Weather Permitting, UPS, FedEx Poised for On-Time US Holiday Gift Deliveries
Dec. 2 By Lisa Baertlein The weak demand bedeviling package delivery companies like United Parcel Service and FedEx promises to be great news for online U.S. shoppers who want quick, on-time holiday gift delivery. Barring an unexpected surge in online gift buying due to severe…
Trump Picks Massad Boulos to Serve as Adviser on Arab, Middle Eastern Affairs
Dec. 1 By Andrea Shalal and Maya Gebeily U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said Lebanese American businessman Massad Boulos would serve as senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social. Boulos, the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter Tiffany,…
Tips for Holiday Travelers as New U.S. Consumer Protections Kick In
Nov. 26 By Chris Taylor If you thought last year’s holiday travel was insane, well, buckle your seatbelt. AAA projects 79.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from their home over Thanksgiving, an increase of 1.7 million over last year. Transportation Secretary Pete…
CEO of German Engineering Group Vows Transparency After Deadly U.S. Dock Collapse
Oct. 30 By Tom Kaeckenhoff DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – The chief executive of Germany’s Bilfinger has promised full transparency in investigating the collapse of a boat dock in the U.S. state of Georgia in which seven people were killed. “This will be analysed in full with…
Sceye Partners With NASA, USGS to Monitor Wildfires, Storms From the Edge of Space
Oct. 29 By Akash Sriram (Reuters) – Aerospace startup Sceye has partnered with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to deploy climate management tools to monitor wildfires and storms from the edge of space, the company and the government agencies exclusively told Reuters on Tuesday….
McDonald’s E. Coli Crisis Reveals Why Vegetable Contamination Is Harder Problem Than Beef
Oct. 25 By Waylon Cunningham (Reuters) -Moves by major U.S. fast-food chains to temporarily pull fresh onions off their menus on Thursday, after the vegetable was named as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak at McDonald’s, laid bare the recurring nightmare for restaurants:…
Tesla Promises Paid Robotaxis Next Year, but Significant Hurdles Remain
Oct. 23 By Chris Kirkham (Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said the electric vehicle maker will roll out driverless ride-hailing services to the public in California and Texas next year, a claim likely to face significant regulatory and technical challenges. “We think that…
Supreme Court Rebuffs Challenge to Job Protections for US Consumer Watchdog Leaders
Oct. 21 By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a conservative challenge to job protections for the leaders of the federal consumer product safety watchdog in a case that would have given the justices a chance to…
Disney to Name CEO Bob Iger’s Replacement in 2026, Taps Morgan Stanley’s Gorman as Chair
Oct. 20 By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) -Walt Disney said on Monday it would announce a replacement for CEO Bob Iger in early 2026, marking the first time the storied media and entertainment company has formally announced a timetable for succession. The investor community said the…
Boeing Shares Rise After Labor Offer but Analysts Wary of Worker Pushback
Oct. 20 By Abhijith Ganapavaram (Reuters) -Boeing shares rose 3% on Monday on hopes of an end to a crippling strike, although some analysts questioned whether a proposed labor contract unveiled over the weekend would muster enough support from the U.S. planemaker’s workers. About 33,000…