Walmart apologizes to people who received racist emails
Walmart has apologized to people who received emails containing the n-word in an earlier message from the retailer. On Monday, Walmart said someone…
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This company wants to deliver your groceries in 10 minutes
A German e-commerce startup wants to disrupt the New York City grocery market with deliveries to customers’ apartments in 10 minutes or less.…
Continue Reading Former NASA astronaut plans private trip back to space: ‘It’s a little bit like an addiction’
Record-holding NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson has spent more time in outer space than almost any other human on the planet, but even in retirement…
Continue Reading Exxon uses Big Tobacco’s playbook to downplay the climate crisis, Harvard study finds
For decades, ExxonMobil has deployed Big Tobacco-like propaganda to downplay the gravity of the climate crisis, shift blame onto consumers and…
Continue Reading Airbnb CEO: Business travel won’t ever go back to what it was pre-pandemic
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said travel demand is rebounding, but he doesn’t expect business travel to ever return to the way it was before the…
Continue Reading In 2008, he was CEO of the biggest bank to ever fail. He’s worried about another crisis
The banking world nearly caved in 13 years ago. The former CEO of Washington Mutual is worried that another bubble is brewing. Kerry Killinger was…
Continue Reading One year after George Floyd’s murder, Minneapolis’ businesses are still reeling
It’s been 365 days since George Floyd was murdered by a police officer on a Minneapolis street. Many of the city’s residents and small…
Continue Reading HSBC doesn’t want in on bitcoin mania
HSBC CEO Noel Quinn isn’t buying into the bitcoin craze. The chief executive told Reuters in an interview this week that his bank has no plans…
Continue Reading Elon Musk changes his tune on bitcoin mining
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies plunged earlier this month after Elon Musk said Tesla would stop accepting bitcoin as payment for its vehicles…
Continue Reading Florida governor DeSantis signs bill targeting social media platforms
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a swipe at Big Tech on Monday as he signed a hot-button state bill targeting how digital platforms moderate online…
Continue Reading Wall Street is facing a $9 trillion problem
Central banks were the superheroes of the early phase of the pandemic, taking dramatic steps to save the economy and financial markets from ruin.…
Continue Reading Indian police visit Twitter after it labels a tweet from Narendra Modi’s party
Twitter’s decision to label a tweet from a leading member of India’s governing party as “manipulated media” could make things…
Continue Reading Airlines avoid Belarus after ‘state-sponsored hijacking’ of Ryanair flight
The European Union has called on airlines to avoid Belarus’ airspace after a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in the…
Continue Reading Indian police visit Twitter after it labels a tweet by Modi’s party spokesperson
Twitter’s decision to label a tweet from a leading member of India’s governing party as “manipulated media” could make things…
Continue Reading British fashion brand Timbuktu accused of ‘cultural appropriation’ for trademarking ‘Yoruba’
A British clothing retailer has come under fire for trademarking the name of the west African Yoruba people several years ago, igniting a debate…
Continue Reading European leaders are urging airlines to avoid Belarus after ‘state-sponsored hijacking’ of Ryanair flight
The European Union will sanction Belarus and call on its airlines to avoid airspace there, after a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was forced…
Continue Reading Apple and Epic Games spar in closing arguments over Fortnite
A weeks-long blockbuster antitrust trial between Apple and Epic Games culminated on Monday with the maker of the hit video game Fortnite calling…
Continue Reading Walmart says a ‘bad actor’ sent racist emails from its account
Dozens of people took to Twitter on Monday to say they received emails with a racial slur from a Walmart account after someone created fake accounts…
Continue Reading Airlines are avoiding Belarus after ‘state-sponsored hijacking’ of Ryanair flight
Some international airlines have started to avoid Belarus air space after a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in the…
Continue Reading Fed governor lays out the case for a US-backed digital dollar
The Fed is getting serious about the digital US dollar. Lael Brainard, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, laid out a case for a…
Continue Reading The US economy is closer than ever to ‘back to normal.’ But we’ve still got a long way to go
More than a year after the pandemic began, the US economy is on the cusp of a full recovery. But reaching that milestone still won’t be easy.…
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Florida becomes the 23rd GOP-led state to end $300-a-week pandemic unemployment benefits
Florida will stop paying jobless residents the $300-a-week federal boost to unemployment benefits on June 26, the state’s Department of…
Continue Reading Virgin Galactic shares soar like a rocket after successful New Mexico test flight
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — Virgin Galactic’s successful test flight to the edge of space Saturday has helped to get its stock…
Continue Reading Crypto investors to Elon Musk: Please stop tweeting!
The prices of bitcoin, dogecoin and other digital currencies have plunged more than 40% in recent weeks. While Elon Musk isn’t the only reason…
Continue Reading ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ will welcome back a full audience next month
The Ed Sullivan Theater has been silent since March of 2020. Next month, that’s all going to change. “The Late Show with Stephen…
Continue Reading The great commodities boom hits a Chinese wall
In recent weeks, investors have poured money into bets on raw materials like steel and iron ore, confident that limits to supply and massive…
Continue Reading Indian media have gone easy on Modi. That’s changing because of the pandemic
Om Gaur is in the middle of the most heart-wrenching story of his career as a journalist. Earlier this month, Gaur — the national editor at Dainik…
Continue Reading Jack Ma is stepping down as head of his elite business school, report says
Jack Ma is reportedly stepping down as the president of an elite business school he founded, suggesting a further retreat from public life by…
Continue Reading China mines more bitcoin than anywhere else. The government wants that to stop
China has extended its iron-fisted crackdown on using and trading bitcoin to the industry that oversees the mining of new cryptocurrency tokens. The…
Continue Reading Bitcoin falls as much as 13% Sunday, extending losses from brutal week
Bitcoin prices fell as much as 13% on Sunday, extending losses from a gut-wrenching week for cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, which accounts for more than…
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