Billionaire MacKenzie Scott remarries, tying the knot with a Seattle schoolteacher
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, one of the world’s richest people, has re-married after her 2019 divorce from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Seattle…
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Deliveroo promises some riders $14,000 when it IPOs. Most will get far less
Amazon-backed food delivery startup Deliveroo has announced plans to give some of its busiest riders £10,000 bonuses ($13,850) when it goes public…
Continue ReadingChinese selfie app pours cash into bitcoin and could buy more
Tesla turned heads last month when it revealed that it had invested big in bitcoin. Now a Chinese company is jumping on the cryptocurrency bandwagon,…
Continue ReadingChina faces huge climate and tech challenges in its bid for global leadership
China’s leaders are finalizing their political and economic agenda for the rest of 2021 and beyond. How the country achieves technological…
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St. Charles Bend medical tech workers’ strike in 4th day; no sign of quick end
A strike by about 150 medical techs against St. Charles Health System entered its fourth day Sunday with no outward signs of resolution ahead of a…
Continue ReadingHow the Murdochs are shaping the GOP for the next 4 years of Joe Biden
Fox News follows the money and the Republican Party follows Fox News. Now, the network is setting the stage for what the next four years of the GOP…
Continue ReadingTesla is about to unveil an updated Cybertruck, Elon Musk says
More than a year since Tesla unveiled the first version of the Cybertruck, the company has been mostly silent about plans for its highly anticipated…
Continue ReadingWhy Apple, Sephora and Nordstrom are jumping on this trend to pull in shoppers
As the pandemic drags on, big chains like Target and Nordstrom are looking for ways to keep consumers coming back to their stores. One go-to strategy…
Continue ReadingIt’s been a year since markets crashed. Is another reckoning around the corner?
It’s been nearly a year since the coronavirus pandemic ended the S&P 500’s longest-ever bull run and sent stocks everywhere into a…
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Wild Mike’s Ultimate Pizza plans move to Redmond: 114 jobs, $40 million investment
The Redmond City Council will hear plans next week for Wild Mike’s Ultimate Pizza to relocate all of its operations, including its corporate…
Continue Reading St. Charles Bend says all is well on Day 2 of strike; nurse offers different view
St. Charles Health System officials painted an upbeat picture of Bend hospital operations on Friday as a strike by more than 150 medical…
Continue ReadingDow soars more than 570 points in topsy-turvy trading after solid jobs report
It took them a few hours, but investors finally decided that good economic news is good for Wall Street. The Dow skyrocketed more than 570 points, or…
Continue ReadingThe Dow is up 500 points in topsy-turvy trading after solid jobs report
It took them a few hours, but investors finally decided that good economic news is good for Wall Street. The Dow was up more than 500 points, or…
Continue ReadingLachlan Murdoch finally says it out loud: Fox is the ‘loyal opposition’ to Biden
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. On Thursday I…
Continue ReadingJeep boss says it might drop Cherokee name
Jeep’s new boss says the company is open to dropping the name “Cherokee” from its vehicles in response to objections from the…
Continue ReadingUS and EU agree to suspend tariffs linked to long-running Boeing-Airbus dispute
The United States and European Union have agreed to suspend for four months all tariffs related to the long-running dispute over subsidies to Boeing…
Continue ReadingJeep boss says it may might drop Cherokee name
Jeep’s new boss says the company is open to dropping the name “Cherokee” from its vehicles in response to objections from the…
Continue ReadingStocks are mixed as a solid jobs report juices inflation fears
So much for good economic news actually being treated as good news on Wall Street. Although stocks opened sharply higher following a solid February…
Continue ReadingFake tax preparer gets six Covid-19 bailout loans worth more than $1 million
His past clients say he’s a scammer who ran off with their money, and a judge barred him from illegally masquerading as a certified public…
Continue ReadingStocks rise following solid jobs report
It looks like good economic news is actually being treated as good news on Wall Street. Stocks opened sharply higher following a solid February jobs…
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