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It’s a notable blow to American Express, whose customers are often the most attractive among merchants and spend the most money per month on their cards. Online marketplace behemoth eBay said it plans to no longer accept American Express, citing what the company says are “unacceptably high fees” and that customers have other payment options to shop online.

The heatstroke treatment has made ice and human-sized immersion bags standard equipment on all Phoenix fire department emergency vehicles. The season’s first heat wave is already baking the Southwest with triple-digit temperatures as firefighters in Phoenix — America’s hottest big city — employ new tactics in hopes of saving more lives in a county that saw 645 heat-related deaths last year.

Instead of conventional display systems that allow you to only see light reflection from a single point, the tech reflects light from multiple angles, allowing viewers to see different perspectives of the image as they move around. E-commerce is booming. Per a report by McKinsey, “e-commerce sales penetration in the United States more than doubled to 35 percent in 2020 from the previous year, roughly the equivalent of ten years of growth.” Since the pandemic, the industry has grown year on year, with Emarketer reporting the global e-commerce market will exceed $6 trillion this year.

The company says its plans aren’t definite yet. Family Dollar has struggled since it was acquired by Dollar Tree in 2015. Dollar Tree may shake up its store offerings once again.

The move marks a stunning reversal for public transit advocates who had championed the tolls as a way of raising billions of dollars for New York’s beleaguered subway and commuter rail systems while reducing traffic in the city’s streets. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday indefinitely delayed implementation of a plan to charge motorists big tolls to enter the core of Manhattan, just weeks before the nation’s first “congestion pricing” system was set to launch.

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