The Whole Foods Store set to open in Lynnwood in March will post 140 job openings online on Monday. People can find the postings at www.wholefoods market.com under the careers tab, said the company’s Ann Marie Ricard. She said the new Lynnwood store will be located at 2800 196th St. SW, the former location of Circuit City. Whole Foods is a grocery chain with natural and organic food items.
Court upholds easier unionization
An appeals court has upheld an Obama administration rule change making it easier for unions to organize airline and railroad workers. The rule approved in May by the National Mediation Board recognizes unions when a simple majority of workers who vote approve organizing. The previous rule in place for 76 years required a majority of the entire workforce to favor unionizing, meaning workers who didn’t cast ballots were effectively counted as “no” votes. The Air Transport Association, which represents most major airlines, sued to block the change. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the federal appeals court in Washington agreed with a lower court judge that the rule is valid.
Consumer prices flat in November
Consumer prices stayed flat in November, further evidence that inflation has cooled off. Energy costs dropped for the second straight month, which offset higher prices that Americans paid for food, clothes and medical services. Milder inflation offers some relief to consumers, who were hit earlier this year with a surge in prices.
Zynga’s initial stock falls by 5 percent
Zynga’s stock got a lukewarm reception in its public debut Friday. By Friday afternoon, Zynga’s stock fell 50 cents, or 5 percent, to close at $9.50. The stock priced at $10 on Thursday, at the high end of its expected range. It wasn’t the eye-popping jump that’s been the norm for freshly public Internet darlings such as Groupon Inc. and LinkedIn Corp. Zynga Inc., which specializes in Facebook games, raised $1 billion in its initial public offering of stock. That makes it the largest Internet-related IPO since Google Inc. went public in 2004, raising $1.4 billion.
Jurors deliberating in Microsoft case
Jurors continue deliberations in a Utah company’s $1 billion federal antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. The panel previously indicated it was near a verdict, but as Friday dragged on, an outcome became less clear. Court officials say jurors are divided. The judge has denied a request from one juror to be removed from the case, and ordered all 12 to continue deliberating. Novell Inc. sued in 2004, claiming Microsoft duped it into developing a Word- Perfect writing program version for Windows 95 only to pull the plug so Microsoft could gain market share with its own Word program. Microsoft says Novell just couldn’t deliver a compatible product in time.
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