Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Boris Johnson is attempting to re-establish housing pledges

housing

The PM is expected to say he wants to extend the right to buy to people who rent from housing associations. It comes after four in ten of his MPs voted against him in a confidence vote triggered by Partygate. Boris Johnson is trying to repair relations with Tory MPs who revolted against him. Boris … Read more

Boeing’s new Air Force One could be delayed due to a manpower shortage

Airhostess

Next-generation presidential aircraft risk further delay due to a tight labor market for mechanics and lower-than-expected security clearance rates. The need for Boeing to switch to an alternative supplier for some interior work was also cited as a major schedule risk by the GAO. The cutting-edge official airplane being worked by Boeing Co (BA.N) gambles … Read more

Apple expands its automotive offerings with dashboard software

software

Apple announced it would more deeply integrate its software into the core driving systems of cars. The iPhone maker rolled out a slew of features for payments and business collaboration. Apple showed off a new car dashboard that it said would be able to display data from instruments such as speed, fuel levels, and gas … Read more

Investor Carl Icahn has dropped his proxy fight against Kroger’s pig policy

Carl Icahn

Carl Icahn is dropping a proxy fight focused on the treatment of pregnant pigs at Kroger after losing a similar fight with McDonald’s. The billionaire investor in March nominated two directors to the supermarket chain’s board. He also wrote a letter to its boss pointing out Kroger’s inability to create policies concerning animal welfare. Tycoon … Read more

To combat inflation, the US is considering lowering some tariffs on China

China

Gina Raimondo said President Joe Biden has asked his team to look at the option of lifting some tariffs on China. The tariffs were put in place by former President Donald Trump, to combat the current high inflation. Some of the tariffs will be kept on steel and aluminum to protect U.S. workers. U.S. Trade … Read more

Canada to beef up its antitrust muscle may miss the source of the problem

Antitrust

Changes to the Competition Act are coming after more than a decade. The government wants to put some teeth in its antitrust regulations, much like the U.S., EU and Australia. They would include giving the antitrust agency the authority to seek remedial action in an overseas merger. The proposed changes to the Competition Act are … Read more

Katya was the breadwinner for her family at 17, now gone into space

Katya

A rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has taken its fifth group of passengers to the edge of space. One of the passengers is Katya Echazarreta, the first-ever Mexican-born woman to make such a journey. The 60-foot-tall suborbital rocket took off from Blue Origin’s facilities in West Texas. “Peering down and perceiving how everybody … Read more

Gas station restrooms used to be spotless, believe it or not

Gas station

Spotless bathrooms were once a crucial selling point for gas stations. Oil companies’ ads in the early and mid-20th century assured travelers that their bathrooms were clean. The development of the interstate highway system and the rise of self-service marked the end of clean bathrooms’ heyday. As a contest for clients filled during the 1920s … Read more

Bank of Baroda will profit from the government’s push for infrastructure

Bank of Baroda

Bank of Baroda is set to benefit from the government’s thrust on increased infrastructure spending. Chairman Hasmukh Adhia said BoB has a positive outlook for 2022-23. The banking industry would be benefited due to an increase in the demand for bank credit. Bank of Baroda (BoB) is set to profit from the public authority’s push … Read more

The union alleges Starbucks is closing its cafes illegally in retaliation

Starbucks

The union claims Starbucks is violating federal labor law by closing an Ithaca, New York, store. Workers at the location voted to unionize in April. Starbucks says that it opens and closes stores “as a regular part” of its operations. It’s the latest escalation in a growing national labor movement. The laborers association at Starbucks … Read more

In a Michigan plant, Abbott Nutrition is resuming production of baby formula

Abbott Nutrition

Abbott Nutrition resumes baby formula production at its Michigan plant. The company has been given the green light by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Production of EleCare, a formula for children who struggle to digest other products, will begin on June 20. Abbott Nutrition on Saturday continued child equation creation at its Sturgis, Michigan, … Read more

If Spirit is rejected, Frontier will pay a $250 million reverse breakup fee

Frontier

Frontier will pay $250 million if regulators don’t approve the planned combination of the two discount carriers. The fee is aimed at convincing investors to approve the deal next week. Spirit’s board rejected JetBlue’s advances to buy Spirit outright; JetBlue has urged Spirit shareholders to vote against the deal. Soul said an arrangement with JetBlue … Read more

Walmart store is bringing back its annual neighbourhood bash

Walmart store

At Walmart store thousands of employees gathered at a huge arena on Friday for the annual pep rally. CEO Doug McMillon acknowledged the new challenge facing the company: Inflation. Walmart’s workforce is “resilient and we love the challenge of retail,” he said. “We have been really buckling down on costs through and through, making a … Read more

In Shanghai, Starbucks is reopening

Shanghai Starbucks

Shanghai lifted its two-month lockdown on Wednesday. So far, Starbucks has reopened about 600 of its 940 stores in the city. The coffee chain is working with local authorities to resume indoor dining “as soon as possible,” says a spokesperson for Starbucks. China’s greatest city was under some type of lockdown from late March until … Read more

Due to market instability, Kohl’s sale negotiations might go on for weeks

Kohl's sale

It could take several weeks, if not longer, for Kohl’s sale negotiations to come together. Talks have been particularly long because of the difficulty in securing financing. A likely per-share deal price at this point would be in the mid-$50s, a source says. “Anyone who purchases the business will require time,” said the individual, who … Read more

In May, US employers added more jobs than predicted

US employers

US employers added more jobs than expected in May. The unemployment rate held at 3.6% for the third month in a row but was the slowest increase in a year. The soundness of the work market on the planet’s biggest economy is firmly looked as quick rising costs raise fears of future slump. Lately, a … Read more

After 25 years in Russia, the Marriott hotel chain is leaving

Marriott

The company closed its Moscow office and paused investment in Russia in March. Marriott said Western restrictions made it “impossible” to keep operating there. The chain’s 22 hotels in the country are owned by third parties and remained open, but remain out of business. Marriott said the most common way of suspending activities was “mind-boggling”. … Read more

Stock fates are minimal changed as financial backers harp on strength

Stock

U.S. stock fates were level Wednesday night as financial worries hauled down financial backer feeling. Fates attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged lower by 13, or 0.04%. S&P 500 prospects plunged 0.02%, and Nasdaq 100 fates were lower by 0.02%. Portions of pet retailer Chewy flooded night-time by almost 20% after the organization … Read more

Families currently spending an expected $5,000 yearly on gas

Families

U.S. families are presently spending what might be compared to $5,000 a year on fuel, up from $2,800 a year prior, as per Yardeni Research. In March, the yearly pace of gas spending was at $3,800, Yardeni noted. During the seven day stretch of May 16, the public retail cost for gas arrived at a … Read more

Overseas Pakistani Commission Punjab, Hexagon Developments Sign

Overseas

Abroad Pakistani Commission, Government of Punjab and Hexagon Developments have marked a MoU for assistance in bringing interest. The arrangement was endorsed by Syed Khadim Abbas, Commissioner Overseas Pakistani Commission Punjab, and Mayer Schon Husain, Executive Director of Hexagon Developments Limited, within the sight of government authorities. Hexagon Developments is a main property engineer in … Read more

The last Howard Johnson’s restaurant in the United States has closed

Johnson's restaurant

The last Howard Johnson’s restaurant has closed its doors. Open for the greater part of the beyond 70 years, the café was situated in Lake George, New York, a well-known summer place to get away close to the Adirondack Mountains. The café shut its entryways lately and the property is up for rent, as indicated … Read more

Prepare for an economic ‘storm,’ says Jamie Dimon

Jamie Dimon

Jamie Dimon isn’t a meteorologist, but the JPMorgan Chase CEO predicts an economic “storm” fueled by the Ukraine conflict, rising inflationary pressures, and Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. “This moment it’s sort of radiant, things are doing fine. Everybody figures the Fed can deal with this,” Dimon said at a Bernstein meeting. “That storm is … Read more

MPs said the sector must improve lorry driver conditions or risk a fee

MPs

A group of MPs has proposed giving the haulage industry a two-year deadline to hire additional lorry drivers and upgrade facilities or face a new levy. The Transport Committee said the area expected to “set its home up”. Throughout the last year, a deficiency of HGV drivers has added to supply issues, including at grocery … Read more

GM has reduced the price of the Chevy Bolt electric vehicle

Chevy Bolt

GM lowered the price of the 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV on Wednesday, potentially making it the least costly electric vehicle on the market in the United States, despite growing commodity costs. The Detroit automaker cut the cost of the Bolt EV to a beginning cost of $26,595, down $5,900 from the 2022 model year. GM … Read more

As the cost rises, Ford CEO Mark Fields predicts industry consolidation

Ford CEO Mark Fields

 Jim Farley anticipates the auto industry’s continuous shift to electric vehicles to compel considerable consolidation. Farley said the gigantic measures of capital expected to put resources into the innovations will compel more modest organizations to be gained and placed strain on new electric-vehicle new businesses that are now running into inconvenience as subsidizing evaporates. He … Read more

Customers of Tui are dissatisfied with the company’s handling travel woes

Tui

Passengers have expressed their dissatisfaction with what they perceive to be poor treatment after travel giant Tui cancelled dozens of flights in the midst of continued chaos at UK airports. Chris Thompson, whose flight home from Turkey was dropped off minutes before takeoff, let the us know that Tui’s association was “totally horrifying”. Around 34,000 … Read more

In the midst of the crisis, Sri Lanka is urging farmers to cultivate more rice

Sri Lanka

As the country grapples with its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years, Sri Lanka is urging farmers to plant more rice. The country’s horticulture serve made the allure as he said the country’s “food circumstance is turning out to be more awful”. It comes as serious deficiencies of fundamentals, including food, assisted with … Read more