Shopping for an EV? There are some big discounts right now
Thanks to growing competition in the market, and some reticence from consumers, automakers and car dealers are offering huge discounts on electric vehicles, particularly luxury models.
2023-10-21 21:16
United Auto Workers president to striking workers: 'There's more to be won'
United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain told members that all three automakers have now offered record contracts but that the union will continue its strike in a push for even better deals.
2023-10-21 05:56
Spirit Airlines cancels some Friday and Saturday flights for unspecified inspections
Spirit Airlines says its flight schedule could be impacted for days as it scrambles to perform "a necessary inspection of a small section of 25 of our aircraft."
2023-10-21 04:53
DeSantis allies ask Florida judge to throw out Disney's counterclaims in lawsuit
Appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on the board of Walt Disney World's governing district are asking a state judge to dismiss Disney's counterclaims in a lawsuit
2023-10-21 02:28
Law & Order creator Dick Wolf implores UPenn president to quit
Dick Wolf, the creator of "Law & Order," wrote a letter to Liz Magill pleading with her to step down as president of the University of Pennsylvania.
2023-10-21 01:18
Israel's war with Hamas comes to corporate America
From ESG investing (Blackrock), to gay rights (Disney), to Donald Trump after the Capitol riots (mainstream corporate America), companies routinely take a stand. Sometimes, as with Nike and Colin Kaepernick, it helps their bottom line. Sometimes, it does the opposite — think Bud Light's support of transgender rights.
2023-10-20 22:47
What's streaming now: The Rolling Stones, John le Carré, 'Living for the Dead' and Harry Bosch
This week’s new entertainment releases include a Rolling Stones album, a revealing documentary about spy novelist John le Carré and “Living for the Dead,” a new Hulu series that's like “Queer Eye” meets “Ghost Hunters.”
2023-10-20 21:54
A key market indicator hasn't been this high since the Great Recession
For a while now the theme of "higher for longer" has dominated market speak -- that's the idea that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates elevated for a prolonged period of time to bring interest rates down.
2023-10-20 19:17
Tyson, one of the biggest meat producers, is investing in insect protein
Tyson, a major US producer of beef, pork and chicken, is betting on protein that comes from insects.
2023-10-20 18:54
Who is Liz Magill, the University of Pennsylvania's embattled president?
When University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill was tapped for the post just 18 months ago, she was heralded as the "clear consensus" to lead the Ivy League university.
2023-10-20 18:21
China's arrest of Japanese man could unsettle foreign firms even more
China has formally arrested a Japanese man who was detained in March, according to officials from Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Japanese Embassy in Beijing.
2023-10-20 16:50
The Ivy League donor backlash is a PR nightmare, and that's the point
Yesterday, we talked about some of the big-name, deep-pocketed businessmen who were, to say the least, disappointed with their alma maters' responses to what they considered antisemitic behavior at Harvard and UPenn.
2023-10-20 09:50