Details are beginning to emerge regarding what may have led to a door plug blowing off a Boeing 737 Max jet during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. Air traffic safety officials have determined...
Retail Sales Jumped 3% in January
The U.S. consumer bounced back in January with a 3% boost in retail spending, which was a surprise given weaker spending during the holidays. This Wednesday, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that...
Longtime YouTube CEO Steps Down
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down after running the company for nine years. She was instrumental in building YouTube into a platform that reshaped entertainment, culture, and politics, the...
Ford Halts Production of EV After Fire
Production of Fordโs F-150 Lightning electric truck has been suspended, and shipments have been halted after a battery caught on fire in a pre-delivery quality check.ย Fordโs Rouge Electric Vehicle...
AT&T Sued Over Fiber-Optic Cable Installation
AT&T has been hit with a lawsuit regarding the installation of fiber optic cables for high-speed internet in North Texas. In Denton County, several residents have sued AT&T for negligence...
Subway Exploring Selling the Company
Subway stated this past Tuesday that it is considering selling the company. Subway, based in Milford, Connecticut, has been under private ownership since it was founded in 1965. The brand has grown...
Tuesday Morning Files for Bankruptcy, Again
Dallas-based home goods retail store Tuesday Morning will close over half its stores, including 24 in Texas. Tuesday Morning filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Fort Worth on Tuesday and has...
TikTok Challenge Leads to Hyundai, Kia Thefts
Kia and Hyundai are introducing software updates after a TikTok video challenged young users to steal specific models of their vehicles with a USB cord. The challenge, called 'Kia Boys,' has led to...
Tax Refunds Are Smaller This Year
Early filing statistics from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) show that Americans are receiving a noticeably smaller tax refund this year compared to last. The IRS has seen an uptick in Americans...
Nissan Issues Recall Involving Air Bags
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced a recall of more than 463,000 Nissan vehicles due to an issue involving airbags. A resin emblem located on the steering wheel...
Citigroup Dropped from Texas Deal
Citigroup has been dropped from a group of banks expected to handle Texasโ largest-ever municipal-bond transaction after the bank was deemed discriminatory against the firearm industry. The Texas...
Tesla to Allow Competitors to Use Chargers
Tesla has reached an agreement with the Biden administration to open up its Supercharger network to its competitors.ย ย In a plan announced Wednesday, government officials said they are looking to...
Musk to Name Twitter CEO This Year
Elon Musk is looking to replace himself as Twitter CEO. The billionaire businessman said on a video call at the World Government Summit in Dubai that he will find a new CEO โprobably toward the end...
Bojangles Expanding Throughout North Texas
Bojangles, a Southern fast-food chain known for its fried chicken, sweet tea, and sweet and savory biscuits, is opening its first location in the Lone Star state this spring in Euless. This will be...
Yahoo to Lay off over 20% of Workers
Yahoo, once a leading internet giant of the 1990s, has become the latest tech firm to announce significant cuts to its workforce. In an interview with Axios, Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone explained that the...
Walmart Closing Tech Hubs
Walmart said it will close three regional technology hubs in the U.S., including one in Austin, and require hundreds of workers to relocate or be laid off. Walmart is also calling for all of its...
Major Mobile Carriers Report Service Outages
The major U.S. mobile carriers all experienced disruptions on Monday. AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Boost Mobile saw outages and technical difficulties, according to DownDetector, a website that...
Amazon’s Self-Driving Car Hits Public Roads
Zoox, Amazonโs self-driving company, shuttled passengers in its fully autonomous electric vehicle (EV) for the first time on public roads last week. On February 11, the EV, which does not contain a...
Fines Follow Workersโ Fall into Chocolate Vat
Mars Wrigley, an industry leader in chocolate, faces a hefty fine following anย incident last summer involving workers at one of its factories. In June 2022, two maintenance workers fell into a vat...
Inflation Eased to 6.4% in January
According to the latest consumer price index (CPI) figures, U.S. inflation eased to 6.4% in January, cooling from its 40-year peak in June but still well above the Federal Reserve's 2% target goal....
Tesla Faces Supercharging Dilemma
Tesla is facing a new dilemma: open up its charging stations to its competitors or miss out on $7.5 billion in charger subsidies. As the first company to successfully scale electric vehicles (EVs)...