Tag: Consumer products and services
NTSB calls for more safety oversight of air tour operators
Federal safety officials are making another push for stricter oversight of air tour operators and hot-air balloon rides after several deadly crashes in recent...
GameStop’s 4Q earnings, sales fall short of Street’s views
A hefty tax benefit helped drive GameStop’s fiscal fourth-quarter profit sharply higher, but the video-game retailer’s sales declined despite a surge in its online...
Stock trading app company Robinhood files plan to go public
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Stock trading app company Robinhood said Tuesday that it has submitted a confidential plan to go public later this year.
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Intel announces Arizona expansion as chipmaker seeks footing
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Intel announced Tuesday it will build two new factories in Arizona and outsource more of its production as a new CEO...
Park outdoors: Ram recalls heavy-duty trucks for fire risk
DETROIT — The company that makes heavy-duty diesel Ram trucks is telling some owners to park them outdoors due to the risk of an...
German brewery pairs with bakers to use surplus beer
DUESSELDORF, Germany — With restaurants and bars all closed due to pandemic restrictions, a Duesseldorf brewery found itself with 6,000 liters (1,585 gallons) of...
There’s more to cacao than chocolate
Oded Brenner is a modern-day Willy Wonka. In the 1990s, he co-created an international chocolate empire, Max Brenner Chocolate, that includes a 7,000-square-foot emporium...
Auto industry braces for more chip shortages after fire
NEW YORK — A fire at a plant owned by Japanese chipmaker Renesas could deepen the ongoing global semiconductor shortage that has especially hampered...
Whiskey makers face worsening hangover from trade dispute
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
A hangover from Trump-era tariff disputes could...
Taxi driver unions protest Uber’s return to Barcelona
BARCELONA, Spain — Hundreds of yellow-and-black taxi cabs disrupted traffic in Barcelona on Thursday to protest the return of the ride-hailing giant Uber to...
