Having watched the rise of ride-hailing apps, automakers are poised start making changes to new cars to cater directly to a new group of customers — Uber and Lyft drivers. With millions of Americans pressing their own cars into service to ferry passengers, auto companies are seeing a market for […]
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Dow stock Boeing is up over 100% in one year, and some say the run isn’t over
Boeing shares have been on fire. Even after falling on Friday and the previous session, the stock is the best-performing Dow component this year, up 14 percent year to date and on pace for its fifth straight positive month. Its rise over the last year has soared into triple-digit gains. […]
Amazon will no longer ask job applicants to provide their salary history
Several states and cities including California, New York and Philadelphia have passed laws which prohibit employers from asking job candidates about their salary history. Now, Amazon, one of the largest employers in the country, will also ban this controversial question. An Amazon spokesperson tells BuzzFeed News, “We think this is […]
Possible government shutdown won’t affect US’s AAA status, Fitch ratings agency says
Fitch Ratings said on Friday its top AAA debt rating for the United States would not be directly impacted by a possible federal shutdown, which will begin on Saturday if lawmakers fail to clinch a deal to fund the government. “Partial federal government shutdowns have occurred in the past and […]
San Francisco’s rose, Manhattan’s dropped—here’s how rent changed in 2017
Across the U.S., rent rose an average of 2.5 percent to a $1,359 per month in 2017, reports RENTCafé, citing data from the real estate intelligence source Yardi Matrix. That marks a steady 24 percent rise from 10 years before, when the national average was $1,093 a month. In some […]
Children’s health insurance has become a political hostage
The Children’s Health Insurance Program is enduring an unprecedented crisis: More than 100 days ago, funding for a program that covers 9 million kids technically expired. Republicans in Congress haven’t rushed to extend it long-term — not until they could get something in return. CHIP is ostensibly among the most […]
Trump administration takes new steps in anti-abortion fight
Trump administration health officials Friday announced a new measure to protect health-care workers who refuse to perform abortions and other medical procedures because of religious and moral objections. At the same time, the administration said it was rescinding a formal warning issued by the Obama administration in 2016 to all […]
GOP Sen. Portman to Democrats: Shutting down the government doesn’t end well
GOP Sen. Rob Portman reminded Democrats on Friday that government shutdowns historically don’t end well. With the midnight Friday deadline looming, many Senate Democrats are against a short-term spending bill that’s needed to keep the government funded through Feb. 16. Democrats want the bill to include protections for so-called dreamers […]
Only 61 percent of men believe a wage gap exists, new study finds
It was reported on Thursday by the Hollywood Reporter that Michelle Williams, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for “All the money in the world,” was paid $625,000 for her work on her the film, while her costar Mark Wahlberg made $5 million for a similar amount of screen […]
Here’s why Jeff Bezos still drove a Honda long after he was a billionaire
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a staggering fortune: He’s the richest man in the world, worth about $108 billion, according to Forbes. And he’s been busy. Just in the last year, Amazon acquired Whole Foods, began allowing Amazon Prime members to watch its movies and TV shows on Apple TV, […]