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People watch the Annular Solar Eclipse with using safety glasses in Brownsville, Texas on Oct. 14, 2023. (Mike Gonzalez/Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A fully booked hotel in Maine said it received its first request from a solar eclipse tourist five years ago. A portable toilet vendor in Indiana said it is doing […]

VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Disney shareholders on Wednesday rejected board nominees allied with activist investor Nelson Peltz, ending a combative, months-long proxy battle centered on the company’s navigation of the topsy-turvy onset of the streaming era. A majority of shareholders instead voted in support of a 12-person slate of board nominees put forward […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve will see if inflation moves beyond its current rough patch before imposing highly anticipated interest rate cuts, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday. Addressing a business conference at Stanford University, Powell touted progress in the fight to cool price increases while acknowledging that such headway had […]

onurdongel/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As airlines continue to update baggage policies and everywhere from fast food chains to theme parks introduce dynamic pricing, JetBlue is combining the two business trends by introducing a new peak and off-peak payment structure for passengers. The New York-based airline, which first increased its checked bag fees in February […]

RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Trump Media & Technology Group is attempting to force two of the company’s co-founders to forfeit their shares and give up any claim to the company’s leadership. Trump’s social media company filed the lawsuit against Wesley Moss and Andrew Litinsky — co-founders and former Apprentice contestants — in a Florida […]

Anna Barclay/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shares of former President Donald Trump’s social media platform dropped more than 20% on Monday after the company disclosed a net loss at the end of last year of more than $58 million. The decline erased $2 billion in value and, with it, the value of Trump’s majority stake […]

Royalty-free/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Powerball is expected to climb to $975 million for Monday night’s drawing after no ticket won the jackpot in Saturday night’s drawing, the lottery said. The numbers drawn for Saturday’s $935 million Powerball jackpot were: 12, 13, 33, 50, 52 and red Powerball 23. The power play was 3. […]

Attendants passing by AT&T’s stand are seen during day 1 of Mobile World Congress 2023 at Fira Barcelona on February 27, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Joan Cros Garcia – Corbis/Getty Images) (DALLAS) — Information for some 73 million current and former AT&T customers was recently posted on the dark web in a data […]

The 2024 Kia Telluride. — Kia (NEW YORK) — Kia’s K4 sedan, a sleek, compact four-door that debuted this week at the New York International Auto Show, has stiff competition — mainly from the Korean brand’s own sport-utility vehicles and crossovers. American drivers, however, may soon become enamored with the sedan’s fastback styling and airy […]

Royalty-free/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Powerball is expected to climb to $975 million for Monday night’s drawing after no ticket won the jackpot in Saturday night’s drawing, the lottery said. The numbers drawn for Saturday’s $935 million Powerball jackpot were: 12, 13, 33, 50, 52 and red Powerball 23. The power play was 3. […]