A deactivated Titan II nuclear ICMB is seen in a silo at the Titan Missile Museum on May 12, 2015 in Green Valley, Arizona. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Federal prosecutors charged an engineer who worked at a Los Angeles-area company with stealing trade secret technologies developed for use by the U.S. government … Read more
Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler said Wednesday inflation is showing solid signs of slowing down, but she is not ready yet to start lowering interest rates. In her first major policy address since being confirmed to the Board of Governors in September 2023, Kugler said three factors are converging to ease inflation pressures: moderating wage … Read more
Spirits on display in a UK bar in Cardiff, United Kingdom. Matthew Horwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images The spirits industry held its market share edge over beer and wine for the second straight year in 2023, even as it showed little growth, according to new data released Wednesday. U.S. spirits revenue grew … Read more
2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ GM DETROIT – General Motors plans to spend $19 billion over roughly the next decade to source critical materials for use in electric vehicle batteries from LG Chem, the companies said Wednesday. The long-term supply contract will see LG Chem supply GM with more than 500,000 tons of cathode materials – … Read more
Argentines gather in front of the National Congress in Argentina to celebrate that the ruling party could not continue with the debate on the ‘Omnibus Law’ because they were losing the votes on each article of its general content, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on February 06, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Argentina’s President … Read more
Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snap Inc., speaks onstage during the Snap Partner Summit 2023 at Barker Hangar on April 19, 2023 in Santa Monica, California. Joe Scarnici | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Snap shares tanked 30% in Wednesday morning trading, a day after the company missed revenue estimates and issued light guidance in … Read more
Five years and 2,500 miles apart, fires devastated thriving communities — and major U.S. utility companies stood at the center of the infernos. It’s a story increasingly familiar in the energy industry: Some utility companies don’t properly assess the risks wildfires pose to their operations. A failure to mitigate these risks can have disastrous consequences … Read more
David Baszucki, chief executive officer and co-founder of Roblox Corp., speaks during a Bloomberg Studio 1.0 television interview in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, April, 21, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Roblox reported results for the fiscal fourth quarter on Wednesday that beat consensus estimates on the top and bottom lines. … Read more
Thianchai Sitthikongsak | Moment | Getty Images Mortgage demand is struggling to contend with what appears to be another upswing in interest rates. Homebuyers in particular are pulling back. Total mortgage application volume rose 3.7% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. That was all due … Read more
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi looks on during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone West on November 15, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Uber reported fourth-quarter results Wednesday that beat analysts’ estimates on top and bottom lines. Shares fell more than 1% in premarket trading. Here’s how the company did: Earnings per share: 66 cents vs. … Read more
