The lunch rush is dead as Americans live for the weekend
More consumers are saving their workday lunch money to burn when they’re off the clock. The rise of hybrid work has kept many bars’ and restaurants’ lunchtime business from recovering…
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Chevy Bolt owners to receive settlement checks after successful class-action suit over faulty batteries
Chevy Bolt owners are eligible for settlement checks as part of a $150 million class-action settlement with General Motors and South Korean industrial group LG over faulty batteries. According to…
Some consumers are punting big purchases like pools and mattresses
Americans are kicking the can down the road on some more-costly, traditionally financed purchases as elevated inflation and interest rates bite. Corporate executives this earnings season have lamented that customers…
Frontier Airlines does away with change fees in budget airline pricing overhaul
Frontier Airlines said it will stop charging customers a fee to change their flights, taking a page from larger competitors as the Biden administration issues stricter rules targeting so-called “junk fees.”…
Dow closes at record high above 40,000 to cinch a five-week winning streak
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday above the key 40,000 level for the first time in history, a day after hitting that benchmark in the previous trading session. The 30-stock average…
UAW loses Alabama union vote seen as bellwether for organizing autoworkers in the South
Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories in Alabama have voted against joining the United Auto Workers, the largest autoworkers union in the U.S., a blow to an effort to strengthen the…
As Tesla layoffs continue, here are 600 jobs the company cut in California
As part of Tesla’s massive restructuring, the electric-vehicle maker notified the California Employment Development Department this week that it’s cutting approximately 600 more employees at its manufacturing facilities and engineering offices between…
The Dow just hit 40,000. Here’s a look at how it got here.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a milestone Thursday that seemed unfathomable a year ago. A trader at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, May 16, 2024, as the DOW reached…
The Mirage casino, which ushered in an era of Las Vegas Strip megaresorts in the ’90s, is closing
LAS VEGAS — The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer, the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform…
Wayfair to open its first large store, as physical locations make a comeback
What retail apocalypse? Online home goods retailer Wayfair is opening its first namesake store, near Chicago, following a string of other digitally native companies that have turned to brick-and-mortar for growth. In…