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Tesla stock sinks as Musk and Trump ridicule each other
One day after seeing their largest-ever one-day drop, Tesla shares recovered some losses Friday as the spat between CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump that exploded into public view Thursday took appeared to take a breather heading into the weekend. Shares in the electronic vehicle maker gained as much…
Read More »Trump implies government could cut contracts and subsidies to Musk’s companies
President Donald Trump has escalated his sudden rupture with Elon Musk by implying the government could sever ties with the tech titan’s businesses. ‘The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that…
Read More »Procter & Gamble to cut 7,000 jobs as part of broader restructuring
Procter & Gamble will cut 7,000 jobs, or roughly 15% of its non-manufacturing workforce, as part of a two-year restructuring program. The layoffs by the consumer goods giant come as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have led a range of companies to hike prices to offset higher costs. The trade tensions…
Read More »Shein and Temu see U.S. demand plunge as loophole for cheap goods closes
Use of low-cost e-commerce giants Temu and Shein has slowed significantly in the key U.S. market amid President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports and the closure of the de minimis loophole, new data shows. Temu’s U.S. daily active users (DAUs) dropped 52% in May versus March, before Trump’s tariffs…
Read More »Shein and Temu see U.S. demand plunge as loophole for cheap goods closes
Use of low-cost e-commerce giants Temu and Shein has slowed significantly in the key U.S. market amid President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports and the closure of the de minimis loophole, new data shows. Temu’s U.S. daily active users (DAUs) dropped 52% in May versus March, before Trump’s tariffs…
Read More »This California startup is cleaning water and removing CO₂ from the atmosphere — all at a reduced cost
As more parts of the world face intense drought, new technologies are emerging to clean and reuse existing water. Investors are seeing potential for big profits. Water treatment is expensive. It uses a lot of energy and produces its own waste that gets disposed of at a hefty price. Capture6,…
Read More »OpenAI tops 3 million paying business users, launches new features for workplace
OpenAI on Wednesday announced that it now has 3 million paying business users, up from the 2 million it reported in February. The San Francisco-based startup rocketed into the mainstream in late 2022 with its consumer-facing artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, and began launching workplace-specific versions of the product the following…
Read More »Nationwide coordinated retail crime crackdown results in hundreds of arrests, authorities say
A nationwide coordinated crackdown on retail crime — what authorities are calling the first of its kind — led to hundreds of arrests in 28 states last week. The blitz, led by Illinois’ Cook County regional organized crime task force, involved more than 100 jurisdictions and over 30 retailers including…
Read More »McDonald’s Snack Wrap is officially making a permanent return
Snacktime is nigh at the Golden Arches. On June 3, McDonald’s announced exactly when the Snack Wrap will return to partipating restaurants nationwide: July 10. And, thankfully, it’s not a limited-time offer, either — it’s here for good. The Snack Wrap, which has been off menus for almost a decade,…
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