Month October 2024

Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post’s decision not to endorse: ‘A principled decision’

Billionaire Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate as “right” and “principled” and pushed back against any notion that he ordered it up to protect his business interests.

Report: Washington Post loses more than 200,000 subscriptions following non-endorsement

More than 200,000 people have canceled subscriptions to The Washington Post since the newspaper announced its decision last week not to endorse a candidate for president, a published report said Monday.

Treasury finalizes clampdown on foreign tech transactions

The Biden-Harris administration finalized a rule Monday that prohibits Americans from participating in transactions that could bolster China’s development of advanced technologies, especially ones that would bolster Beijing’s military.

Harris tries to win over working-class voters in Michigan

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday visited Michigan to reverse her struggles with working-class voters, a demographic that had reliably voted for Democrats but has been gravitating towards former President Donald Trump.

Boeing, in need of cash, looking to raise up to approximately $19B in offering

Boeing is looking to raise up to approximately $19 billion in a stock offering as the aerospace giant, which is dealing with a contentious strike, faces liquidity issues and tries to raise cash.

Florida works to bring back tourism to its Gulf Coast following hurricanes Helene and Milton

Tourism officials on Florida’s Gulf Coast say one of the ways concerned people can help the area recover is to visit as tourists, even though some beaches are still closed to the public and debris is still piled next to… Continue Reading →

Developers begin cutting trees in a Tokyo park that environmentalists want to protect

Workers began cutting trees Monday in central Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien park district to make way for a development project, a flashpoint for more than a year between environmentalists and real estate interests.

Brazil fines meatpacking companies, including giant JBS, for buying illegally raised cattle

Brazil’s environmental agency has levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking companies and their suppliers for buying and selling cattle raised illegally on deforested land in the Amazon.

A pizza shop owner is sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for threatening workers with deportation

The owner of two Boston-area pizza shops convicted of forced labor for using physical violence and threats of reprisal or deportation against employees living in the country illegally has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison.

Harris pledges to boost manufacturing during visit to Michigan semiconductor plant

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday visited a semiconductor plant in the battleground of Michigan to promote her pledge to invest in small businesses if elected next week.

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