Finance

Everything’s About to Get a Hell of a Lot More Expensive Due to Climate Change

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Everything’s About to Get a Hell of a Lot More Expensive Due to Climate Change

Agricultural yields for important commodities produced in those states (fruits, nuts, corn, sugar, veggies, wheat) are withering, thanks to punishing heat and soil-nutrition depletion. The supply chains through which these products usually travel are thrown off course at varying points, by storms that disrupt land and sea transportation. Preparation for these varying externalities requires supply-chain … Read more

Comedy Of Errors Led To Fisker’s Bankruptcy

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Comedy Of Errors Led To Fisker’s Bankruptcy

Good morning! It’s Thursday, June 20, 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. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type 1st Gear: Fisker Messed Up At Every Turn When Fisker … Read more

Tax return scam warning: What you need to know for tax time

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Tax return scam warning: What you need to know for tax time

With tax season fast approaching, Norton is cautioning Australians to stay vigilant as various tax-related scams start to surface.Cybercriminals are known to take advantage of the increased activity — as individuals and businesses gear up to file their returns with the Australian Taxation Office — to steal sensitive information and inflict financial harm on unsuspecting … Read more

Cyberattack Takes Down Car Dealerships Ability To Do Business

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Cyberattack Takes Down Car Dealerships Ability To Do Business

Good morning! It’s Friday, June 21, 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. 1st Gear: Cyberattack Continues To Disrupt U.S. Car Sales I know it’s tricky, but this week we have … Read more

Boeing 737 Max Crash Victims’ Families Demand $25 Billion Fine For ‘Deadliest Corporate Crime In US History’

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Boeing 737 Max Crash Victims’ Families Demand Billion Fine For ‘Deadliest Corporate Crime In US History’

Photo: Andrew Harnik (Getty Images) The families of those killed in the two Boeing 737 Max crashes demanded on Wednesday that the aircraft manufacturer face a $24.78 billion fine. The crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019 were tied to a faulty flight stabilization system. The Department of Justice shielded Boeing from criminal … Read more

Australians holding out for tax returns to ease cost-of-living pressure

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Australians holding out for tax returns to ease cost-of-living pressure

Nearly one million Australians are desperate for a cash injection at the end of the financial year to ease cost-of-living pressures, a recent survey has revealed. Comparison website, Finder, surveyed 1012 people, and found tax refunds are “critical” to the financial wellbeing of one in 10 respondents. Most of those who said a tax refund … Read more

Elon Musk Realizes He Went Too Far In Telling Advertisers To ‘Go F—‘ Themselves

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Elon Musk Realizes He Went Too Far In Telling Advertisers To ‘Go F—‘ Themselves

It’s not too often Elon Musk walks back something he has said. Usually, he just hopes we all forget about the asinine claims and promises he makes, and we all go on with our lives. Well folks, not this time, because this mistake clearly is having an impact on Musk’s companies and their bottom lines. … Read more

EVs Are Selling Well For Everyone Except Tesla

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EVs Are Selling Well For Everyone Except Tesla

Photo: Tesla Recently, it seems there’s been a lot of doom and gloom around EV sales. Despite ever-dropping prices the market just hasn’t grown the way automakers would like, leading many to shift their priorities to hybrids instead. New data, however, shows that the EV market as a whole isn’t actually suffering. All the problems … Read more

Electric Dodge Charger Daytona Is Delayed By Three Months Because Of Electrical Issues

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Electric Dodge Charger Daytona Is Delayed By Three Months Because Of Electrical Issues

2024 Dodge Charger DaytonaImage: Dodge Dodge has a lot riding on the success of the next-gen Charger, specifically the Charger Daytona EV. Aside from pissing off “The Brotherhood” by abandoning the Hemi V8, Dodge needs to nail the Charger to get its EV transition underway. Unfortunately for Dodge, a few problems have crept up during … Read more

Boeing CEO Knew About Retaliation Against Whistleblowers But Never Bothered To Speak To One

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Boeing CEO Knew About Retaliation Against Whistleblowers But Never Bothered To Speak To One

When Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun faced a congressional hearing and the families of victims of Boeing crashes Tuesday he revealed two shocking pieces of information: He knew all about the company’s culture of intimidating whistleblowers, and that he’d ever spoken to one. Cedric The Entertainer Drove 15 Hours For A $1500 Gig The Hart Senate … Read more