Google Stadia is here, but there are still huge issues
Just days before Google launched its long-awaited video game service, the company announced it would nearly double the number of titles available to…
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California won’t buy cars from GM, Chrysler or Toyota because they sided with Trump over emissions
The state of California is taking aim at GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan and other automakers that are aligning with the Trump administration in its…
Continue Reading ‘Shark Tank’s’ Mr. Wonderful is bullish on dividend stocks and tech giants
Mr. Wonderful is coming to Wall Street. Kevin O’Leary, who is best known for being one of the entrepreneurs fielding investment pitches on the…
Continue Reading Home Depot isn’t selling as well as it hoped
Home Depot is spending a lot of money to become a bigger player online, but the results aren’t working out as well as the retailer had hoped.…
Continue Reading Breakstone’s Cottage Cheese recalled for possible contamination by plastic and metal pieces
Kraft Heinz Food Company has issued a voluntary recall of three varieties of their Breakstone’s Cottage Cheese products due to potential…
Continue Reading Slack’s stock plunges after Microsoft says Teams has 20 million users
There’s more bad news for Slack: The messaging software company’s stock plunged nearly 10% Tuesday after Microsoft announced that its…
Continue Reading Kohl’s makeover isn’t working
Kohl’s innovative strategy to draw customers into its stores won the company praise and fans on Wall Street. But shoppers are going elsewhere,…
Continue Reading Chef Jamie Oliver launches new restaurants six months after UK chain collapsed
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has launched a new mid-range restaurant chain just six months after his UK dining empire collapsed. Two of his…
Continue Reading Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough
A secretive startup backed by Bill Gates has achieved a solar breakthrough aimed at saving the planet. Heliogen, a clean energy company that emerged…
Continue Reading Google requested a trove of documents from the Texas attorney general’s antitrust probe
Google is calling on Texas’s attorney general to hand over a vast trove of internal documents and communications related to a multi-state…
Continue Reading The US economy is losing billions of dollars because foreign students aren’t enrolling
Fewer international students are coming to the United States. That’s hurting American universities and the economy. The continued decline in…
Continue Reading Jimmy Finkelstein, the owner of The Hill, has flown under the radar. But he’s played a key role in the Ukraine scandal
James “Jimmy” Finkelstein, the owner of The Hill newspaper, is not a widely known media executive, but he is one of the era’s most…
Continue Reading EasyJet flights are now carbon neutral
One of Europe’s biggest airlines is going carbon neutral. EasyJet announced Tuesday that it will begin offsetting emissions from its fleet of…
Continue Reading Even an unusual Trump-Powell meeting can’t spook investors right now
Happy Tuesday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right…
Continue Reading Alibaba finds strong demand for its Hong Kong shares despite turmoil in the city
Investors are falling over themselves to buy into Alibaba’s debut on the Hong Kong stock market. China’s biggest e-commerce company will…
Continue Reading McDonald’s could return $29 million to New Zealand workers after holiday pay error
McDonald’s has agreed to pay what could be tens of millions of dollars to New Zealand employees after becoming embroiled in a nationwide…
Continue Reading A vegan man claims Burger King cooked Impossible Whopper alongside meat
A man is suing Burger King because the meatless Impossible Whopper is cooked on the same grill as meat products, the lawsuit alleges. The class…
Continue Reading Chick-fil-A will no longer donate to anti-LGBTQ organizations
Chick-fil-A is making major changes to its charitable foundation, ending donations to two organizations that have been criticized for being…
Continue Reading Investors don’t seem to know what to make of the US-China trade war
A muddled view of US-China trade talks once again seems to be weighing on investors. The major Asian market indexes were mixed in early trading…
Continue Reading WeWork braces for mass layoffs this week
One month after WeWork’s former CEO, Adam Neumann, received a massive payout despite all but running the company into the ground, more than…
Continue Reading China’s shoppers are still going strong
With China’s economy slowing, many market and economic experts believe that the United States has more leverage to negotiate favorable terms to…
Continue Reading Lyft is pulling its scooters from cities across the US
Electric scooter enthusiasts in Nashville, San Antonio and Columbus, Ohio, will have one less brand to ride starting next week. Lyft is ending its…
Continue Reading The viral ‘Secret Sister’ gift exchange is a scam, the Better Business Bureau warns
If a stranger on the internet promises you a Christmas gift for a $10 buy-in and some personal information, it probably isn’t legit, the Better…
Continue Reading The United States once again kicks the Huawei can down the road
The Department of Commerce has again extended the temporary general license allowing American companies to sell to Huawei, the embattled Chinese tech…
Continue Reading Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan. Productivity jumped 40%
A growing number of smaller companies are adopting a four-day workweek. Now the results of a recent trial at Microsoft suggest it could work even for…
Continue Reading Lindsey Graham faces heat from right-wing media for failure to probe supposed Democratic corruption
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, whose stock has risen in conservative circles since he became a close ally of President Trump, has come under fire in…
Continue Reading FedEx CEO challenges the New York Times to a debate after critical story
FedEx CEO Fred Smith attacked the New York Times for its story about his company’s taxes, and he challenged the newspaper’s publisher.…
Continue Reading Recession is not right around the corner, Fed official says
The American economy is experiencing turbulence. The trade war and global weakness are slowing growth. But Mary Daly, the president of the San…
Continue Reading Airbus lands $30 billion in new orders for planes
Airbus has secured two major orders from airlines based in the United Arab Emirates, jumping out to an early lead over rival Boeing in the race for…
Continue Reading T-Mobile CEO John Legere will step down
T-Mobile announced Monday that CEO John Legere will be stepping down at the end of next April after his contract expires. The surprise move comes as…
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