Best Buy has Thanksgiving plans. You’re not invited
Best Buy will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, moving many of its Black Friday deals online and offering alternatives to in-store shopping. The…
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Volkswagen’s ex-CEO pays company $14 million over his role in the diesel scandal
Martin Winterkorn has agreed to pay Volkswagen nearly $14 million after an investigation found the former CEO failed to respond properly to signs…
Continue Reading Electric truck startup Lordstown Motors warns it may go out of business
Lordstown Motors, the startup electric truck maker, warned Tuesday it is close to running out of cash and may be forced out of business in the next…
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Are you leaving your job in retail? Share your story
Retailers are reporting challenges hiring workers to staff stores and warehouses as the US economy reopens and shoppers spend on clothes, home goods…
Continue Reading Tech executive tapped as new Ferrari CEO as it plans its first EV
Ferrari has turned to a top tech executive to be its new CEO and lead the company into the age of electric supercars. Benedetto Vigna, currently the…
Continue Reading El Salvador is the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender
El Salvador has become the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. A majority of lawmakers have approved a proposal from Salvadorian…
Continue Reading Ohio will soon be home to the largest solar factory complex outside of China
China’s dominance over the world’s solar industry just took a hit. First Solar unveiled plans Wednesday to double its US manufacturing…
Continue Reading Bitcoin just cleared another hurdle. It may still stumble
In a landmark move, El Salvador has become the first country to adopt bitcoin as a legal form of payment. But there’s still tons of pressure on…
Continue Reading Biden administration investigates ‘illegal’ leak of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett’s tax information
The Biden administration said Tuesday it is investigating how tax information from several of the world’s richest people — including Jeff…
Continue Reading Paint just got a lot more expensive
Add paint to the growing list of things that are getting more expensive. Sherwin-Williams announced Tuesday that “demand remains strong”…
Continue Reading How a massive part of the internet went down for an hour
The company behind Tuesday’s massive internet outage has apologized for making a costly mistake that knocked out websites, apps and online…
Continue Reading Ryanair and British Airways could be sued for refusing refunds
Britain’s antitrust regulator is investigating whether Ryanair and British Airways broke the law by refusing to refund customers for flights…
Continue Reading The perfect storm making everything you need more expensive
Steel, lumber, plastic and fuel. Corn, soybeans, sugar and sunflower oil. Houses, cars, diapers and toilet paper. Prices are rising almost everywhere…
Continue Reading The price of goods leaving China’s factories is rising at its fastest pace in 13 years
China is getting pummeled by rising costs that have pushed producer price inflation to its highest level in nearly 13 years. Surging inflation in the…
Continue Reading Tesla Model 3 loses key Consumer Reports rankings
Tesla’s best-selling Model 3 sedan lost two designations from Consumer Reports after the company made changes to the car’s automatic…
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Drought may impact Doña Ana County’s iconic pecan crop production
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico – In the middle of an extreme drought, Doña Ana County pecan farmers must rely on outside water sources to produce…
Continue Reading U.S. Senate passes sweeping tech bill to compete with China
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly approved legislation aiming to boost semiconductor production in the U.S. The bill is a bid…
Continue Reading FaceTime is coming to Android. Here’s why iMessage won’t
One of the most surprising announcements from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday wasn’t a new feature for its own…
Continue Reading Chipotle raises its menu prices
Chipotle raised its menu prices by about 3.5% to 4% to cover the cost of higher wages for employees, the company’s Chief Financial Officer John…
Continue Reading Mitt Romney: It’s unacceptable Microsoft censored Tiananmen Square images in America
Senator Mitt Romney wants answers from Microsoft after the company blocked images and videos around the world of “Tank Man,” the…
Continue Reading NASA’s new chief on SpaceX’s Mars rocket, UFOs and going back to the moon
Former Florida Senator and veteran of spaceflight, Bill Nelson, has taken the helm at NASA. The space agency has the ball rolling on plans to return…
Continue Reading Wendy’s stock surges as Reddit crowd talks up ‘chicken tendies’
Move over, AMC and GameStop. Wendy’s is the latest hot stock with the WallStreetBets crowd. Shares of Wendy’s surged more than 25% in…
Continue Reading Economies in these states are actually stronger than they were before Covid
America is not yet back to its pre-pandemic normal, but some states are already doing better economically than they were before Covid, according to…
Continue Reading Abbott signs 2 new laws to overhaul Texas’ electrical grid
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed two sweeping pieces of legislation Tuesday to overhaul the state’s power grid after the disastrous…
Continue Reading Job openings in the US soar to record 9.3 million
America is hiring like never before. Job openings in the United States soared by nearly a million in April, setting a record for the most openings…
Continue Reading Boeing’s latest challenge: China
The Boeing 737 Max is back in the air, and air travel is finally rebounding, helping restart orders for new planes. But Boeing is still facing a…
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Starbucks is letting people bring in their own mugs again
Starbucks will let customers bring their own mugs to US company-owned cafes again starting on June 22. Before the pandemic, the coffee chain…
Continue Reading Want a job? America has a record number available
America is hiring like never before. Job openings in the United States soared by nearly a million in April, setting a record for the most openings…
Continue Reading Goldman Sachs to clients: Don’t sweat the global minimum tax
The historic agreement from the world’s richest nations to impose a global minimum tax doesn’t pose much of a threat to Corporate…
Continue Reading Colonial Pipeline CEO grilled on Capitol Hill after crippling ransomware attack
WASHINGTON, DC — Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount told lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday it was the “right decision” to halt…
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