This week’s top business news – March 16 – 20, 2015

This week both McDonald’s and Facebook were under fire from employees complaining of mistreatment. But the main focus of the week centered on the Federal Reserve Board and its forthcoming hike in interest rates. What follows are what Talking Biz News views to be the 10 top stories of the week.

Monday

• McDonald’s workers complain of widespread burns and injuries, by Mariah Summers of BuzzFeed
• Where in the world are the J.P. Morgan hackers?, by Robert Hackett of Fortune

Tuesday

• Hershey, Gap, Nike among those benefiting from lower commodities, by Brittany Umar and Chris Versace of The Street
• Kraft recalls 242,000 cases of Mac & Cheese, by Karma Allen of CNBC

Wednesday

• Fed chief Yellen’s news conference after FOMC meeting, by Lucia Mutikani, Ann Saphir, Jonathan Spicer and Elvina Nawaguna of Reuters
• Facebook sued by former staffer alleging sex discrimination, harassment, other charges, by Colleen Taylor of Tech Crunch

Thursday

• March Madness economic impact on host cities rests on luck of the draw, by Patrick Rishe of Forbes
• Target data breach victims could get up to $10,000 each from court settlement, by Sarah Halzack of The Washington Post

Friday

• Graco to pay $10 million for delay in recall of defective child seats, by Christopher Jensen of The New York Times
• GoDaddy to raise up to $418 million in IPO, by Telis Demos of The Wall Street Journal