Shipping containers sit stacked in the Port of Newark on September 30, 2024 seen from New York City. A massive strike shutting down ports across the East and Gulf coasts began at midnight as members of the International Longshoremen’s Association continue to make salary and other demands to the United States Maritime Alliance, which controls … Read more
JetBlue planes at JFK’s Terminal 5 in New York. Leslie Josephs | CNBC JetBlue Airways will open its first airport lounges in its more than two decades of flying, a major shift for the low-cost airline as it chases high-spending travelers. The lounges will open at the carrier’s hubs in New York late next year … Read more
Twenty years ago, when I was 35, I left my life in the greater Boston area to pursue a job opportunity in glamorous Milan. Prior to the move, I had earned my MBA from the University of South Carolina. During my studies, I did an exchange program with Bocconi University’s business school and had an … Read more
DEDHAM, Mass. (NewsNation) — Closing arguments are set to begin Tuesday in the murder trial of a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV. It’s been almost two months since Karen Read’s high-profile trial first started. Each side will have one hour for closing arguments Tuesday before jurors begin their deliberations, the … Read more
Jenn Lueke, 27, is a recipe developer based in Boston who creates content online showing people how to eat well on a budget. “I think it’s no secret that prices are going up in pretty much every area right now,” Lueke told CNBC. About two thirds, 65%, of U.S. adults surveyed by CNBC/SurveyMonkey this spring … Read more
Sometimes cameras are just in the right place at the right time to capture some truly wild stuff on video. Without a well-placed camera, we’d never get to witness this guy in Revere, Massachusetts jump his car through a traffic circle and flip it on the other side. We really live in a beautiful world. … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors in Boston have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient, the latest experiment in the quest to use animal organs in humans. Massachusetts General Hospital said Thursday that it’s the first time a genetically modified pig kidney has been transplanted into a living person. Previously, pig kidneys have been … Read more
Wynn Resorts posted beats on its top and bottom lines in the fourth quarter. In results released after the closing bell Wednesday, both Macao locations and Las Vegas were strong while Boston Harbor was essentially in line with expectations. The Club stock moved higher in after-hours trading. Operating revenue for the three months ended Dec. … Read more
Tomasz Szulczewski | Moment | Getty Images Women continue to make great strides in the workforce, achieving increasing levels of education, and advancing into senior leadership positions. However, the gender pay gap — the difference between the earnings of men and women — has barely budged in recent years. In the U.S., women who work full … Read more
