Tesla is recalling more than 817,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the seat belt reminder chimes may not sound when the vehicles are started and the driver hasn’t buckled up. The recall covers the 2021 and 2022 Model S sedan and Model X SUV, as well as the 2017 through …
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CES “will and must go on” in person, as well as virtually, according to organizers of the annual technology showcase. Despite a winter COVID-19 surge that caused many major companies to pull out of the event, which kicks off Tuesday in Las Vegas, more than 50,000 people and 2,200 exhibitors …
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Debt collectors are now allowed to slide into your DMs, according to new financial regulations that went into effect on Tuesday allowing debt collectors to contact people via their social media accounts. In essence, that means your Twitter and Facebook Messenger accounts could soon receive messages from debt collectors seeking …
Read More »Ten states have launched a joint investigation into whether Meta — formerly Facebook — broke consumer protection laws by trying to attract kids to its platforms, prosecutors announced on Thursday. The bipartisan group involves attorneys general from California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont. …
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Never in its 50-year history has Starbucks relied on union workers to serve up frothy lattes at its U.S. cafes. But some baristas aim to change that. Workers at three separate Starbucks stores in and around Buffalo, New York, are expected to begin voting by mail this week on whether …
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A growing share of American workers say their employers are requiring them to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the latest Gallup poll tracking the pandemic. The percentage of workers under a vaccine mandate is now 36%, up from 9% in July. Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. workers say their …
Read More »With an estimated net worth of $7 billion, Diane Hendricks may be among the wealthiest Americans most people have never heard of. Yet Hendricks resides at the top of Forbe’s annual list of richest self-made women, thanks to running ABC Supply, the wholesale roofing, widow and siding distribution business she …
Read More »It has the makings of a courtroom drama Harper Lee might’ve liked: Big-shot movie producer Scott Rudin is pressuring small theaters around the U.S. to stop stage adaptations of the author’s beloved novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” or face the legal consequences. At least one local theater owner is unbowed. …
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