President Trump meets with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (center) and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at the White House on June 19, 2017. The Pentagon has selected Microsoft for a $10 billion cloud computing contract also sought by Amazon. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
British Airways Flight 112 flew from New York to London in under five hours, setting a new record. Courtesy of Flightradar24 hide caption
A sign alerts customers that cash is not accepted at a shop in San Francisco last year. The city subsequently banned businesses from rejecting cash. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
In a photo taken in May, customers enjoy their drinks at a Starbucks in Beijing. The U.S.-based coffee chain has decided to close more than half its stores in mainland China due to the coronavirus outbreak. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption
Casper changed mattress shopping with the promise of a 100-night "risk-free" trial and easy returns. Now the cost of those returns is being scrutinized as the online company prepares to go public. Yana Paskova/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
A surprising number of cultural themes brought the scrunchie its new mass appeal — boosted by an Internet teen subculture. Mhari Shaw/NPR hide caption
McDonald's workers and supporters rally in Chicago in 2015 in what organizers at the time called the biggest-ever mobilization of U.S. workers. M. Spencer Green/AP hide caption
People walk by a Black Friday promotional at Cookie's department store Friday in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption
In a class-action lawsuit, McDonald's workers in California accused the fast-food chain of failing to pay them overtime and other wages. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Teri Smith is one of over 130,000 workers who shop for and deliver groceries for Instacart. Smith, 46, has worked for Instacart in Arlington, Texas, since August 2018. Allison V. Smith for NPR hide caption