Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters Microsoft on Thursday briefly yanked the title of most valuable publicly traded company from Apple in early trading. The development follows a series of obstacles Apple has encountered at the start of the year. Last week, Foxconn, a Chinese assembler of Apple’s iPhones, reported … Read more
2016 Ford Focus SEImage: Ford If you own a Ford Focus or EcoSport from between model years 2016 and 2022, you may want to head to the dealership. Ford has issued a new recall over models equipped with the brand’s signature EcoBoost engine. The recall affects the 2016-2018 Ford Focus and the 2018-2022 Ford EcoSport … Read more
Sperry Top-Sider Bill fish Tan and Beige. Mayra Beltran | Houston Chronicle | Getty Images Wolverine World Wide has sold Sperry to brand management firm Authentic Brands Group and Canadian retailer the Aldo Group, the company announced Thursday. The deal will generate $130 million, which Wolverine plans to use to pay down debt, it said. … Read more
A Sydney community has said a local bakery has been treated “unfairly” after it was denied a lease renewal. Classic Bakery in Winston Hills, in the city’s west, announced through an in-store sign that its lease had not been renewed, and it would cease trading on February 9. “Building management has decided not to renew … Read more
If you listen to Formula 1 or local officials from Las Vegas and Clark County, you’d probably think November’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix was a success. Some sources estimated that the city of Las Vegas made over $1 billion in revenue from the event — but there were plenty of complications. Not everyone wanted … Read more
Photo: Yamil Lage / AFP (Getty Images) The Cuban government has announced that it will be raising the country’s fuel prices by over 500 percent in February. Pump prices will spike from 25 Cuban pesos to 132 pesos per liter, according to the BBC. To use figures more relatable for us Americans, the prices are … Read more
A teenage boy has been seriously injured in a fall from scaffolding at a worksite in NSW. The 13-year-old attended the construction site with an adult on December 22. He sustained a serious head injury in the fall and required surgery. SafeWork NSW has cautioned adults about the dangers of taking children to construction sites. … Read more
Image: Marijan Murat (AP) Preliminary estimates for 2023 indicate that despite a 2.4 percent increase in United States gross domestic product, nationwide greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.9 percent. Not only did U.S. emissions remain about six percent below pre-pandemic numbers, but are actually matching the numbers we saw back in 1991. The transportation sector — … Read more
Jane Fraser CEO, Citi, speaks at the 2023 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, May 1, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Citigroup warned investors late Wednesday that charges tied to the decline of the Argentine peso as well as the bank’s reorganization came in far higher than disclosed by the company’s CFO just … Read more
Another F45 branch has called in the liquidators, continuing a worrying trend for the fitness franchise after several gyms closed last year and reports dozens more were in trouble. Ipswich based company Forging Fitness Investments Pty. Ltd., trading under F45 Springfield, entered liquidation as of Monday. By the end of October last year at least … Read more
