Workers overwhelmingly vote to authorize work stoppage

Striking United Auto Workers members and supporters attend a speech by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders outside General Motors' Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant on Sept. 25, 2019 in Detroit.Michael Wayland / CNBCDETROIT – United Auto Workers members overwhelmingly granted union leaders authorization to call strikes during ongoing contract negotiations with General...

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CDC expects new shots to be available in mid September

A sign advertises COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccine shots at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Somerville, Massachusetts, August 14, 2023.Brian Snyder | ReutersThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax to be available to the public in mid-September, an agency official told reporters Thursday. That...

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Part Two’ departs 2023 movie calendar amid Hollywood strikes

Timothee Chalamet stars in Warner Bros.' "Dune."Warner Bros."Dune: Part Two" has departed the 2023 box office slate amid dual Hollywood labor strikes that threaten its ability to market to the public.On Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery and Legendary Entertainment announced the Denis Villeneuve film would move to March 15, 2024,...

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Viasat’s Inmarsat I6 F2 satellite suffers power failure

An artist's rendering of an I6 satellite in orbit.InmarsatA second Viasat communications satellite is malfunctioning in orbit, this time from the fleet of recently acquired U.K.-based Inmarsat, the company said on Thursday.The I6 F2 satellite, which Inmarsat launched in February, suffered a failure with its power system while climbing in...

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