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Peloton is releasing a lower-priced treadmill to become more than a purveyor of high-end stationary-bikes. The public company, which reported revenue…
Continue ReadingPeloton is releasing a lower-priced treadmill to become more than a purveyor of high-end stationary-bikes. The public company, which reported revenue…
Continue ReadingThe boom in bitcoin prices is giving a huge lift to a California bank that accepts cryptocurrency deposits and doles out bitcoin-backed loans. Shares…
Continue ReadingThe US economy is still at the mercy of the pandemic. But for policy makers to help the recovery along, we must first get the virus under control,…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft is joining forces with publishers in Europe to call for an Australia-style system that would force tech platforms such as Google and…
Continue ReadingElectricity and gas provider Just Energy warned that the financial impact of the Texas winter storms could force it out of business. Just Energy said…
Continue ReadingNearly a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, many Americans remain stuck trying to work, attend school and socialize from home. For tens of millions of…
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. USA Today and Suffolk…
Continue ReadingKamala Harris isn’t the only Black woman making history in 2021. The January 20 swearing-in of the nation’s first woman, Black and…
Continue ReadingIn an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Bill Gates said deaths during Texas’ winter freeze were preventable, caused by the…
Continue ReadingNearly 30,000 Macs world-wide have been infected with mysterious malware, according to researchers at security firm Red Canary. The malware, which…
Continue ReadingEveryone seems to love fried chicken sandwiches. But how about a fried chicken sandwich on a taco? Taco Bell is making that dream come true with its…
Continue ReadingRio Tinto’s former CEO got a huge payout last year despite being forced to resign over the company’s destruction of a sacred Indigenous…
Continue ReadingDominion Voting Systems, the election technology company that has been the focus of debunked conspiracy theories about election fraud, is suing…
Continue ReadingDisney+ is warning viewers that some episodes of “The Muppet Show” feature “negative depictions” and “mistreatment of…
Continue ReadingSurging iPhone sales in the final three months of 2020 pushed Apple ahead of Samsung as the world’s biggest smartphone maker, according to new…
Continue ReadingPublix joined a growing list of US grocers and retailers offering incentives to workers who get the Covid-19 vaccine. The popular Southern…
Continue ReadingThe White House supports studying the merits of a financial transaction tax — a move favored by progressives and despised by Wall Street — in the…
Continue ReadingThe majority of power outages in Texas over the past week came from losses in coal, natural gas and nuclear energy, according to the state’s…
Continue ReadingFact-checkers are entering a new era under President Joe Biden’s administration. While Biden isn’t perfect, his claims are “more…
Continue ReadingIn an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Bill Gates said deaths during Texas’ winter freeze were preventable, caused by the…
Continue ReadingFast food wants to be a force in fast fashion. McDonald’s latest non-edible creation is a hoodie, timed to coincide with the launch of its new…
Continue Reading“Saturday Night Live” felt like a lot of people needed to apologize this week, so on Saturday’s episode that’s what happened.…
Continue ReadingWith the value of bitcoin in the market topping $1 trillion, longtime backers may be wiping tears from their eyes. The cryptocurrency is growing up.…
Continue ReadingSix Flags Entertainment Corporation says it is planning to open all 26 of its amusement parks and water parks for the 2021 season, including five…
Continue ReadingFor nearly a year, newsrooms have mostly sat empty because of the pandemic. Staffers have been working from home and not seeing many of their…
Continue ReadingHours after Google tried to turn the page on a months-long controversy over the abrupt departure of one leader of its Ethical AI team, the other…
Continue ReadingThe remaining leader of Google’s Ethical AI team said she was fired on Friday, hours after the company’s top AI executive apologized for…
Continue ReadingRemember the good old days when your phone was running out of juice and you could easily snap off the back cover, pull out the battery and swap in a…
Continue ReadingGoogle plans to change its approach for handling how certain employees leave the company after finishing a months-long review of the abrupt and…
Continue Reading“Icy Park” is finally here. Beyoncé’s sports apparel brand Ivy Park x Adidas released its third collection of merchandise online…
Continue ReadingThe trillion-dollar market value club has a new member: bitcoin. The total number of bitcoins trading are now collectively worth more than $1…
Continue ReadingCopper prices climbed to their highest level in nearly a decade Friday as investors in the commodity anticipate rising demand for infrastructure and…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s CEOs are the most confident they have been in 17 years, as company leaders expect fewer layoffs and further improvements in the…
Continue ReadingThe blackouts that shut down most of Texas for much of this week could be coming to other parts of the country in the future. The power outages…
Continue ReadingOver on Disney+ it’s time to play the music; it’s time to light the lights as “The Muppet Show” debuts on the service Friday.…
Continue ReadingAll of Dole Packaged Foods’ US-based employees will make at least $15 an hour within a few months, the company says. “The $15 an hour…
Continue ReadingUber is reviewing how it treats thousands of drivers in the United Kingdom after the Supreme Court upheld a ruling that they should be classified as…
Continue ReadingHow Facebook, Uber and Robinhood run their businesses is under threat around the world, a warning sign for investors who have been all too willing to…
Continue ReadingAs winter storms sweep the US, you may be using your snow blower more than ever. And if it’s made by Toro, it’s time to check your model…
Continue ReadingCitigroup lost a court battle Tuesday to claw back $504 million it mistakenly wired to Revlon’s lenders in August. But don’t get your…
Continue ReadingThe market for new stocks continues to sizzle — with no signs of a slowdown for initial public offerings or special purpose acquisition company…
Continue ReadingFacebook’s decision to block people from sharing news in Australia has been rebuked by lawmakers around the world, raising the specter of a…
Continue ReadingWhat is Facebook without news? People and publishers in Australia are now finding out. Facebook has barred Australians from finding or sharing news…
Continue ReadingFor nearly a year, restaurant operators across the country have had to ask themselves a devastating question: Can we afford to stay open? The…
Continue ReadingMillions of American jobs have been lost due to the pandemic – and a lot of those positions likely aren’t coming back. People are losing…
Continue ReadingAn Australian employee of China’s state broadcaster CGTN has been arrested on suspicion of “illegally supplying state secrets…
Continue ReadingJust days after Maryland became the first state in the country to impose a tax on digital advertising targeting Big Tech, lobbying groups…
Continue ReadingFacebook allegedly gave its advertisers “inflated and misleading” metrics on how many people their ads could reach for years, according…
Continue ReadingGoogle is making changes to the leadership of its responsible artificial intelligence efforts months after the contentious departure of prominent…
Continue ReadingKroger will close two stores in Seattle over the city’s $4-an-hour hazard pay requirement for grocery workers, an escalation of the grocery…
Continue ReadingCongressional hearings often involve a lot of grandstanding. But as the House Financial Services Committee prepares to grill major players in the…
Continue ReadingSome politicians are worried that countries will borrow too much to prop up the economy over the coming year. Christine Lagarde doesn’t share…
Continue ReadingMcDonald’s will tie executive pay to diversity goals and aim to hit gender parity in management by the end of 2030 as the company tries to…
Continue ReadingAnother 861,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, according to seasonally adjusted data released Thursday from…
Continue ReadingA group of businesses and nonprofit organizations are banding together to speed up and strengthen their companies’ response to the pandemic.…
Continue ReadingCongresswoman Maxine Waters plans to thoroughly investigate the GameStop trading frenzy by holding multiple hearings on the matter. Waters, the…
Continue ReadingUpon hearing about Rush Limbaugh’s death on Wednesday, many fans said he was irreplaceable. For the time being, his distributor is not going to…
Continue ReadingOver a month after this year’s virtual CES tech trade show, touting new and conceptual products of the future, I was left wondering whether…
Continue ReadingWalmart announced pay bumps Thursday that will bring its average hourly wage to over $15 an hour. But the move still falls short of the $15 minimum…
Continue ReadingGrocery store workers in the United States have been stocking shelves, handling customers and keeping stores tidy in challenging and sometimes…
Continue ReadingSouth Australian winemaker Jarrad White spent almost a decade building his business in China. Then, in a matter of months, it all fell apart. It had…
Continue ReadingOne of the largest consulting companies in the world is making a major commitment — to moms. Accenture will hire 150 mothers for positions at…
Continue ReadingAnother 861,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, according to seasonally adjusted data released Thursday from…
Continue ReadingThe mania that drove the recent GameStop stock rally should remind all investors of the need to stay diversified. It’s simply not wise to put…
Continue ReadingMaersk says it will launch the world’s first carbon neutral cargo ship in 2023, as efforts to clean up one of the planet’s worst…
Continue ReadingFire and emergency services. Domestic violence charities. State health agencies. Facebook’s sudden and dramatic decision to block people from…
Continue ReadingPeople in Australia can no longer find news on Facebook. Facebook said Wednesday that people and publishers in Australia cannot share and view news…
Continue ReadingFire and emergency services. Domestic violence charities. State health agencies. Facebook’s sudden and dramatic decision to block people from…
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. The eyes of the news…
Continue ReadingWhen the news broke last October that Donald Trump had been diagnosed with Covid-19, legendary conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh immediately…
Continue ReadingPeople in Australia can no longer find news on Facebook. Facebook said Wednesday that people and publishers in Australia cannot share and view news…
Continue ReadingThe brutal winter storm in the United States is disrupting business across a range of industries, including many sectors that are still trying to…
Continue ReadingThe winter storms and Arctic deep freeze that have blanketed the West, Midwest and South are still threatening lives and spreading misery,…
Continue ReadingFord is spending $1 billion to modernize a plant in Germany as part of a plan to sell only electric passenger cars in Europe by 2030. The factory in…
Continue ReadingThis was supposed to be the year Robinhood turned the page on its troubles and launched a massive IPO. And then GameStop mania happened. Robinhood…
Continue ReadingNigerians are recreating the distinctive signature style of new World Trade Organization boss Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to celebrate…
Continue ReadingReactions to Rush Limbaugh’s death immediately devolved into arguments on social media on Wednesday — reflecting the fact that Limbaugh…
Continue ReadingA Black McDonald’s franchise operator has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that it steered him toward less profitable restaurants…
Continue ReadingEurope is now trading more goods with China than the United States, a sign of how the pandemic is transforming the global economy. Data released this…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HOUSTON, TX (KTRK) — He came in clutch during Hurricane Harvey, and now, Jim…
Continue ReadingApplebee’s is launching a new online-only brand. The main menu item? Cheeto-flavored wings. Customers can start ordering from Cosmic Wings,…
Continue ReadingGoogle Maps can already tell you which train to take or map out an optimal driving route. Now, it’s simplifying travel even more by letting…
Continue ReadingRush Limbaugh, the conservative media icon who for decades used his perch as the king of talk-radio to shape the politics of both the Republican…
Continue ReadingAmazon announced three new Alexa-enabled products on Wednesday: a smart sticky note printer, nutrition scale and cuckoo clock. But there’s a…
Continue ReadingHedge fund Alden Global Capital will acquire the rest of what it does not already own of Tribune Publishing, owner of the Chicago Tribune, the New…
Continue ReadingMcLaren unveiled the Artura on Tuesday, a new hybrid supercar that is, relatively speaking, much more affordable than the British company’s…
Continue ReadingWendy’s is heating up the fried chicken sandwich wars — quite literally this time. The newest entrant into the poultry clash is a Jalapeño…
Continue ReadingThe Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City has been demolished, ending a nearly 40-year run at the New Jersey shore. Trump Plaza opened in…
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. “Gut…
Continue ReadingInvestors have been dumping shares in Chinese drone maker EHang, after a short-seller accused the US-listed company of fraud. Shares of the…
Continue ReadingOn Thursday, the US House Financial Services Committee will grill the chief executives of Robinhood and other companies involved in last…
Continue ReadingNew York is taking Amazon to court over claims that the company has failed to provide sufficient protections for its workers during the Covid-19…
Continue ReadingThe Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City has been demolished, ending a nearly 40-year run at the New Jersey shore. Trump Plaza opened in…
Continue ReadingInvestors are dumping shares in Chinese drone maker EHang, after a short-seller accused the US-listed company of fraud. Shares of the Nasdaq-listed…
Continue ReadingApplebee’s is launching a new online-only brand. The main menu item? Cheeto-flavored wings. Customers can start ordering from Cosmic Wings,…
Continue ReadingAmericans are spending less on their credit cards since the pandemic started. But, unlike other economic data points that are inching towards…
Continue ReadingRetail sales increased sharply last month, the Commerce Department said Wednesday, beating economists’ expectations and marking their first…
Continue ReadingAfter committing one of the “biggest blunders in banking history,” Citibank won’t be allowed to recover the almost half a billion…
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