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Alex Jones asks judge to halt sale of Infowars site to The Onion
Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images (New York) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones accused The Onion and Sandy Hook Elementary School families of “collusive bidding” and asked a bankruptcy court judge to halt the sale of his Infowars [Read More…]
What Trump could do to lower grocery prices, according to experts
Grace Cary/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President-elect Donald Trump sharply criticized the rising price of groceries throughout his campaign, even delivering an address outside his New Jersey home in August alongside a table covered with [Read More…]
Why credit card rates remain high, even after interest rate cuts
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Americans’ credit card debt has hit a record high, the Federal Reserve of New York said in a report released this week. Credit card debt climbed $24 billion over [Read More…]
Trump may try to reverse TikTok ban. Here’s how he could.
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Social media platform TikTok is hurtling toward a U.S. ban that could upend its business and frustrate more than 150 million American users — unless President-elect Donald Trump finds a [Read More…]
Inflation expected to have increased in October
Hispanolistic via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. government is set to release new inflation data on Wednesday, offering a fresh look at price increases little more than a week after the issue appeared to [Read More…]
Bitcoin has topped $87,000 for a new record high. What to know about crypto’s post-election rally
NEW YORK (AP) — As money continues to pour into crypto following Donald Trump’s victory last week, bitcoin has climbed to yet another record high. The world’s largest cryptocurrency topped $87,000 for the first time [Read More…]
Shares in Trump’s social media company spike after president-elect says he won’t sell stake
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shares in Donald Trump’s social media company spiked after the president-elect again vowed not to sell his stake in the parent company of Truth Social and called for an [Read More…]
Why inflation helped tip the election toward Trump, according to experts
Noel Hendrickson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A surging stock market, low unemployment and robust growth — by just about every measure, the economy stood poised to deliver victory for Vice President Kamala Harris. The exception, [Read More…]
Federal Reserve set to make interest rate decision days after election of Trump
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve on Thursday will announce its latest decision on the direction of interest rates, setting the path for borrowing costs just two days after the victory of President-Elect [Read More…]
US stock futures climb, as Trump Media and Tesla surge in early trading
Richard A. Brooks via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As former President Donald Trump declared victory in the U.S. presidential election early Wednesday, shares of his media company, Trump Media & Technology, surged about 34% to [Read More…]
US hiring slows but hurricane fallout blurs findings
Via e U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (WASHINGTON) — U.S. hiring slowed in October, but fallout from hurricanes and labor strikes likely caused an undercount of the nation’s workers. A fresh jobs report marked the [Read More…]
US economy grew at robust pace in third quarter
James Marshall via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. economy grew at a robust pace over three months ending in September, slowing slightly from the previous quarter but continuing to dispel any concern about [Read More…]
Subway sued for allegedly shorting customers on meat, ‘false and misleading advertisements’
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A newly filed lawsuit has accused Subway of “unfair and deceptive trade practices” and selling its steak-and-cheese sandwiches based on “false and misleading advertisements,” that the lawsuit [Read More…]
Electric vehicles and the $350K Celestiq: How Cadillac is trying to win back customers
Cadillac (NEW YORK) — General Motors is “very serious about making Cadillac a premium brand again,” Michael Simcoe — the company’s senior vice president of global design — told ABC News in an interview about [Read More…]
Netflix stock soars after earnings boost from hit shows ‘Nobody Wants This’ and ‘Emily in Paris’
STEFANIA ROSINI/NETFLIX (NEW YORK) — Shares of Netflix climbed about 9% in early trading on Friday after a strong earnings report propelled by hit shows like “Nobody Wants This” and “The Perfect Couple.” The company added about 5 million [Read More…]
Would Trump’s tariffs trigger a global trade war? Experts weigh in
General_4530/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has proposed tariffs as the solution for a host of perceived ills: the decline of U.S. manufacturing, the arrival of undocumented immigrants and the costs of childcare, [Read More…]
7-Eleven to close hundreds of US locations before end of 2024
Tim Boyle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — 7-Eleven will close more than 400 of its “underperforming stores” across the U.S. and Canada in an effort to reduce costs and bolster earnings before the end of the [Read More…]
Boeing to cut approximately 17,000 jobs over the coming months
Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Boeing will reduce the size of its total workforce by 10% over the coming months, CEO Kelly Ortberg said in a letter to employees on Friday. That [Read More…]
How inflation largely came back to normal, according to experts
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Inflation has loomed over the U.S. economy like a movie villain, haunting grocery store trips and gas runs. While costs remain much higher than they were a few years [Read More…]
Gas shortages caused by Hurricane Milton will take days to address, experts say
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (TAMPA, Fla.) — Hurricane Milton left widespread gasoline shortages across Florida after it made landfall on Wednesday night and cut across the state. The damage exacerbated fuel outages that began before the [Read More…]
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