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Sound-alikes Sysco, Cisco consider joint tech project

Employees at the technology giant find themselves repeatedly explaining that they work at the Cisco with a “C,” while staffers at the nation’s largest food distributor clarify that they’re employed by Sysco with an “S.”

July 28, 2026
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Companies Dial Back AI Use After Earlier Push to Experiment

Big companies are goading workers to start using AI. Or they're gatekeeping access to it — the stance is evolving as computing costs mount.

June 2, 2026
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Love’s Travel Stops No. 1 on Happiest Employees List

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, a family-run chain of truck stops founded nearly 60 years ago, topped storied firms like IBM, Nike and Apple in a new ranking of employee well-being.

September 20, 2023
BusinessTechnology

Company Earnings Guidance Is Wrong About 70% of the Time

The pandemic may have upended businesses, but surprisingly it did little to dent managers’ misplaced confidence in their earnings forecasts, new research shows.

May 23, 2023
Business

Walmart Raises Forecast on Desire to ‘Get Out and Shop’

Walmart Inc. posted strong quarterly sales growth and boosted its profit outlook, an impressive feat as the retailer faced a difficult comparison with last year’s pandemic-fueled stockpiling. The shares rose in premarket trading.

May 18, 2021
BusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

Kroger Joins Drone Delivery Race With Pilot From Ohio Store

Kroger Co. is diving into drone delivery, starting a pilot at a store near its Cincinnati headquarters.

May 3, 2021
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Walmart Invests in Cruise, the GM-Backed Autonomous-Car Startup

Walmart is taking an undisclosed stake in Cruise, the autonomous-vehicle technology company that’s majority-owned by General Motors Co.

April 16, 2021
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Walmart Expands Drone Program With COVID-19 Test-Kit Delivery

Walmart Inc. will test using drones to drop COVID-19 diagnostic kits at customers’ homes, the retailer’s latest move in the pandemic-fueled arena of contactless deliveries.

September 22, 2020
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsAutonomous

Walmart Tests Drone Delivery Amid Escalating Competition With Amazon

Walmart Inc. is entering the drone delivery wars, its latest move to counter Amazon.com Inc.’s dominance in e-commerce as more Americans choose to shop from home.

September 9, 2020
BusinessLogistics

Walmart Is Eliminating Hundreds of Corporate Jobs

Walmart Inc. has eliminated hundreds of corporate positions, according to people familiar with the matter, as retailers around the country slim down at the back-office level.

July 30, 2020

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