Retailers report modest gains for April Americans spent briskly during the early spring months in the latest sign that they’re encouraged by the economic recovery. Falling gas prices, a rallying stock market and gains in the job market all fueled Americans’ shopping habits even as cold weather tempered their desire to buy spring fashions. More
HTC Expects Brighter Second Quarter Taiwan's HTC expects its second-quarter revenue and operating margin to rise from the first quarter, as sales of the new HTC One smartphone pick up. More
Mobile Efforts Help Propel Facebook’s Earnings Facebook was once a darling of investors, then a turnoff. Now, a year after going public, the social network seems to have settled into a more stable relationship with Wall Street. But the company has still been taking pains to prove that it can make more money from its base of more than a billion users, especially from those using Facebook on mobile devices. More
Sears Didn't Move Fast Enough, CEO Says Sears continues to struggle to get a "decent" return on its assets and the retailer didn't move fast enough to cut expenses after the financial crisis, the CEO said at the annual meeting. More
J.C. Penney ad apologizes to customers The ad comes after the Plano, Texas-based company last month fired its CEO, Ron Johnson, after 17 months on the job and rehired his predecessor Mike Ullman. Johnson's ambitious changes included getting rid of most sales and bringing in new, hip brands. More
Is delta-8 safe? As it flies off shelves, thousands call poison control over bad experiences Recreational marijuana remains illegal in about half of the U.S. as products that deliver a similar high gain popularity in some of those states. 04/17/2024 - 11:06 pm | View Link
A report warned the state about the Washington Bridge in 2015. Why was nothing done? A 2015 report on the bridge found significant structural problems that needed repairing. Most, if not all, were not done before the bridge's closure. 04/17/2024 - 12:10 am | View Link
Asbury Automotive Group Releases 2023 Corporate Responsibility Report DULUTH, Ga., April 16, 2024 -- ( BUSINESS WIRE )--Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABG), one of the largest automotive retail and service companies in the U.S., has published its 2023 Corporate ... 04/16/2024 - 12:01 am | View Link
Stock market today: World shares track slump on Wall St triggered by strong US spending data World shares skidded Tuesday following a slump on Wall Street after after a report showed American shoppers spent more at retailers last month than expected. A strong U.S. economy ... 04/15/2024 - 11:15 pm | View Link
March retail sales data show the American consumer is still pretty strong Driving the news: Retail sales rose 0.7% in March, while the previous months' figures were even better than originally thought, the government said. In February, for instance, retail sales rose 0.9% — ... 04/15/2024 - 5:53 am | View Link
The trailer for psychological thriller Trap has arrived, and in classic M. Night Shyamalan fashion, it comes with a twist. Trap follows a father (Josh Hartnett) who accompanies his teen daughter (Ariel Donoghue) to a concert by pop singer Lady Raven (Shyamalan's own daughter Saleka). Noticing an outsized police presence at the venue, he soon finds out that the performance is actually a trap to catch a notorious serial killer who the authorities believe will be in attendance.
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The ethics of true crime may be questionable, but the documentaries, podcasts, and books keep on coming.
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The US Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination does not prohibit police officers from forcing a suspect to unlock a phone with a thumbprint scan, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday. The ruling does not apply to all cases in which biometrics are used to unlock an electronic device but is a significant decision in an unsettled area of the law.
The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit had to grapple with the question of "whether the compelled use of Payne's thumb to unlock his phone was testimonial," the ruling in United States v.
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Password-manager LastPass users were recently targeted by a convincing phishing campaign that used a combination of email, SMS, and voice calls to trick targets into divulging their master passwords, company officials said.
The attackers used an advanced phishing-as-a-service kit discovered in February by researchers from mobile security firm Lookout.