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News Articles: Business

Trucks move past cargo containers at a port in Bayonne, N.J., in 2021. The state is adopting California's Advanced Clean Trucks rules, which require at least 7% of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission for model year 2025. Dealers are petitioning for a delay, so far unsuccessfully.

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  • Business

'We are not California': New Jersey dealers push back on electric truck rules

Vehicle dealers are pushing back on rules that would increase the number of electric trucks sold in New Jersey. It could be a preview of a brewing fight over state rules about cars.

December 23, 2024
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Walmart delivery drivers were pushed to use illegally opened payments accounts, a federal lawsuit alleges.

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  • Business

Walmart illegally opened delivery drivers' deposit accounts, U.S. says

Lawsuit alleges Walmart and the payments platform Branch Messenger cost delivery drivers millions of dollars in fees, opening deposit accounts without consent and requiring their use to get paid.

December 23, 2024
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
The Container Store said the bankruptcy process will have no impact on customers and that it will keep all 102 of its U.S. locations open.

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  • Business

The Container Store files for bankruptcy, vows to keep stores operating as normal

The Container Store said its 102 locations and website will continue to operate as normal during the bankruptcy process.

December 23, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Avocados grow on trees in an orchard in the municipality of Ario de Rosales, Michoacan State, Mexico, on Sept. 21, 2023. Tariffs on Mexican imports would have a big effect on avocados in the U.S.

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  • Food

Why Trump's tariffs on Mexico would mean higher avocado prices at the grocery store

Most avocados consumed in the U.S. are grown in Mexico. Here's what Trump's proposed tariffs would mean for prices at the grocery store and for the avocado industry.

December 23, 2024
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By:
  • James Doubek
Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida, left, and Honda President Toshihiro Mibe attend a joint news conference in Tokyo, Friday, March 15, 2024.

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  • Business

Nissan and Honda announce merger talks amid a rapidly changing global market

Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work to a merger, forming the world's third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes changes in its move from fossil fuels.

December 23, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Party City logo and store, on April 3 in Sherwood Park, Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada.

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  • Business

Party City files for bankruptcy and plans to shutter nationwide

Party City was once unmatched in its vast selection of affordable celebration goods. But over the years, competition stacked up at Walmart, Target, Spirit Halloween, and especially Amazon.

December 21, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
A television camera operator is dressed as Santa Claus during the Baltimore Ravens and San Diego Chargers game on Dec. 18, 2011, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.

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  • Business

Netflix is dreaming of a glitch-free Christmas with 2 major NFL games set

It comes weeks after Netflix's attempt to broadcast live boxing between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson was rife with technical glitches.

December 21, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped its lawsuit against the payment network Zelle and three of its owner banks.

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  • Business

In a lawsuit, CFPB says 3 top U.S. banks failed to protect consumers from Zelle fraud

The consumer financial watchdog says customers of the top three banks lost more than $870 million over seven years due to a lack of safeguards against fraud on the Zelle network.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 16.

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  • Politics

Trump is all about tariffs as he leads a party that used to be all about free trade

Once upon a time, Republicans spoke of free trade in glowing terms. With his constant threats of tariffs and a history of implementing them, President-elect Donald Trump has flipped that on its head.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Holiday travelers wait in line to check their bags at the JetBlue terminal at Boston's Logan Airport on Friday.

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  • National

What a government shutdown could mean for your holiday travel plans

Millions of Americans are planning to travel in the coming days. Here's what a potential government shutdown could mean for flying, driving and more — and what you can do to prepare.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Julie Inman Grant, Australia's top internet regulator, will be enforcing one of the strictest social media crackdowns in the world.

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  • Technology

How will Australia's under-16 social media ban work? We asked the law's enforcer

Australia's top online internet regulator explains how the nation plans to roll out the world's first social media ban for kids under 16.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Starbucks employees and supporters react as votes are read during a union-election watch party in 2021 in Buffalo, N.Y. Starbucks workers voted to unionize over the company's objections, pointing the way to a new labor model for the 50-year-old coffee giant.

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  • Business

Starbucks workers say they will begin a strike in 3 cities on Friday

Starbucks and Starbucks Workers United said in February they had come to common ground in moving forward for the rest of the year. But the union says Starbucks has not kept its end of the commitment.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
President-elect Donald Trump has not yet been sworn in but he and his close adviser Elon Musk are already wielding power in Washington.

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  • News

GOP stop-gap bill fails, bringing potential shutdown closer. And, NPR's guide to dance

Congress has until midnight tonight to avoid a government shutdown after House Republicans were unable to pass a stop-gap funding bill yesterday. And, tips to improve your dance moves.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
A shopper leaves the Big Lots store on Dec. 4, 2012 in Berlin, Vt.

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  • Business

Big Lots says it is having going-out-of-business sales as it seeks a new buyer

The national discount retailer says that a previously announced deal to sell itself to a private-equity group fell through.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
People demonstrating against the health care industry stand outside Federal Criminal Court as Luigi Mangione, suspect in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears during an arraignment hearing on Dec. 19, 2024 in New York City.

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  • Business

Big Health Care is ending a terrible year. Is anyone happy with this business?

Patients are protesting, bipartisan lawmakers are threatening regulation – and investors are selling their shares. 

December 20, 2024
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  • Maria Aspan
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