CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business The director of the United Nations’ World Food Programme laid out a plan to spend $6.6 billion to combat world hunger — a direct response to a back-and-forth with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who claimed he would sell Tesla stock to fund a plan if the WFP could describe
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Journalist Roger Parloff, who wrote the first major cover story on Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes and later issued a retraction, was called to testify in her criminal trial Thursday. The government has alleged Holmes used the media, and Parloff’s Fortune Magazine story titled “This CEO is Out for Blood” in
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Entering the new Amazon Web Services Skills Center is a bit like walking into a high-tech museum. Among its exhibits are a rotating, globe-shaped screen that displays images of planets or weather patterns, an interactive “smart home” model and a table full of small robot vehicles trained by machine learning.
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Entering the new Amazon Web Services Skills Center is a bit like walking into a high-tech museum. Among its exhibits are a rotating, globe-shaped screen that displays images of planets or weather patterns, an interactive “smart home” model and a table full of small robot vehicles trained by machine
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo, CNN Business Tim Sweeney is on a mission. The Epic Games CEO has been mounting a relentless attack on Apple, after the tech giant kicked his company’s hugely popular video game Fortnite off the App Store. Apple said at the time that Epic flouted rules on digital payments by establishing its own
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Apple plans to give customers the ability to repair their own devices amid growing pressure from regulators and consumers around the world for manufacturers to ease restrictions on fixing products. The company on Wednesday announced a new program that will make spare parts for Apple products available to purchase starting
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Activision Blizzard confronted its second employee walkout in less than six months after a report raised new questions about CEO Bobby Kotick’s knowledge of longstanding and widespread sexual harassment and discrimination allegations at the video game company. More than 100 Activision Blizzard employees staged a walkout on Tuesday calling for
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Live Nation announced Tuesday that local area partner Hayden Homes will be the new name-in-title sponsor of Bend’s 20-year-old, popular Old Mill District riverfront concert venue formerly known as the Les Schwab Amphitheater.
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Google is making its largest-ever investment in Australia, after a clash with the government that saw the tech giant threaten to shut down search there earlier this year. CEO Sundar Pichai announced Monday that the company would devote 1 billion Australian dollars (about $736 million) to the country over the
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Monday announced that he is suing Meta, the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, based on revelations from whistleblower Frances Haugen and the trove of internal company documents she leaked. The securities lawsuit, filed on behalf of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The global chip shortage is making it harder for shoppers to get their hands on some of the most sought after tech gadgets of the holiday season. In the six weeks leading up to Christmas, some of Apple’s biggest new products — including certain iPhone 13 models, some newer
Continue ReadingCNN By Matt McFarland, CNN Business The indoor cycling craze has come for America’s kids, and child development experts aren’t happy. Little Tikes, the children’s toymaker, watched sales of Peloton’s stationary bikes soar last year when the pandemic hit. It saw a chance to create something for children to enjoy alongside their parents, according to
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The biggest news this week in the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes is that the government expects to rest its case against the former CEO and founder of failed blood testing company Theranos in a matter of days. In a surprise disclosure after jurors were excused for a long
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Peanut Butter was hit by a car and had to lose a leg as a result, but is out of pain and looking for a new, loving home. You can meet her at the Humane Society of Central Oregon.
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After years of operation in the historic train depot in the Old Mill District, the Bend Park and Recreation District is seeking a new home for its popular art and clay programs.
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Chewy, a Shepherd/Husky mix, is friendly with everybody and is waiting for a new home at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center.
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business China’s leading chipmaker is going through another massive leadership shake-up. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) announced a wave of resignations in stock exchange filings Thursday evening. As many as four directors stepped down effective immediately, including Vice Chairman Chiang Shang-yi, who had joined the company just barely a year ago
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OSPIRG on Thursday released its annual Trouble in Toyland report Thursday, a guide for buying safe toys. Learn more at: https://ospirg.org/feature/usp/Trouble-In-Toyland
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts approached the International Space Station, which orbits more than 200 miles above Earth, and made a gentle in-orbit meet-up, kicking off the astronauts’ six-month stay at the space station. This mission, called Crew-3, is the fourth mission in a partnership between SpaceX
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As Thanksgiving fast approaches, the National Fire Protection Association is urging everyone to use added caution when celebrating the holiday, as Thanksgiving Day represents the leading day for home cooking fires. More than three times as many cooking fires occur on Thanksgiving Day as a typical day of the year.
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