Supreme Court term limits are being seriously considered by President Biden
President Joe Biden is seriously considering proposals to establish term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices, and an ethics code that would be enforceable under law amid growing concerns that the...
View ArticleWhy are chip stocks down? TSMC and Nvidia shares slump after Trump’s Taiwan...
Share prices in major semiconductor companies are down across the board in premarket trading this morning. That includes shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which fabricates...
View ArticleThousands of Boeing’s Seattle factory workers will rally before voting to strike
Boeing’s Washington state factory workers will vote on Wednesday on whether to give their union a strike mandate as they seek a 40% raise in their first full negotiation with the planemaker in 16...
View ArticleFor $299 you can buy Trump ‘FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT High-Tops’ sneakers
A company is now selling $299 sneakers showing an image of Donald Trump with streaks of blood on his cheek and pumping his fist in the air after he was the target of an assassination attempt in...
View ArticleHome Depot is already unveiling its new giant Halloween decor
Holiday creep used to be something that only happened during the Christmas season. But as Halloween has become a bigger money maker for retailers and pumpkin spice everything begins to pop up in...
View ArticleEnfamil baby formula faces a supply shortage due to a tornado
Sales of Reckitt’s Mead Johnson baby formula powder are likely to take a short-term hit after a tornado damaged a third-party warehouse in the United States, the British consumer goods company said on...
View ArticleEarning $300K but not feeling wealthy? You’re not alone
What does it mean to be rich? That answer might change depending on who you ask. Jenius Bank, the digital division of SMBC Manubank, surveyed over 4,000 Americans between the ages of 25 and 55 with a...
View ArticleChinese-backed U.S. solar factories are on the rise
Construction of U.S. solar-manufacturing plants by Chinese companies is surging, putting China in position to dominate the nascent industry, as other American factories struggle to compete despite...
View ArticleNetflix’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ showed us years ago that JD Vance is full of...
It already took some Olympian logic-gymnastics to accept real-estate-mogul-turned-game-show-host Donald Trump as the populist voice of Real America. So, it might only take a tiny backward handspring...
View ArticleU.S. and Mexican border towns grapple with sewage spilling into the sea
Each day, millions of gallons of sewage cascade through a canyon and into the Pacific Ocean just south of the U.S.-Mexican border. As any surfer in San Diego knows, summer swells that come from the...
View ArticleHow these Olympians succeeded against all odds
As an athlete, what are the odds of making it to the Olympics? The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) calculates that less than 2% of its half million athletes will make it to...
View ArticleByteDance has to keep the EU’s gatekeeper label under the Digital Markets Act
TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday lost its court challenge against its designation as a gatekeeper under landmark European Union rules, in a boost for antitrust regulators seeking to curb the power...
View ArticleAmid ‘Zynpocalypse,’ Philip Morris International unveils plans for new...
In recent months, Zyn, Phillip Morris International’s brand of nicotine pouches, has been suffering from a nationwide shortage. Philip Morris promised to recover the national stock by the end of the...
View ArticleNetflix shifts focus to growing ad tier
Netflix likely added the fewest number of subscribers in five quarters during April-June as sharp gains following a crackdown on password sharing ebbed and viewer attention moved to summer sporting...
View ArticleWhat is coffee badging? How some hybrid employees are finding a new way to...
As some companies are adding more in-office days to their hybrid work policies, employees unhappy about the adjustment have found a way to skirt the requirements. A controversial trend called “coffee...
View ArticleAngel City FC becomes world’s most valuable women’s sport team at $250 million
Angel City FC is set to become the most valuable professional women’s sports team in history. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles-based NWSL team announced that Willow Bay, dean of the USC Annenberg...
View ArticleSpot Ether ETFs officially hit the market on July 23: What investors should know
After a tumultuous battle, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave “preliminary approval” to several asset managers planning to launch the spot for Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs)...
View ArticleHow Hasbro turned its popular Monopoly Go mobile app into an addictive new...
First, there was Monopoly. Then, in 2023, there was Monopoly Go, an app that debuted as the top mobile game of all time in the U.S. And now, there’s Monopoly Go…the tabletop game. Hasbro is...
View ArticleHow the process of selecting live chickens on farms can spread bird flu
The spread of bird flu among poultry and dairy farms has heightened some health experts’ concerns that the process of killing and disposing of poultry infected with the virus may pose a risk to humans...
View ArticleJohn Deere caves to conservative backlash, ends DEI efforts
Farm equipment maker John Deere says it will no longer sponsor “social or cultural awareness” events, becoming the latest major U.S. company to distance itself from diversity and inclusion measures...
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