Author: Brian Lund
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Azenta will close three North American labs, with about $3 million for severance and other restructuring charges
Azenta, a life-sciences company, plans to close three laboratories in North America and cut jobs, and it has set aside about $3 million for the people who lose them. The company’s board approved the plan on Oct. 5, 2026, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The $3 million covers employee severance…
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Storage-door maker Janus is converting an Indiana factory into a warehouse, with restructuring charges of about $5.6 million
The storage-door maker Janus International is turning one of its Indiana manufacturing plants into a distribution center, part of a three-round restructuring that the company puts at about $5.6 million in charges. Janus disclosed the plan in a federal filing dated Sept. 25, 2026. The filing does not say how many workers are affected, or…
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Starbucks closed two Philadelphia cafes in September, and a state WARN notice lists 18 affected workers effective Dec. 6
Starbucks shut two Philadelphia cafes in late September, and Pennsylvania’s October list of mass-layoff notices shows 18 workers affected, with an effective date of Dec. 6, 2026. The stores are at 2201 South Street and 1018 North Second Street. The company announced the closings on Sept. 24 as part of a cut of about 250…
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Grunt Style closures will cost 19 San Antonio retail workers their jobs by Nov. 30
Grunt Style, the San Antonio military-themed apparel company, is closing its Broadway store in the city, and 19 retail workers will lose their jobs by Nov. 30. The San Antonio Report says 11 of the 19 work full time. The company is shutting stores in other states, too. The Broadway store The report says Grunt…
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The Great Iowa Treasure Hunt has passed $450 million returned, and a new Money Match program sends some property back without a claim
Iowa’s unclaimed property program has now returned more than $450 million to owners and heirs, State Treasurer Roby Smith announced on Oct. 7. The milestone for the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt came after a record year, and it arrives with a new wrinkle: a program called Money Match that sends some qualifying property back to…
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West Virginia returned $2,424,832 in unclaimed property in September across 3,793 claims
West Virginia’s treasurer returned $2,424,832 in unclaimed property to owners in September, paid out on 3,793 claims. Treasurer Larry Pack’s office announced the total in an Oct. 8 release. The money is property that banks, businesses and other holders could not hand back to its owners on their own. What the September numbers show The…
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Treasury is setting up a records system to receive student aid data, including borrowers’ Social Security numbers, income and default records, with comments due Nov. 6
The Treasury Department has created a new file to hold personal information on people with federal student aid, and the public has until Nov. 6 to comment on it. The notice, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 7, 2026, says Treasury will receive records from the Education Department that include Social Security numbers, dates…
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Discover’s cash-back debit rewards end as checking accounts move to Capital One 360, with a one-time deposit equal to the prior 12 months of rewards
Anyone whose Discover checking account has been paying cash back on debit-card purchases is about to lose that perk. Capital One’s Discover checking page says Discover Cashback Debit accounts become Capital One 360 Checking accounts, and 360 Checking accounts do not offer Cashback Debit rewards. In exchange, Capital One says it will make a one-time…
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Checks from the $8.7 million Sequoia Benefits data-breach settlement were issued Aug. 31 and become void if they are not cashed by Nov. 30
A settlement check that sits in a drawer past Nov. 30 stops being worth anything. Payments from the $8.7 million Sequoia Benefits data-breach settlement were issued on Aug. 31, 2026, and the settlement website says any uncashed check becomes void after Monday, Nov. 30, 2026. From today that leaves about seven weeks. The site says…
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New York’s unemployment phone and online systems go dark Nov. 2 at 5 p.m. for an upgrade expected to last 9 to 12 days, delaying benefit payments
New York’s unemployment phone lines and website will both shut down at 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, for a system upgrade the state expects to take 9 to 12 days. While the systems are dark, benefit payments will be delayed. The Labor Department says everyone will still be paid what they are owed once…