Georgia becomes ground zero for election misinformation ahead of Senate runoff
Georgia, currently the center of the American political universe, is so awash with misinformation that some supporters of President Donald Trump here…
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GE misled investors before its stock imploded, SEC says
General Electric misled shareholders about the deterioration of its insurance and power businesses in the years before its stock price imploded,…
Continue Reading US unemployment claims hit their highest level since mid-September
America’s job market recovery has hit a bump in the road. Another 853,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week on a…
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US unemployment claims hit their highest level since mid-September
America’s job market recovery has hit a bump in the road. Another 853,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week on a…
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The highly anticipated video game starring Keanu Reeves is finally here
The most anticipated game of 2020 is finally here. Cyberpunk 2077, a role-playing game set in a dystopian future and based on a pen-and-paper title…
Continue Reading The highly anticipated video game starring Keanu Reeves is finally here
The most anticipated game of 2020 is finally here. Cyberpunk 2077, a role-playing game set in a dystopian future and based on a pen-and-paper title…
Continue Reading McDonald’s is giving away free food during the holidays
McDonald’s is feeling more like Santa and less like the Grinch with its new meal deal. Beginning Monday through December 24, the chain is…
Continue Reading Sony snaps up Crunchyroll, AT&T’s anime streaming service
Anime fans are about to get more of their favorite shows from one place. AT&T announced Wednesday that it had agreed to sell Crunchyroll for…
Continue Reading Big Tech’s dominance is under threat. Do investors care?
Big Tech’s stranglehold on America’s economy and markets has become a fact. But increasingly, it’s not a given. What’s…
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European Central Bank increases bond-buying stimulus program by 500 billion euros, extends duration to March 2022
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank has added a large dose of economic stimulus as a winter wave of rising COVID-19 infections…
Continue Reading The market has rarely been this expensive — and nobody cares
Stocks are near record highs, with the market trading at levels last reached during the 1999-2000 tech bubble and just before the historic 1929…
Continue Reading Conservatives flocked to Parler after the election. But its explosive growth is over
In the wake of the US election, conservatives flocked to alternative social networks including Parler over complaints that Facebook and Twitter…
Continue Reading Facebook must be broken up, the US government says in a groundbreaking lawsuit
Dozens of states and the federal government sued Facebook on Wednesday in twin antitrust lawsuits, alleging that the social media giant has abused…
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Virus zapping robot gets trial use by El Paso County, judge may buy it for $150K
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego has endorsed the purchase of a $150,000 germ killing robot as a means to help keep…
Continue Reading Google to examine the departure of a leading AI ethics researcher
Google says it will examine the departure of a prominent Black female researcher in the field of ethics in artificial intelligence, whose recent,…
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Christmas tree sales soar as people look to decorate for holiday cheer
EL PASO, Texas — Christmas tree sellers say the coronavirus pandemic is driving heavy traffic by shoppers this year and some lots are running out…
Continue Reading Activists are fighting for a renewable future in Sub-Saharan Africa. Chinese coal projects threaten to dirty those plans
When the Ghanaian government agreed to coordinate with Shenzen Energy Group, a Chinese energy company, to build a 7,000-megawatt coal power plant in…
Continue Reading A SpaceX Mars rocket prototype just exploded. It was still a success
A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company’s testing facilities in South…
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SpaceX Mars rocket prototype explodes in Texas, but it was still a success
BOCA CHICA, Texas — A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company’s…
Continue Reading DoorDash soars 85% in Wall Street debut
DoorDash’s stock soared 85% above its IPO price in its Wall Street debut Wednesday, marking the culmination of a year that has seen delivery…
Continue Reading U.S. gov’t, 48 states sue Facebook, seek to break up the social media giant
WASHINGTON, DC — Federal regulators on Wednesday sued to force a breakup of Facebook as 48 states also accused the company in a separate lawsuit of…
Continue Reading Starbucks plans to open about 22,000 stores in the next ten years
It may seem like there’s already a Starbucks on every corner. But the company is still planning on adding tens of thousands more locations in…
Continue Reading Taxpayer-funded news outlet Voice of America subjected to more leadership turmoil
Voice of America, the global news outlet funded by the United States government, is suffering through yet more turmoil in the final weeks of the…
Continue Reading McDonald’s Happy Meals could get more expensive next year
McDonald’s is eliminating a two-decade-old deal with its franchisees that subsidized the price of Happy Meal toys for customers. That could…
Continue Reading The ‘bubble’ saved the NBA season from Covid-19. But another crisis was waiting inside
By early March, most Americans were aware of the strange infectious virus spreading overseas. But for many it remained remote, foreign, vague — we…
Continue Reading YouTube waits until a month after the election to act on false claims of election fraud
YouTube is taking belated action on election misinformation: The company said it would now remove misleading videos that claim widespread fraud or…
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YouTube waits until a month after the election to act on false claims of election fraud
YouTube is taking belated action on election misinformation: The company said it would now remove misleading videos that claim widespread fraud or…
Continue Reading Falling sales, job losses and bankruptcies: Pain spreads across coal country
President Donald Trump promised he would save the US coal industry. But as his tenure winds down, the industry is struggling through some of its…
Continue Reading Starbucks names Mellody Hobson board chair — the first Black woman in the role
Starbucks has named Mellody Hobson the new chair of its board of directors, the first Black woman in that role at the company. Hobson, who is co-CEO…
Continue Reading Twitch officially bans blackface, swastikas and the Confederate flag in new, targeted guidelines
In one of the most targeted and far-reaching social media guidelines issued by a major tech company, Twitch said it is beefing up its policy against…
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