The chipmaking factory of the world is battling Covid and the climate crisis
Taiwanese officials are fretting about whether a severe outbreak of Covid-19 could jeopardize the island’s critical role in the global…
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El Paso International Airport adds new direct flights to Austin
EL PASO, Texas — The time between El Paso and Austin just got a lot shorter. American Airlines on Thursday announced new direct flights from the Sun…
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Covid fear no longer accepted reason for jobless Texans to reject work
AUSTIN, Texas — Jobless Texans who refuse work offers because they feel like the job isn’t safe during the pandemic won’t be able to receive…
Continue Reading Jeffrey Toobin is back at CNN eight months after exposing himself on Zoom
Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN as the network’s chief legal analyst on Thursday, eight months after he exposed himself during a Zoom call with…
Continue Reading Hackers breach Electronic Arts, stealing game source code and tools
Hackers have broken into the systems of Electronic Arts, one of the world’s biggest video game publishers, and stolen source code used in…
Continue Reading This online marketplace wants New Yorkers to ditch Amazon and shop local
New York’s local businesses were hit hard by the pandemic, so one Israeli immigrant, now a Brooklyn resident, created an online marketplace to…
Continue Reading How AMC and GameStop became Reddit faves
You’ve probably heard of the FAANG stocks: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google owner Alphabet. But it’s the BANG stocks of Reddit…
Continue Reading Jeff Bezos is going to space for 11 minutes. Here’s how risky that is
Jeff Bezos can have anything. He could circle the globe in a private jet or sail it forever in a fleet of megayachts. He could afford to buy a the…
Continue Reading Ex-employees accuse BrewDog of creating a ‘culture of fear’
BrewDog, one of the biggest UK craft beer producers, has apologized after dozens of former employees accused the company of fostering a…
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Borderland parents try to cope with diaper prices going up: ‘It’s really expensive’
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It might soon cost the average American more money to pick up one household essential: disposable diapers. Retail sales…
Continue Reading Jeff Bezos will be one of the first humans his company sends to space. Here’s how risky that really is
Jeff Bezos can have anything. He could circle the globe in a private jet or sail it forever in a fleet of megayachts. He could afford to buy a the…
Continue Reading Goldman Sachs orders employees to report vaccination status
Goldman Sachs is requiring its US employees to divulge to the company whether they’ve been vaccinated. The Wall Street bank told workers in a…
Continue Reading Key inflation measure rises at fastest pace since 1992
Consumer prices roared higher last month, rising at their fastest pace in decades. Inflation rose 5% in the 12-months ending in May, the Bureau of…
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House Democrats are prepping 5 antitrust bills to take on Big Tech
House Democrats are preparing five bills to weaken Big Tech’s grip on the economy, in what could amount to Congress’s biggest challenge…
Continue Reading Key inflation measure hits highest level since 1992
Consumer prices roared higher in May, rising at their fastest pace in decades. Inflation rose 5% in the 12-months ending in May, the Bureau of Labor…
Continue Reading CEOs urge world leaders to take bolder climate action
More than 70 CEOs from some of the world’s biggest companies have urged governments to do much more to tackle climate change, including forcing…
Continue Reading Consumer prices keep on rising. Where does it end?
From lumber and steel to paint and burrito bowls at Chipotle, prices are rising almost everywhere you look. That’s putting investors on high…
Continue Reading Serious cyberattacks in Europe doubled in the past year, new figures reveal, as criminals exploited the pandemic
Significant cyberattacks against critical targets in Europe have doubled in the past year, according to new EU figures obtained by CNN, as the…
Continue Reading Bitcoin jumps after El Salvador says it’ll start accepting it as legal tender
Bitcoin’s value shot up after El Salvador became the world’s first country to accept it as legal tender. As of 3:30 a.m. ET on Thursday,…
Continue Reading Investors holding $41 trillion demand action on climate — now
Investors managing more than $41 trillion in assets are loudly calling on world leaders to immediately step up their climate game if they don’t…
Continue Reading An obscure service provider briefly broke the internet Tuesday. It could happen again
A giant chunk of the internet briefly broke on Tuesday because of an outage at a company most people have probably never heard of before. Reddit,…
Continue Reading These new Barbies are made from ocean-bound plastic
Mattel is launching a new line of Barbies made from plastic that would otherwise become ocean waste. The “Barbie Loves the Ocean”…
Continue Reading Mark Zuckerberg plans to work remotely for at least half of the next year
Facebook is giving its employees more flexibility to work outside the office — and Mark Zuckerberg is leading by example. The Facebook CEO told…
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Shortage of air conditioning parts causes repair delays in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Air conditioning companies in El Paso are seeing a delay in parts which is causing repair times to last weeks, and sometimes even…
Continue Reading JBS says it paid $11 million ransom after cyberattack
The meat supplier JBS USA paid an $11 million ransom in response to a cyberattack that led to the shutdown of its entire US beef processing operation…
Continue Reading GameStop names a new CEO and CFO, both from Amazon
GameStop is getting a new chief executive and chief financial officer, the company announced as part of its earnings release Wednesday. Matt Furlong,…
Continue Reading Boeing wants to delay delivery of new Air Force One jets by a year
Boeing is seeking a one-year delay in its deadline to deliver two new 747 jets to be used as Air Force One. And that would mean added costs for…
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Keystone XL pipeline sponsor pulls the plug on contentious project
BILLINGS, Montana — The sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline pulled the plug on the contentious project Wednesday after Canadian officials…
Continue Reading Campbell Soup is getting squeezed by higher costs
Campbell Soup is raising the prices it charges stores for its products in response to rising supply chain costs. The maker of namesake soup brands…
Continue Reading Exclusive: US businesses warn crumbling infrastructure is hurting the economy
As infrastructure negotiations between the White House and a GOP Senate group broke down this week, business executives are warning that aging…
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