Lidl is firing back at Kroger and denying any wrongdoing after Kroger accused the German-based supermarket of trademark infringement in a recent lawsuit. "Kroger has offered a striking absence of evidence in support of its claims," Lidl said in court papers filed in a Virginia US District Court on Friday.

Goldman is dead right on its Walmart (WMT) upgrade. But since you are unlikely someone with $50 million in the market and a Goldman analyst a phone call away, allow me to put the upgrade into plain English. Here is why Walmart could come roaring back against Amazon (AMZN) over the next five years: There is a talent infusion happening at Walmart that is driving much faster, much more decisive decision making. While the company certainly still has sleepy areas, the retail behemoth is acting quicker and being bolder. In effect, it is turning into Amazon -- except with over 4,000 U.S. stores in prime locations. And that brings me to point number two. With its purchase of Whole Foods (WFM) Amazon sent

The text message came as Flavia Cabral walked to a McDonald's restaurant in Manhattan for her 6 p.m. shift on a May evening. "Every week you're guessing how much money you're going to get and how many days you're going to work," said Cabral, 53, who has been employed at McDonald's for four years.But a measure of relief is coming for Cabral and 65,000 other New York City fast-food workers whose schedules and incomes often change with little or no notice. New York recently became the largest U.S. city to require fast-food restaurants to schedule workers at least two weeks in advance, or pay them extra for changes.