‘Peloton wife’ actress Monica Ruiz blames her face for the ad backlash
The Peloton wife has spoken, and from now on, she’d like to be known as anything but the star of the ad that exploded the internet’s…
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Uber and other unicorns flopped on Wall Street this year. Will IPOs rebound in 2020?
In a year when the Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen almost 20%, shattering one record after another, some newly public companies have been left…
Continue Reading Facebook taps data to predict likely 2020 trends kimchi, milk baths and ‘plant parents’
Do you bathe in milk, gobble up kimchi or dress in getups straight out of the ’80s? If you don’t, you might soon — Facebook…
Continue Reading Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are producing a reality wedding series for Amazon
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have teamed up with Amazon Studios to produce a new reality show about Indian weddings. The celebrity power couple,…
Continue Reading Apple Watch will soon track your Orangetheory workouts
Apple is flexing deeper into health and wellness with a new Orangetheory partnership. Customers at the boutique fitness studios will soon be able to…
Continue Reading ECB chief Christine Lagarde: I want to be the wise ‘owl’ of monetary policy
Christine Lagarde has a message for investors and the media: She’s going to do things her own way as president of the European Central Bank.…
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Krispy Kreme owners donate $5 million to Holocaust survivors over family’s Nazi past
The family that owns well-known food brands like Krispy Kreme and Panera Bread announced a multi-million dollar charity donation after an…
Continue Reading Jobless claims suddenly jumped to a two-year high
The number of Americans filing for their first week of unemployment benefits suddenly jumped last week to the highest level in more than two years.…
Continue Reading Lizzo celebrates ‘Entertainer of the Year’ media accolades
Lizzo is feeling “good as hell” after being named Time magazine‘s 2019 Entertainer of the Year. The rapper-singer-flutist, known…
Continue Reading Pepsi’s new product has nearly twice as much caffeine as its regular soda
Like its rival Coke, Pepsi is launching a new coffee-infused cola. Pepsi Café, which also comes in a vanilla flavor, will hit shelves throughout the…
Continue Reading The world has its first $2 trillion company. But for how long?
Saudi Aramco shares zoomed higher on Thursday, turning the massive state oil producer into the world’s first $2 trillion company and achieving…
Continue Reading OPEC’s plan to boost oil prices may not work
The plan unveiled just last week by OPEC and allied oil producers to prop up crude prices could fall flat. Deeper production cuts by the cartel and…
Continue Reading Southwest Airlines to share proceeds from Boeing 737 Max agreement with employees
Boeing is going to be paying its airline customers billions of dollars to compensate for the months-long grounding of the 737 Max. At least one of…
Continue Reading Mario who? Christine Lagarde steps into the ECB spotlight
Happy Thursday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right…
Continue Reading SoftBank’s troubles don’t end with Wag. Here are 5 more investments to watch closely
SoftBank’s decision to abandon its $300 million investment in dog-walking startup Wag has raised more questions about the strategy of its mega…
Continue Reading Europe is sending a robot to clean up space. Why is the junk there in the first place?
A self-destructing robot will be sent into orbit on the world’s first space cleanup mission, European scientists announced Monday, a fresh…
Continue Reading SoftBank-backed OneConnect slashes IPO target by nearly 50%
Another SoftBank-backed startup is slashing its valuation and stumbling toward an IPO. OneConnect, the financial services unit of Chinese insurance…
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Troubled Las Cruces daycare investigated by ABC-7 has license suspended, sanctions imposed by state officials
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A daycare owner in Las Cruces confirmed late Wednesday that the license for one of the locations she owns has been…
Continue Reading Despite historic nature of impeachment, some major news organizations put story on back burner
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. For only the fourth…
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Prospect of city buying El Paso Electric dwindles; focus now on protecting workers, ratepayers in private sale
EL PASO, Texas — The possibility of the city buying El Paso Electric Co. seemed to be dwindling on Wednesday, with officials saying they were…
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Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launches 12th test flight of space tourism rocket near Van Horn
VAN HORN, Texas — Blue Origin, the stealthy company founded by Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, just launched another test flight…
Continue Reading Asian markets move higher after the Fed holds interest rates steady
Asian markets mostly rose Thursday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady, putting an end to the year’s series of rate cuts. Hong…
Continue Reading Auto workers OK labor deal at Fiat Chrysler
Auto workers at Fiat Chrysler have ratified a new four-year contract, closing the door on the possibility of another strike like the one that shut…
Continue Reading Using machine learning to make work ‘suck a little less’
Technology is a blessing and a curse for the modern office worker. Lightning-fast computers make the impossible possible. But constant distraction…
Continue Reading Fed leaves rates steady and signals a pause in 2020
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its December meeting on Wednesday, halting a series of rate cuts that lifted markets and countered…
Continue Reading From Billy Porter to Baby Yoda, here’s what you Googled this year
In 2019, people across the country turned to Google for all the answers. Now, Google has unveiled its 2019 Year In Search, a look at the top trending…
Continue Reading Sinclair drops political commentary segments by former Trump aide Boris Epshteyn
Sinclair Broadcast Group, an influential owner of TV stations across the country, will no longer require stations to carry political commentary…
Continue Reading FAA chief: Boeing 737 Max won’t be back in the air in 2019
The Boeing 737 Max will not be approved to fly again before the end of this year, according to the head of the Federal Aviation Administration.…
Continue Reading Here’s how many subscribers watched Netflix’s ‘The Irishman’ in its first week
“The Irishman,” Martin Scorsese’s gangster epic on Netflix, was watched by more than 26 million accounts globally within its first…
Continue Reading Peloton plunges after investor says the stock is worth only $5
Peloton may have bigger problems than the public relations fallout from the controversial ad that became a meme. Short-seller Citron Research said…
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