
Costco taps operation chief Vachris as next CEO
Costco Wholesale said on Wednesday CEO Craig Jelinek would step down from his role by the end of
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Brands Hand Out Freebies as Online Ads Lose Appeal
Online ads are delivering less bang for the click these days, so brands are turning to an old
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Wildfires are dealing a massive blow to US real estate and homeownership, congressional report finds
Climate change-fueled wildfires are costing the US economy between $394 billion to $893 billion annually, a new congressional report suggests -- a shocking figure that is more than double what previous government reports have estimated.
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Settlement talks collapse in Kenya Facebook redundancies case
Legal action by Nairobi-based workers who filtered out graphic Facebook posts will continue.
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Target Is Blaming Theft for Store Closures, But Landlords Say Otherwise
Target Corp. grabbed national headlines last week when it blamed worsening theft for its plan to shut nine
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How Logan Botanic Garden helps Vietnam's plant life
The botanical mission to safeguard species in a "biodiversity hotspot" thousands of miles away.
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Here's why the shockingly good jobs report is going to cost you
The US economy feels lousy for so many people. So you'd think some really, really, shockingly good news about the job market would give Americans' spirits a boost.
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Auto workers worry it takes less labor to build electric cars. Maybe not, some researchers say
A traditional car engine is a complex wonder of engineering, with pistons moving up and down, springs compressing and decompressing, spinning shafts, opening and closing valves and spinning gears meshing together. That's not to mention a transmission, connecting the engine to the wheels, that's a complex machine all its own. An electric motor, on the other hand, is really just some magnets wrapped in wires and it only needs a single speed transmission. That simplicity worries the United Auto Workers union.
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Layaway Spending to Hit a Record This Holiday as Financial Strains Persist
Buy-now-pay-later services will hit a record this holiday as increasingly cash-strapped US shoppers struggle with higher prices and
1970-01-01 08:00

Why a certificate to own a car in Singapore now costs $106,000
The city-state introduced a 10-year certificate of entitlement system in 1990 as an anti-congestion measure.
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Migrant crisis: Sunak to urge 'Europe-wide solutions' at summit in Granada
At a summit in Spain, Europe's leaders will discuss how to lower irregular migration to the continent.
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GM, Ford layoff 500 more workers, blaming strike
General Motors and Ford are laying off 500 additional workers between them, blaming the expansion of the strike announced by the United Auto Workers union at those companies on Friday.
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