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Living in poverty or rural areas increases the odds of suffering from chronic pain, and one-fifth of adults in the U.S. live with the condition, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2016, 50 million adults, or 20.4 percent, had chronic pain, defined […]

Starbucks announced Thursday it is deepening its commitment to sustainability with a plan to build 10,000 “greener stores” around the globe by 2025, a move that will encompass new stores and renovations. The plan follows the coffee giant’s pledge to eliminate single-use plastic straws from its stores around the globe […]

Jaguar Land Rover debuted its first all-electric SUV, the Jaguar I-PACE, and it will be available in the U.S. starting at $69,500 in fall 2018. But the U.K.-based car company first made the vehicle available across the pond in March, and the royal family just got one: Prince Charles reportedly […]

For years, Barbara Betancourt has left her two teenage daughters at home and put on black pants and a white shirt to go to the bar. Elegant and charismatic, she is the face of an increasingly visible phenomenon in Cuba: the rise in female bartenders who break convention to benefit […]

With Hurricane Florence set to deliver a devastating blow to the Carolinas beginning late Thursday morning through the weekend, residents there are bracing for the worst. But while many homeowners are boarding up windows and stocking up on food and water, thousands of workers across a number of industries are […]

The Swiss watch industry faces an increased threat from a new Apple Watch able to detect heart problems that is likely to appeal to older shoppers, industry experts said on Thursday. Apple presented the new Apple Watch Series 4 able to take an electrocardiogram to detect an irregular heartbeat and […]

Alphabet‘s CEO Larry Page envisioned a Hyperloop-like system that would propel bicyclists with helium to shorten the commute from San Francisco to Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, according to a new report by Bloomberg Businessweek. The project, started in 2015 and code-named Heliox, is one of the wonky projects that […]

Apple’s decision to roll out its more expensive iPhones before its lower-priced model will pay big dividends for the company, according to Needham. On Wednesday Apple announced its new iPhone XR model, priced at $749, will be released on Oct. 26. But its iPhone XS and XS Max phones, priced […]

J.P. Morgan Chase is upping the ante for fans of its popular rewards program. Credit card customers who open a new Sapphire bank account are eligible for a 60,000-point sign-on bonus, according to the New York-based bank. That’s worth $900 when redeemed for travel through the bank’s Ultimate Rewards portal. […]

Working and retired Americans have searing memories of the financial meltdown. People may remember 2008 and 2009 as frightening years when it felt like the world was ending. A lot of names were used at the time – “financial crisis,” or “meltdown,” or “downturn” – but it was, in fact, […]