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Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Days away from the first ballots cast in the 2024 primary election, former President Donald Trump holds a commanding lead over his Republican rivals and tops President Joe Biden in some head-to-head polls. Trump’s standing appears to stem in part from widespread frustration over Biden’s handling of the economy. Only […]
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — TGI Fridays is starting off the new year by shuttering dozens of locations to support the restaurant chain’s long-term growth strategy, which it said includes appointing a former stakeholder to lead select regional locations “into a new phase of revitalization.” The Dallas-based casual dining bar and grill chain announced […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dozens of families who are suing Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, won a legal victory Tuesday when a judge in California ruled their lawsuit against the social media giant may continue. Over 60 family members of children who allegedly obtained illegal drugs through Snapchat are part of […]
JohnFScott/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Starbucks will become the first nationwide coffee retailer to accept reusable cups for mobile orders, effective immediately, the coffeehouse chain said in a release Wednesday. Customers will now also have the same reusable cup option for drive-thru orders for the first time. Coffee drinkers can now fill a “clean, personal […]
moodboard/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mortgage rates have plummeted in recent weeks, boosting the prospects of homebuyers previously stifled by high borrowing costs. Many forecasters predict mortgage rates will drop further, however, since the Federal Reserve expects to cut its benchmark interest rate this year. Those circumstances pose a quandary for buyers: Jump into a […]
CEO Elon Musk attends the Atreju political meeting organised by the young militants of Italian right wing party Brothers of Italy – CREDIT: Future Publishing/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Days after Elon Musk bought X for $44 billion last year, he strolled through the glass doors at company headquarters carrying a kitchen sink. “Let that […]
FDA (NEW YORK) — Over 675,000 cans of baby formula are being recalled for possible bacterial contamination, the company announced. Reckitt and Mead Johnson Nutrition, the makers of Enfamil and Nutramigen, announced Saturday it was voluntarily recalling cans of Nutramigen Hypoallergenic Infant Formula Powder, a specialty formula given to infants with cow’s milk allergy, following […]
Jon Challicom/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The recent headlines for electric vehicles have been brutal: Sales are dropping. Momentum is slipping. Consumers are souring on the technology. Experts say, however, that 2024 may be the year to finally pull the plug on gasoline-powered cars and trucks. “Five years ago we did not have the array […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images — A Pizza Hut store is seen on November 01, 2023. (NEW YORK) — With the minimum wage in California increasing to $20 an hour for fast food workers in 2024, some Pizza Hut franchisees say they’re preparing to eliminate jobs as well as delivery options for customers. As first reported by […]
Matteo Colombo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Wildfire smoke bathed New York City’s front-line workers in fumes, atmospheric rivers forced hundreds of thousands of California homes into darkness, and hurricane Idalia battered tourism in Florida. Natural disasters nationwide in 2023 focused attention on the life-or-death stakes of climate change but also underscored a grave risk of […]
