The Business News Headlines 24 February 2025

Finding a job can be tough for many people however, when you are a fired government worker that has a rare specialty it can really be difficult. That story tops our newscast this afternoon and welcome to the Business News Headlines for this Monday afternoon. Remember, should you want to follow us on social media you can find us all day on Twitter or "X" @IOB_NewsHour and on Instagram. Facebook? Sure were there too.  And our website is just a click away where you can scroll through all of our newscasts. Here's what we've got for you today and all in under 12 minutes:

• Laid off government works struggle to find employment;
• What all of this may mean to the unemployment numbers;
• Apple to invest $500 billion in the U.S. and why;
• Door Dash to pay nearly $17 million in fines;
• Iowa wants to strip a group of people from its civil rights law;
• Why we think that's bad for business;
• More chaos? Look no further than the FDA;
• A popular craft store to close all of its locations;
• The Wall Street Report;
• And a safety agency cuts 4% of its staff and an odd end of the story.

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