Author: Reuters

The United Nations food agency’s world price index rose for a second consecutive month in April as higher meat prices and small increases in vegetable oils and cereals outweighed declines in sugar and dairy products. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 119.1 points in April, up from a revised 118.8 points for March, the agency said on Friday. The FAO’s April reading was nonetheless 7.4% below the level a year earlier. The indicator hit a three-year low in February as food prices continued to move back from a record…

Tesla is facing a new proposed class action lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of a slew of wage law violations against factory and warehouse workers in California, as the company is already facing allegations of workplace bias and union busting. Two former employees at Tesla’s Fremont, California, assembly plant filed the lawsuit in a Sacramento federal court on Thursday seeking more than $5 million in damages on behalf of thousands of Tesla workers across the state. They claim Tesla violated various California labor laws by failing to pay overtime and provide meal and rest breaks, not providing paid sick leave…