US Business
How Allbirds Lost Its Way
Quality complaints—and intractable holes—have dogged the hot shoe company, which rolled out an assortment of new products but found environmental sustainability a tough sell.
Month: July 2023
US Business
Markets Appear Convinced Fed Can Do a Soft Landing
Stocks surged this past week on evidence that inflation is cooling.
US Business
United Pilots Would Get Raises of Up to 40% Under Preliminary Deal
The pact follows agreements at Delta and American that included significant raises for pilots.
US Business
Tesla Begins Cybertruck Production After Yearslong Wait
The electric pickup rolled off the line at the company’s Texas factory nearly four years after a prototype was unveiled.
US Business
Economists Are Cutting Back Their Recession Expectations
Forecasters still expect GDP to eventually contract, but later, and by less, than previously.
US Business
Weeks of Extreme Heat Strain Small Businesses and Economy
Heat waves stretching across large parts of the globe are testing power grids and shutting businesses that can’t keep their workers cool.
US Business
Here’s How Twitter Could Become Irrelevant
Threads has many, distinct qualities that make it the first credible threat.
US Business
FTC Loses Latest Bid to Halt Microsoft-Activision Merger
An appeals court ruling clears a path for the $75 billion acquisition to close while litigation continues.
US Business
AT&T, Other Telecom Stocks Sink After WSJ Investigation on Toxic Lead Cables
One research analyst downgraded AT&T; another estimated it could cost $59 billion to remove all the lead cables left behind by phone companies around U.S.
Entertainment
Downtown Joplin Alliance to Host July’s Third Thursday Event, ‘Downtown Waterfest’
(Joplin, MO) – Downtown Joplin Alliance and Missouri American Water are partnering for Downtown Waterfest during Third Thursday on July 20! Come enjoy an evening in downtown Joplin with over one hundred vendors, live music, […]