Prices at the pump remain on track to keep falling in the United States despite the Israel-Hamas war, according to energy industry analysts. After Hamas’ surprise attack over the weekend,…
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Caroline Ellison, star witness in Bankman-Fried trial, recounts living in ‘a constant state of dread’
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Caroline Ellison, who led the digital currency hedge fund connected with Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX, is continuing her testimony in his criminal trial Wednesday. Ellison, who is also Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend, is…
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Social Security recipients will see a cost-of-living increase of 3.2% in 2024
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Social Security benefits will increase by 3.2% in 2024, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday morning. That adds about $50 monthly to the average retirement benefit consumers will receive beginning…
Walgreens Boots Alliance has chosen veteran health care executive Tim Wentworth as the company’s new chief executive. Wentworth is the former CEO of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits management company, Express Scripts,…
Recent strikes by Hollywood talent and United Auto Workers union members are a “drag” on business travel demand, which is otherwise recovering, Delta Air Lines President Glen Hauenstein said Thursday. Delta has…
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Inflation leveled off at 3.7% in September, continuing a gradual consumer price slowdown
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Inflation leveled off to 3.7% in September compared to a year ago, extending a gradual slowdown in consumer prices, even as it slowed to 0.4% from 0.6% in August. The…
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Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging FDA authority to reject flavored e-cigarettes
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear arguments in a case challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s authority to reject approvals of flavored electronic cigarettes. The case is one of several challenges to…
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‘Kill us or send us home’: Workers at Amazon in Saudi Arabia say recruiters exploited them
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This story was reported in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism and The Guardian. Momtaj Mansur flew to Saudi Arabia in September 2021, excited…
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New inflation data to reveal consumer strength amid highest interest rates in two decades
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The U.S. government will make its next monthly inflation report Thursday, and it’s generally expected that it will show inflation is cooling off. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release…
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UAW says it’s expanding strike to include major Ford truck plant in Kentucky
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DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union significantly escalated its strikes against Detroit Three automakers Wednesday by going on strike against a major Ford truck plant in Louisville, Kentucky. In…