The Latest on Europe’s heat wave (all times local): 2:25 p.m. People hoping to catch some sleep and maybe a cooling sea breeze during Europe’s heat wave got a rude awakening in a Dutch seaside suburb. Police in The Hague said Friday that they handed out 140-euro ($155) fines overnight […]
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Former car salesman: Never say this 1 thing when negotiating a deal
If you play your cards right during a car negotiation, you could score a great deal and save thousands of dollars. There is one thing you want to avoid saying when negotiating with a dealer, though: “I don’t like the car.” That’s according to former car salesman Matt Jones, who […]
GDP slows to 2.1% in second quarter but beats expectations thanks to strong consumer
Growth decelerated in the second quarter, but not by as much as Wall Street thought, as tariffs and a global slowdown weighed on the U.S. economy, the Commerce Department reported Friday. GDP increased 2.1%, down from 3.1% from the first quarter, and the weakest increase since the first quarter of […]
Apple lost the 5G battle, but it paid Intel $1 billion to win the war
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, and Eddy Cue, senior vice president of Internet Software and Services at Apple, attend the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 10, 2019 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Apple may have lost the […]
Troubled SC nuclear firm kept radioactive trash in leaky bin
Federal authorities say a nuclear plant in South Carolina kept radioactive trash in a leaky 40-foot shipping container, raising concerns that uranium has once again seeped into the surrounding soil. The State reports the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and state environmental officials are now investigating the Westinghouse Electric Co. nuclear […]
McDonald’s U.S. same-store sales top forecast on new deals, revamped stores
FILE PHOTO: The logo of a McDonald’s Corp restaurant is seen oto in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Ph July 26, 2019 By Nivedita Balu and Aishwarya Venugopal (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp <MCD.N> beat quarterly sales expectations at established U.S. restaurants on Friday, as the world’s […]
Dollar at two-month highs before U.S. growth data
FILE PHOTO: A trader shows U.S. dollar notes at a currency exchange booth in Karachi, Pakistan December 3, 2018. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro July 26, 2019 By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar firmed to two-month highs on Friday and looked set for a second straight weekly gain as the market […]
Alphabet says to continue talks with DoJ in antitrust review
FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dave Paresh/File Photo July 26, 2019 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc on Thursday acknowledged a broader U.S. Department of Justice antitrust review of large technology firms and said it […]
4 teens charged in suspected homophobic attack against women on bus
Four teenage boys have been charged with an aggravated hate crime in connection to a suspected homophobic attack on two women aboard a London night bus earlier this year, police said Thursday. The two women, both in their 20s, were approached by the group of boys after boarding a double-decker […]
Top world film makers to honor 25th Sarajevo film festival
FILE PHOTO: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu at the Cannes Film Festival REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier July 26, 2019 By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Some of the world’s top film makers, including two-time Oscar-winning director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, will show their movies and hold master classes honoring the 25th Sarajevo film festival in […]