One of Iowa’s oldest universities, Iowa Wesleyan University, will be ending its 181 years of education, closing the campus this Spring. Iowa Wesleyan first opened its doors to students in 1842. But due to recent financial struggles, the university’s board of trustees announced on Tuesday that the school can’t afford to keep its doors open…

Westpac will halt regional branch closures during a Senate inquiry examining the exit of banks from rural towns amid mounting political pressure to show good faith to country customers. A spokesman for Westpac said it would postpone the closure of eight banks in rural areas across the country, and there would be no decisions on…

NEW YORK—The union representing Starbucks Corp. employees at about 200 of its cafes said on Tuesday the coffee chain closed two locations in retaliation for organizing activities there, though the company cited business and safety reasons for the closures. Employees at the two stores—one in Kansas City, Missouri, and another in Starbucks’ hometown Seattle, Washington—learned…

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Grocery stores are struggling with rising labour and product shortages that could threaten Canada’s food security, experts say. Employee absenteeism due to workers calling in sick and COVID-19 protocols has hit about 30 percent at some stores and is continuing to rise, Gary Sands, senior vice-president of public policy with the Canadian Federation of Independent…

BERLIN—Several thousand workers at autos supplier Robert Bosch protested in Germany on Friday against planned plant closures and job relocations which the company said are needed to adapt to changing demand in the transition to electric vehicles. Around 3,000 workers from various plants gathered outside a Bosch plant in Buehl, union IG Metall said, where…

LONDON—Lloyds Banking Group will close a further 48 branches across England and Wales, the British lender said on Wednesday, as it seeks to further cut costs by trimming its physical network. The closures are the latest in a string of such moves by the bank, which in June announced the closure of 44 different branches….

It’s been more than a year since Gov. Gavin Newsom mandated the closure of all California restaurants to curb the spread of COVID-19. The stay-at-home order devastated the food industry, cost nearly 1 million related jobs, and resulted in hundreds of billions of dollars in lost revenue. Restaurants throughout Southern California struggled to survive the…