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Federal Reserve expected to escalate inflation fight for final time
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will decide whether to revive an aggressive series of interest rate hikes and may indicate a willingness to soon end its full-throttle inflation fight. Last [Read More…]
High-stakes economic releases to test hope of averting recession
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Alarm over a possible recession has blared for well over a year, but in recent months a cooldown of inflation alongside resilient job gains has quieted the din. Growing [Read More…]
Expert tips to save big on holiday travel now by booking this summer
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — If you travel often, you’ve probably heard the rule of thumb, to book during the opposite season — sort of like Christmas in July or buying a winter coat [Read More…]
UPS and Teamsters union reach agreement, avert strike
400tmax/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union representing about 330,000 UPS employees in the U.S., have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement. Contract negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters [Read More…]
School supply sales tax holidays starting in several states
Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Books, binders, pens and pencils are just a few of the necessities students across the country will need as the upcoming school year awaits. But a lengthy list of school [Read More…]
TikTok adds text-only posts as social media landscape shifts with Facebook, Twitter
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — TikTok has added a new feature that allows users to create text-only posts with the change coming just a day after Twitter rebranded itself and less than [Read More…]
Why did “Barbie” set records at the box office? Experts weigh in.
Hanna Lassen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Greta Gerwig’s Barbie defied a sluggish pandemic recovery at movie theaters to rake in $155 million domestically over its opening weekend. The haul made it the highest-grossing debut of [Read More…]
Elon Musk’s Twitter rebranded as X. Here’s why
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The signature blue bird perched atop social media platform Twitter vanished on Sunday as part of a company rebrand under a new name: X. The revamp [Read More…]
Netflix subscribers surged but its stock plummeted. Here’s why.
Harun Ozalp/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Netflix revealed blockbuster subscriber growth in a quarterly earnings report this week, but since then the company’s shares have plummeted more than 20%. The reaction on [Read More…]
Mega Millions jackpot grows to $720 million ahead of Friday’s drawing
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Just two days after a winning ticket was sold for the $1 billion Powerball, another lucky person has a chance at a mega-lottery drawing Friday. The Mega Millions jackpot [Read More…]
AI advances fuel industry trying to preserve loved ones after death
Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Justin Harrison suffered a nasty bout of strep throat two weeks ago, he said he received a barrage of text messages from his mom urging him to take [Read More…]
Dispute over threat of extinction posed by AI looms over surging industry
Qi Yang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While experts disagree about whether AI poses an existential threat, Dan Hendrycks, a researcher and the director of the Center for AI Safety, or CAIS, is among those who [Read More…]
The stock market has soared this year, but will it last? Experts weigh in
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As long-standing recession alarms continue to blare from some forecasters, investors don’t appear to hear them. The S&P 500 — the index that most people’s 401(k)s track — has [Read More…]
Winning ticket for $1 billion Powerball jackpot sold in California
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A winning ticket for the $1 billion Powerball jackpot was sold in California. The winning numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing were 7, 10, 11, 13 and [Read More…]
In-N-Out locations in 5 states to ban employees from wearing face masks: Memo
Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) — Face masks that were in during the COVID-19 pandemic will officially be out at some In-N-Out Burger locations across five states, according to a company memo. [Read More…]
Powerball jackpot surges to $1 billion
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Powerball jackpot has grown to $1 billion for Wednesday night’s drawing, the game’s third-largest prize ever. The jackpot has a cash value of $516.8 million, [Read More…]
New warning issued for rebooking air travel after delays, cancellations
Craig Hastings/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Summer air travel is already off to a bumpy start for many travelers experiencing more flight delays than usual and now there’s a new alert for when it’s time [Read More…]
Actors’ union, Hollywood studios squabble over which side to blame as strike enters 5th day
John Lamparski/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — As the Hollywood-paralyzing strike by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) went into its fifth day Tuesday, the studios and producers accused the union of [Read More…]
Powerball jackpot balloons to $1 billion after no winners Monday
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $1 billion after Monday night’s drawing produced no winners, the third-largest purse in Powerball history. The winner numbers in Monday’s [Read More…]
Everything to know for the next Powerball drawing as jackpot hits $1 billion
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An estimated $1 billion jackpot is up for grabs in the next Powerball drawing. It’s the third-largest purse in the game’s history and the seventh-largest U.S. lottery jackpot, according to [Read More…]