Flight attendants hand out refreshments to a packed Delta Airlines flight traveling from Ronald Regan National Airport to MinneapolisSaint Paul International Airport on Friday, May 21, 2021. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian notified employees Wednesday that they will face $200 monthly increases on their health
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Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are set to become a major player in China’s commercial truck market, predicts JPMorgan’s Elaine Wu. “Currently, the fuel cell vehicles account for less than 5% of the commercial truck market in China and that could grow to about one-third of total market share in 2050,” Wu, head of Asia ex-Japan
Shoppers leave a Nordstrom store on May 26, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after hours trading. Nordstrom — Shares of the retailer slid more than 3% in extended trading despite Nordstrom beating top- and bottom-line estimates during the second quarter. The company earned 49
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gives an opening statement during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss the on-going federal response to COVID-19, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021. Greg Nash | Pool | Reuters White House chief medical
In this article WMT GoLocal homepage Walmart Walmart on Tuesday announced the launch of a delivery service called GoLocal, which will carry goods from other local retailers to consumers. The company said it expects to begin shipping by the end of 2021 and that the delivery fleet would include newer technologies, such as self-driving vehicles
In this article 22UA-DE PFE U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. Pete Marovich | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Monday once again urged more Americans to get vaccinated against Covid-19, saying the majority of deaths and hospitalizations
Tourists in gondolas in Venice, Italy, one of Italy’s most famous places for tourists. Ngoc To Vy Nguyen | EyeEm | Getty Images Venice is set to impose an entry fee for visitors in a bid to prevent huge swathes of tourists descending on the city. Italian newspaper La Stampa reported over the weekend that
In this article BTC.BS=-USS An illustration showing physical bitcoins alongside binary code displayed on a laptop. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Bitcoin neared $50,000 as it continues to rebound after months of weakness The world’s largest digital currency by market value rose to $49,821 on Saturday afternoon in New York, according to data from Coinbase.
In this article DIS Jodie Comer and Ryan Reynolds star in 20th Century Studio’s “Free Guy.” Disney A charismatic Ryan Reynolds and good word-of-mouth helped Walt Disney’s “Free Guy” stay at the top of the box office. The film added another $18.8 million domestically over the weekend, a 34% drop from its opening tally. Known
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division patrol Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. U.S. Air Force | Reuters The Biden administration has told commercial U.S. airlines that it could order them to help in the Afghanistan evacuation, according to a person
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken leaves after speaking about refugee programs for Afghans who aided the United States during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, U.S. August 2, 2021. Brendan Smialowski | Reuters The U.S. State Department was hit by a cyberattack and notifications of a potentially serious breach were made
In this article OLO DIN Rosario Granieri, owner of Pizza Secret, demonstrates how a QR code menu works at Pizza Secret on July 27, 2021 in the Park Slope neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic ushered in the instantaneous, widespread use of QR
A Singapore Airlines plane is parked beside Scoots passenger planes on the terminal tarmac at Changi International Airport in Singapore on March 15, 2021. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images Interest in travel between Singapore and Germany shot up after a so-called vaccinated travel lane between the two countries was announced, which means that
In this article PFE 22UA-DE Empty vials of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are seen at a first come first serve drive-thru vaccination site operated by the Lake County Health Department on January 28, 2021 in Groveland, Florida. Paul Hennessy | NurPhoto | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is working to approve the Pfizer
In this article GM The Vermont State Police released this photo of the 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV that caught fire on July 1, 2021 in the driveway of state Rep. Timothy Briglin, a Democrat. Vermont State Police DETROIT – General Motors on Friday said it is expanding its recent recall of Chevrolet Bolt EVs to
In this article TPT-GB Topps’ baseball cards from the 2016 season are on display during the “Open Topps Baseball Series 1 Cards ” event at the Topps’ offices on February 10, 2016 in New York City. Kris Connor | Getty Images Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II on Friday said its SPAC merger with The Topps
Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku lauded a recent nuclear fusion experiment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. “This is a giant step toward the holy grail of energy research,” said Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City College and City University of New York. “To hit break-even, to extract more energy than you put in, and
In this article TPT-GB 2019 Topps baseball cards and 2019-2020 Panini Chronicles basketball cards. Sam Rega Major League Baseball will abandon Topps as its partner for trading cards, ending a relationship that’s been in place since 1952. Fanatics, the company that makes sports apparel, is expected to get the trading card deal instead, according to
Oil pumping rigs are situated next to a vineyard of table grapes as viewed on July 8, 2021, north of Bakersfield, California. George Rose | Getty Images Oil dropped for a sixth-straight session on Thursday, falling to the lowest level since May as demand fears and comments from the Federal Reserve that it will suspend
Rescuers evacuate stranded people in the waterlogged urban area of Weihui City in Xinxiang, central China’s Henan Province, July 27, 2021. Li An | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Severe rainstorms and flooding in China are hurting the profits of insurance companies, and highlight the shortfalls of the country’s natural disaster insurance system. Flooding