Lekka Cafe of North Dallas closed near the end of February. Owners Lynne and Gary Kirshenbaum told the DMN they faced the necessity of buying the restaurant rather than leasing, which they could not...
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, Amazon’s 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 Workers’ Fall into Chocolate Vat
Mars Wrigley, an industry leader in chocolate, faces a hefty fine following an 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)...
Movie Theaters Move to Upscale Menus
Movie showings have gotten noticeably emptier in recent years, and some theater CEOs are reaching for a solution in upscale food and beverage options. Chairman of the National Association of Theatre...
Chevron Considers Waiving Retirement for CEO
Chevron Corporation's Board of Directors is considering plans to extend the company’s mandatory retirement age to allow its chief executive officer time to find, train, and prepare his successor....
Job Growth Remains Robust Despite Slowdown
The U.S. labor market continues to report strong job numbers despite a broader economic slowdown, tightening financial conditions, and mass layoffs in the tech sector. U.S. employers added 517,000...
Tesla Autopilot Not to Blame for Fatal Crash
Tesla has been cleared of liability in a crash in Spring, Texas, in 2021. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a final report on its investigation of a Model S crash that...
Purina Dog Food Recalled
A Nestlé specialty dog food is being recalled for making pets sick. Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets EL Elemental dog food is for animals with food sensitivities, but it may have elevated levels of...
Delta Offers Raises as Travel Rebounds
Delta Airlines plans to bump up non-union employee pay in April amid growing air travel demand from passengers and increased competition from other carriers. Beginning April 1, worldwide ground and...
Velvet Taco Opens New Location
Velvet Taco, a Dallas-based taco spot, officially opened its Grapevine location on Monday. Velvet Taco is a casual taco spot with a lot of menu options. Tacos include your choice of pork, chicken,...
Chick-Fil-A Debuts Cauliflower Sandwich
Chick-Fil-A has introduced the Cauliflower Sandwich on its website, which is prepared in a very similar way to its chicken sandwich.
Russia to Cut Oil Production by 5%
Russia is responding to Western sanctions by cutting oil production. The country said it plans to cut oil production by 5%, or 500,000 barrels per day, according to the Wall Street Journal....
Boeing Laying off 2,000 White-Collar Workers
Boeing plans to cut nearly 2,000 jobs in their human resources and finance departments in 2023. In 2020, the company laid off more than 20,000 workers during the pandemic since the need for air...
Health, Education Fastest Growing Industries
Texas received some welcome news last week when it was found that the state had lowered its unemployment and increased the number of jobs in the state. As previously reported by The Dallas Express,...
Disney Undergoing Massive Restructuring
Disney is the latest public company to announce a significant wave of job cuts. The media powerhouse said it would slash 7,000 jobs and cut costs to the tune of $5.5 billion as part of a significant...
Alphabet Loses over $100B After AI Flub
Shares of Google's parent company, Alphabet, continue to fall after an error in a demonstration of its ChatGPT competitor, Bard. Alphabet stock lost $100 billion in market cap on Wednesday after the...
Auto Insurance Rising as Car Prices Fall
Drivers are spending a larger portion of their incomes on auto insurance, and the trend does not appear to be slowing down. Nationally, drivers will spend nearly 3% of their yearly income on car...
Hiring Surge Could Disrupt Inflation Fight
The robust labor market in the U.S. could be muddying the waters for Fed officials, obfuscating their vision for a soft economic landing and likely ensuring that interest rates will remain higher...
