Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 25, 2020.Zach Gibson | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA new bill that aims to give the marijuana industry access to banking services is expected to move forward in the...
Ryan Ratliff (L), Real Estate Sales Associate with Re/Max Advance Realty, shows Ryan Paredes (R) and Ariadna Paredes a home for sale on April 20, 2023 in Cutler Bay, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesMortgage interest rates just hit a level not seen since the...
Striking WGA (Writers Guild of America) members picket with striking SAG-AFTRA members outside Paramount Studios on September 18, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesHollywood writers and studios have finalized the language of a tentative contract that will lead to the end to a nearly 150-day labor...
Washington, D.C. - March 17, 2023: President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speak outside the Annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol.Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe U.S. is in a weaker position now than when S&P downgraded its sovereign credit rating...
Costco on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that topped Wall Street's expectations, as shoppers turned to the membership club for groceries but bought fewer big-ticket items.On an earnings call, Chief Financial Officer Richard Galanti said shoppers made more trips to the retailer's stores, even as they spent less. He said...
People walk past a Peloton store in Coral Gables, Florida, on Jan. 20, 2022.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesPeloton co-founder and Chief Product Officer Tom Cortese is leaving the company and will be replaced by longtime Silicon Valley veteran Nick Caldwell, the company announced Tuesday. Cortese, who helped found the connected...
A Target department store in North Miami Beach, Florida, on May 17, 2023.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesTarget said Tuesday that it will close nine stores in major cities across the country, citing violence, theft and organized retail crime.The company will close one store in New York City's Harlem neighborhood,...
Slamming the tentative labor deal between Hollywood writers and studios, media mogul Barry Diller on Tuesday laid out his biggest bone of contention with generative artificial intelligence.Diller, chairman of IAC and Expedia, called for the law to be redefined to protect published material from capture in artificial intelligence knowledge-bases."Fair...
A customer uses an ATM at a Wells Fargo Bank in San Bruno, California, on April 14, 2023.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in midday trading.Cintas — Shares fell 4.8% after the company reported its 2024 fiscal first-quarter earnings. The corporate apparel company posted $3.70...
Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesHigh health care costs are hitting women in the U.S. workforce much harder than men.Working women spend $15.4 billion more in out-of-pocket health expenses annually compared to their male counterparts, according to a new analysis of employer-sponsored health plans from Deloitte Consulting.The study...