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STORY: From why Boeing isn't getting a chance to how Huawei is stealing Apple's show, this is the week in numbers. :: 96% 96% of… Read More »run away, lower rates, fold phones

Authorities also imposed a six-month suspension on local operations of the global company, which was once a dominant accounting firm in China.

The pace of home construction can be complicated. There are many factors at play when it comes to U.S. markets that can add inventory, including… Read More »Cape Coral-Fort Myers builds fifth most homes in U.S. among mid-sized metro areas

“Amazon prides itself on being an ambitious and innovative company, but it’s making a big deal of itself with the growth of its air cargo,”… Read More »Amazon's shipping and delivery emissions continue to rise

The Treasury Department estimates that a new law requiring large corporations to pay a 15 percent tax will generate $250 billion in revenue for large… Read More »A minimum tax on companies aimed at closing 'loopholes' leaves gaps

By Jesus Bustamante CULIACAN, Mexico (Reuters) – Authorities in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa canceled national holiday celebrations and closed schools on Thursday amid… Read More »Worsening Sinaloa cartel war paralyses life in Mexican city

A federal judge has cleared the way for election betting in the U.S. for the first time in modern times, overturning a ban imposed on… Read More »Yes, you can now bet on US elections

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Police have arrested a woman wanted for allegedly stealing $200,000 worth of jewelry and other items from two tourists while driving… Read More »Traffic stop over missing license plate leads Las Vegas police to woman wanted in $200,000 hotel theft

While the cable TV sector is in rapid decline, satellite TV is going downhill even faster.

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle jury on Thursday ruled that the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a Black Lives Matter protester on… Read More »Jury awards $6 million to family of Black Lives Matter protester killed by car on Seattle freeway

OpenAI made the latest major breakthrough in artificial intelligence by increasing the size of its models to staggering proportions when it introduced GPT-4 last year.… Read More »OpenAI announces a new AI model, codenamed Strawberry, that solves difficult problems step by step

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Ajit Jain, a longtime insurance executive at Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, sold more than half of his Class A shares… Read More »Buffett's insurance chief Ajit Jain sells large portion of Berkshire stake

The company is banned from making federal student loans and must pay $100 million to affected borrowers, plus a $20 million fine.

Higher-than-expected consumer price data – and some wholesale prices – over the past two days have led markets to price in a greater likelihood that… Read More »What a bigger-than-expected Fed rate cut would mean for the stock market