Tag: Business
Diners’ discarded shells help establish new oyster colonies
PORT REPUBLIC, N.J. — Call it the seafood circle of life: Shells discarded by diners are being collected, cleaned and dumped into waterways around...
Fewer working-age people may slow economy. Will it lift pay?
WASHINGTON — As America's job market rebounds this summer and the need for workers intensifies, employers won't likely have a chance to relax anytime...
Rioters accused of erasing content from social media, phones
PHOENIX — They flaunted their participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol on social media and then, apparently realizing they were...
Las Vegas is bouncing back, but the virus is on the rise too
LAS VEGAS — Fifteen months after the pandemic transformed Las Vegas from flamboyant spectacle to ghost town, Sin City is back.
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Paris airport workers block terminal to protest pay cut
PARIS — Paris airport workers protesting pay cuts on Friday blocked a busy terminal at a Charles de Gaulle Airport and skirmished with police,...
San Francisco Fed’s Daly: Healthy economy needs less support
WASHINGTON — With interest rates ultra-low even as the U.S. economy swiftly improves, Federal Reserve officials are divided over how quickly they should adjust...
Marks bypasses charters to buy entire Ganassi NASCAR team
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Immediately after the bombshell announcement that Justin Marks had purchased Chip Ganassi's NASCAR team, the outgoing owner took the soon-to-be new...
New auto sales, prices rise as chip shortage cuts US supply
U.S. consumers continued to spend wildly on new automobiles in the second quarter, pushing sales up 50.2% over last year despite tight dealer inventories...
Prosecutors seek prison for Americans in Ghosn escape trial
TOKYO — The trial in Tokyo of two Americans charged with helping Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, flee Japan wrapped up Friday with prosecutors...
Royal Caribbean opens cruise ship to house visiting rescuers
MIAMI — With housing options dwindling, a cruise ship will host hundreds of rescuers pouring into South Florida from across the country as the...