2024-08-20

GM lays off more than 1,000 salaried software and services employees

A General Motors sign is seen during an event on January 25, 2022 in Lansing, Michigan. – General Motors will create 4,000 new jobs and retaining 1,000, and significantly increasing battery cell and electric truck manufacturing capacity. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — General Motors is laying off more than 1,000 salaried employees globally in its…

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2024-08-20

Trump, Harris inflation arguments questionable: Chicago Fed president

Austan Goolsbee speaking at Jackson Hole on Aug. 8, 2023. David A. Grogan | CNBC Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee on Sunday warned against misrepresenting the inflationary impacts of corporate price hikes and tariffs, which have become focal points of the Trump and Harris campaigns’ economic platforms. Goolsbee steered away from directly speaking on the presidential race given…

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2024-08-19

Incoming Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol may target mobile app

Mobile order and Uber Eats and Doordash delivery pick up area at Starbucks coffee shop, Queens, New York.  Lindsey Nicholson | UCG | Universal Images Group | Getty Images It’s become a familiar sight at Starbucks cafes: a counter crowded with mobile orders, frustrated customers waiting for the drinks they ordered and overwhelmed baristas trying to keep up with…

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2024-08-19

Why Walgreens, CVS retail pharmacies are struggling

The abundance of Walgreens and CVS Health stores makes them convenient for whenever Shriya Raghavan, a research associate based in Philadelphia, needs to pick up necessities like gum, deodorant and soap.  But she said she often has to wait for employees to unlock cabinets or stand in lengthy lines to pick up prescriptions as pharmacists juggle tasks. Those are…

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2024-08-19

Amazon’s drone expansion plans spur pushback from Texas residents

An Amazon delivery drone is on display at Amazon’s BOS27 Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts, on Nov. 10, 2022. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images On a recent weekday morning, John Case heard a familiar buzzing outside his quiet suburban home in College Station, Texas. He recognized it immediately as one of Amazon‘s Prime Air drones, whizzing…

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2024-08-18

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ is highest-grossing R-rated film of all time

Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds star in Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Disney The trio of Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman and Shawn Levy has captured lightning in a bottle with “Deadpool & Wolverine.” As of Thursday, the Disney and Marvel film is the highest-grossing R-rated title of all time, surpassing Warner Bros.’ “Joker.” With $516.8 million in domestic ticket sales…

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2024-08-18

Streaming is getting more expensive for consumers. Here’s why

Jaque Silva | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Streaming is finally starting to pay off for media companies, but there’s a catch — to get there, consumers are facing higher subscription costs and increasingly frequent price hikes. Legacy media companies entered the streaming market with a focus on gaining subscribers and competing with category leader Netflix as…

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2024-08-18

Tax cuts, housing incentives, more price caps

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at an event at the Hendrick Center for Automotive Excellence in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., August 16, 2024.  Jonathan Drake | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday delivered an economic policy pitch aimed to appeal to middle-class voters by focusing on lowering the costs of food, housing, health…

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