks beyond a bleak retail landscape for growth, The Post has learned. On the heels of the blockbuster announcement that Saks’ parent HBC inked a $2.65 billion deal to acquire rival Neiman Marcus, HBC is…

Aging NYC office building shows how to succeed despite trend toward shiny new towers
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Aging NYC office building shows how to succeed despite trend toward shiny new towers

ByNews Polite

Let’s say you own a 60-year-old, near-900,000 square-foot Midtown office building. Demand for space in Midcentury buildings is weak.  A half-billion-dollar mortgage payment is coming up. Do you: Scramble to refinance when lenders are getting cold feet? Complain to the New York Times that it’s the worst season for property owners…

Candy sold at Target, Walmart, Dollar General stores recalled due to salmonella threat
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Candy sold at Target, Walmart, Dollar General stores recalled due to salmonella threat

ByNews Polite

Candy sold at Walmart, Target, Dollar General and other stores across the US has been recalled due to the risk of salmonella poisoning. “Palmer Candy Company, Sioux City, Iowa, is recalling its ‘White Coated Confectionery Items,’ because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause…