Delta Air Lines is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection on the heels of it canceling hundreds of flights for a fifth straight day after a software update bug from CrowdStrike crashed Microsoft systems around the globe. Airlines Have to Pay Up for Poor Service Transportation Secretary Mayor … Read more
New research shows homeowners may have to take “drastic action” if interests rates remain high until next year. The study by financial comparison site Finder found an alarming 5 per cent of homeowners — about 165,000 households — would have to sell their house if mortgage rates remain high. The site, which surveyed homeowners, found … Read more
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, July 23, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Tesla Had A Very Interesting Week 1st Gear: Musk Is Prioritizing AI Over Electric Vehicles If Tesla CEO … Read more
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s decade–in-the-making effort to understand how handing out free money affects recipients and the broader economy delivered its first big results Monday. OpenResearch found that when it gave some of the poorest Americans $1,000 a month for three years with no strings attached, they put much of the money toward basic needs … Read more
Australian taxpayers lost out on a quarter of a billion dollars in revenue in 2023 thanks to a generous tax loophole for “big, dumb” American-style utes, a report says. Large utes such as those made by Chevrolet and Ram are being subsidised as they are exempt from the Luxury Car Tax while contributing to higher … Read more
Arts degrees in Australia are set to cost more than $50,000 from 2025, in a huge blow to students. The student contribution for a range of humanities degrees, such as law and economics, society and culture and communications, will jump to $16,992 annually from 2025. The new prices, resulting from indexation, mean students will pay … Read more
A Florida dealership is in hot water after failing to deliver a vehicle that a customer purchased for over $200,000. Meet The Fiat 500e Before Its Return To America The whole ordeal started when Alan Sue found a 2023 Mercedes-Benz G63 Brabus for sale at Dream Auto Collection in Hollywood, Florida. Living in Hawaii, there … Read more
Is the Aston martin Cygnet the worst car from a great automaker? Photo: Aston Martin There are some pretty incredible automakers out there responsible for some pretty special cars. Ferrari has a long lineage of wonderful machines, as do less expensive brands like Alpine and even humble Honda has made some great cars. But is … Read more
A global outage of the security software CrowdStrike is effecting everything from international flights to global banks to average businesses around the world Friday morning. Systems are slowly returning to normal, but the effects of the outage will reverberate for the rest of the day, especially for the travelers stranded in airports by thousands of … Read more
Maddie, 29, and Paul, 33, live well in London. Although Paul recently left his job, they’re still earning $US230,000 ($A341,000) a year from Maddie’s income, the couple tells self-made millionaire and money expert Ramit Sethi on a recent episode of his I Will Teach You To Be Rich podcast. Their last names are not used. … Read more
