LA to give $1,000 no-strings-attached monthly payments to families in new guaranteed-income program

The BIG:LEAP -- Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot -- program will give $1,000 in direct cash payments to families each month for 12 months. The no-strings-attached payments will be given to families who were impacted by the pandemic and are living in poverty.

Thanksgiving dinner may be more expensive as holiday staples in short supply

While most will likely be able to get their hands on a turkey for Thanksgiving this year, shoppers could be shelling out more cash for it as well as other holiday staples — largely due to supply chain bottlenecks.

Push to get sports betting on 2022 ballot would challenge Seminole Tribe

Sports betting in the state of Florida has been legal for 10 days, but not a single bet has been placed. The Seminole Tribe has exclusive rights to sports betting in the state and they aren’t ready to open the books quite yet.

Fire on cargo ship off British Columbia coast reported out

Canadian Coast Guard officials said Sunday a fire that was burning in several containers aboard a cargo ship off the coast of British Columbia appeared to be out.

President Biden visits New Jersey to push infrastructure bill, education agenda

President Joe Biden continues to push his Infrastructure Deal and Build Back Better Agenda with stops in Newark, Kearny and North Plainfield on Monday.

Biden, Manchin, Schumer meet for budget talks, but still no deal

President Joe Biden hosted Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer for meetings in Delaware on Sunday, hoping to resolve lingering disputes over Democrats’ long-stalled effort to craft an expansive social and environmental measure.

Walmart calls corporate employees back to office, global tech team to stay remote

“We will transition to working together in our campus offices on a more regular basis starting the week of Nov. 8.,” Chief People Officer Donna Morris said

Fed sets new limits on policymakers' investments amid questionable trades

The Federal Reserve issued new restrictions on policymakers’ investments in response to questionable recent trades that forced two top officials to resign.

Now hiring? Job seekers say labor shortage is a myth after applications go unanswered

Joey Holz started an experiment: apply to 2 jobs a day for 30 days. Of the 60 he applied to, he got back 9 emails, 1 phone call, and 1 interview for a construction job advertised as full-time paying $10 an hour, but it was actually only part-time and started at Florida's minimum wage of $8.65.

Procter & Gamble combats inflation with price hikes in most categories

Procter & Gamble, like many other companies, has hiked prices on consumers in order to offset rising costs that have occurred due to supply-chain issues and a shortage of materials and labor coming out of the pandemic.

Rent prices rising rapidly across the US, experts say

The average cost for rent has rapidly increased this year possibly due to a high demand in housing forcing would-be home buyers to rent due to steep costs, some experts say.

Climate change: US report targets economic risks from extreme weather

A new White House report addresses how the U.S. economy could be affected by climate change, including extreme heat, flooding, storms and wildfires.

Port of Los Angeles chaos: 24/7 operations won’t be immediate

Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said Thursday that a timeline for the port to begin 24/7 operations was not clear and would depend on collaboration between the port's longshore workers, truck drivers and the more than 125,000 companies that import cargo through the port every year.