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Robert Shiver’s invoice for his house owner insurance coverage jumped from $3,800 in 2022 to $8,000 in July. “I bear in mind opening the invoice and, actually, laughing, like, ‘This isn’t possible,’” he mentioned. Mr. Shiver, 40, who lives about 20 miles east of Tampa, Fla., didn’t pay the invoice. Instead, he labored along with […] More

The South Korean authorities unleashed a wave of panic throughout the web business: The nation’s antitrust regulator mentioned it could enact the hardest competitors regulation exterior Europe, curbing the affect of main expertise firms. The Korea Fair Trade Commission, with the backing of President Yoon Suk Yeol, mentioned in December that it deliberate to make […] More

President Biden is going through new strain to dam Nippon Steel’s acquisition of the enduring producer U.S. Steel, this time from environmental teams that say the tie-up would set again America’s efforts to curb local weather change. In interviews, environmental activists working to cut back greenhouse fuel emissions say the merger would carry collectively two […] More

By Matt Richtel Reported from ice-cream retailers and frozen-food aisles in Boulder, Colo. Feb. 15, 2024 Banana pudding, chocolate fudge brownie, salted caramel, Cherry Garcia, Dr Pepper Float and dozens of different flavors packed the ice-cream freezer at a neighborhood Safeway. Robin Sawyer, one latest Sunday afternoon, hunted for her private favourite, black raspberry chocolate […] More

Airbus stated Thursday that it will ramp up deliveries this yr of a number of the world’s most sought-after airplanes, bolstering its place as the most important business plane maker and pulling additional forward of Boeing as its U.S. rival focuses on the fallout from a serious security disaster involving its 737 Max line of […] More

For a rustic of morning-and-night tea drinkers, even the suggestion of a scarcity of the family staple can elicit a nervous gulp. So there may need been various individuals spooked when indicators in some Sainsbury’s grocery shops this week warned prospects that offer points had affected the “nationwide” availability of black tea, as Houthi assaults […] More

The Walt Disney Company introduced on Wednesday {that a} longtime government on the firm, Debra OConnell, would turn into the president of a newly created division that can embrace ABC News and the corporate’s native stations. The transfer, in impact, places Ms. OConnell accountable for ABC News’s signature properties, together with “Good Morning America” and […] More

At his senate affirmation final February, Daniel Werfel advised lawmakers that if given the job of Internal Revenue Service commissioner he would work to extend “public belief” within the beleaguered company and use the $80 billion that Congress had granted it to construct a “extra trendy and excessive performing” group. A yr later, Mr. Werfel […] More

Grover, the furry blue Muppet from “Sesame Street,” is thought for working a lot of jobs over time, together with astronaut and dentist. Now he’s apparently a journalist. “As a information reporter, I at all times do my analysis earlier than I break a narrative,” he wrote Monday on X. “I’m assured to report that […] More

In Mo i Rana, a small Norwegian industrial city on the cusp of the Arctic Circle, a cavernous grey manufacturing facility sits empty and unfinished within the snowy twilight — a monument to unfulfilled financial hope. The electrical battery firm Freyr was partway via developing this hulking facility when the Biden administration’s sweeping local weather […] More

Paramount, the proprietor of TV networks like Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central, is shedding a whole bunch of staff, chopping prices because it continues its painful transition away from conventional tv. About 3 % of the corporate’s roughly 24,500 staff will probably be affected by the layoffs, in line with an individual acquainted with the […] More

Inflation cooled lower than anticipated in January and confirmed worrying endurance after unstable meals and gasoline prices have been stripped out — a reminder that bringing value will increase below management stays a fraught, bumpy course of. The general Consumer Price Index was up 3.1 % from a 12 months earlier, which was down from […] More