Hyatt is eliminating travel-sized plastic toiletries
Hyatt is the latest international hotel brand to ditch travel-sized toiletries from its rooms, following Holiday Inn-owner InterContinental Group and…
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Carl Icahn warns it’s ‘extremely dangerous’ to own shares in Occidental Petroleum, the oil giant he owns a big stake in
Carl Icahn is no stranger to risk-taking. But even the legendary investor is uncomfortable with his exposure to Occidental Petroleum’s giant…
Continue Reading Puppies and Venmo: How the biggest store credit card company is surviving the retail apocalypse
Synchrony, the nation’s largest issuer of retail credit cards, is branching out from its retail roots into businesses that didn’t exist…
Continue Reading Richard Branson apologizes after tweeting photo full of white people to announce a South African project
Richard Branson apologized Tuesday morning after tweeting out a photo full of white people to announce the grand opening of his new Centre of…
Continue Reading McDonald’s workers strike in London to demand higher pay
McDonald’s workers have walked off the job in the United Kingdom to demand higher pay and better working conditions. The workers are asking the…
Continue Reading They left Facebook to make an app that will spice up your Instagram Stories
The lead developers behind social media tools like Instagram Stories and Boomerang left their jobs to build new features for the very tools they…
Continue Reading Disney+ launches, then crashes
Disney+ launched to much fanfare on Tuesday, and then immediately hit some bumps. Disney fans looking to enjoy all the content the company’s…
Continue Reading Urgency grows by the day for a trade deal with China. Will Trump speech today deliver?
President Donald Trump will address the Economic Club of New York later today and investors want to know one thing: When can a so-called phase-one…
Continue Reading America’s largest milk producer files for bankruptcy
Dean Foods, America’s largest milk producer, is filing for bankruptcy. The 94-year-old company has struggled in recent years because Americans…
Continue Reading Juul is laying off 650 people in a $1 billion cost-cutting plan
Juul on Tuesday announced an update to its major restructuring effort that includes layoffs and deep cost cutting. It’s the latest development…
Continue Reading Adidas is closing hi-tech sneaker factories in Germany and the US
Adidas is shutting down two cutting-edge footwear factories in Germany and the United States and moving production to Asia. The German sportswear…
Continue Reading Americans think Microsoft is the most ethical company. Facebook, not so much
More than any other industry, technology companies prioritize ethical issues important to most Americans, according to a study released Tuesday from…
Continue Reading Fingerprints from right-wing media figures are all over the Trump impeachment depositions
The seeds of the Ukraine scandal were planted in the fertile soil of right-wing media many months before most people ever heard about an alleged…
Continue Reading Ford workers appear set to approve labor deal
Ford’s unionized employees appear ready to sign a new contract, a move that would allow the automaker to avoid the kind of strike that recently…
Continue Reading Burger King launches meatless burger across Europe and tests new US options
Burger King is going big on plant-based meat. In August, the burger chain started selling the Impossible Whopper throughout the United States. The…
Continue Reading China has been slashing its electric car subsidies. That could backfire
China wants to boost its adoption of electric vehicles. So far, that hasn’t been easy. Data released this week suggests that the Chinese market…
Continue Reading FT editor Lionel Barber steps down. His replacement is the first woman to lead the newspaper
Financial Times editor Lionel Barber is stepping down after 14 years on the job. His replacement, Roula Khalaf, will be the first woman to lead the…
Continue Reading Disney is staking its future on Disney+
“Disney’s Folly.” That’s what some in Hollywood dubbed “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” before it premiered in…
Continue Reading T-Mobile CEO John Legere in talks to take over top job at WeWork
T-Mobile and Sprint are hoping to complete their merger soon. But the man positioned to head that new company is in talks to lead another major…
Continue Reading Singles Day sales for Alibaba top $38 billion, breaking last year’s record
China’s annual Singles Day online shopping bonanza brought in a record $38 billion in sales for Alibaba. The country’s biggest e-commerce…
Continue Reading Sean Spicer eliminated from ABC’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Maybe Sean Spicer was exactly what ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” needed: A boldface name, beloved by some, detested by others, who…
Continue Reading Hong Kong stocks tepid after violence rocks markets
Hong Kong stocks inched up slightly Tuesday, a day after recording their worst day in months as violence escalated in the city. The Hang Seng Index…
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Borderland vets learn new skills at Del Sol Medical Center with ‘Hiring Our Heroes’
EL PASO, Texas — With Veterans Day celebrations taking place across the Borderland community, the Del Sol Medical Center is working to make sure…
Continue Reading Southwest Airlines flew jets without full knowledge of their repair histories
Whistleblowers at the Federal Aviation Administration questioned whether Southwest Airlines improperly flew jets without full knowledge of their…
Continue Reading Kansas man claims he was fired from a restaurant because he has HIV
A man is suing a Kansas restaurant, claiming he was fired because he has HIV — which would be a violation of the Americans with Disabilities…
Continue Reading Instagram is about to hide likes for some US users. Here’s what to expect
Instagram is about to take its biggest step yet toward removing likes from its platform. After months of testing an option to hide likes in select…
Continue Reading White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham has yet to hold a briefing with reporters, but finds time for Fox News
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham has yet to hold a single briefing since ascending to the position of President Trump’s chief…
Continue Reading Boeing stock soars: It still thinks 737 Max will fly next month
Boeing still believes it can get permission before the end of this year to fly the 737 Max again. The plane has been grounded by aviation authorities…
Continue Reading Walgreens could leave the Dow. What should replace it?
Walgreens Boots Alliance became the most recent addition to the Dow Jones Industrial Average in June 2018, when it replaced struggling conglomerate…
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Walgreens may get scooped up in the largest private equity deal in history, report says
Walgreens reportedly wants to go private, and KKR is said to be interested in buying it. The acquisition would almost certainly be the largest…
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