(Headline USA) In a bid to turn around its flagging fortunes, coffee giant Starbucks is offering a record-shattering package of pay and incentives in order to lure a highly sought-after chief executive away from Chipotle.
Incoming Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol could make well in excess of $100 million in his...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Newly released federal inflation data showed that the Producer Price Index, a leading marker of inflation, rose last month.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the data, which showed a 0.1% increase in July, part of a 2.2% increase in the previous 12 months.
Notably,...
(Headline USA) A Minnesota business owner slammed Gov. Tim Walz for “decimating” her bar and several other local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lisa Zarza, 52, operated Alibi Drinkery, as well as Froggy Bottoms River Pub and Lily PADio, when Walz issued stringent shelter-in-place orders for all residents.
At first, Zarza...
(Spencer Pauley, The Center Square) The Seattle-based real estate company Zillow has named a new chief executive officer as the U.S. housing market continues slowly falling.
Zillow announced Chief Operating Officer Jeremy Wacksman has been promoted to the CEO position on Wednesday.
Wacksman first joined Zillow in 2009 and has been...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Several conservative personalities and internet pundits extended their condolences to the family of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, who died on Friday after battling lung cancer.
Wojcicki led YouTube from 2006 until 2023, coinciding with the Google-owned platform’s censorious regime which often targeted conservatives. These conservatives voiced compassion...
(Headline USA) Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack, Microsoft said Friday, likely intending to help Vice President Kamala Harris.
Iranian actors also have spent recent months creating fake news sites and...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Chasten Buttigieg, husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, reported thousands of dollars in gambling income, according to financial disclosure forms released last month.
In 2023, Chasten earned $6,755 from gambling, with winnings reported from MGM National Harbor ($4,152) and Grand Traverse Resort & Casino ($2,603).
These earnings look like pocket...
(Headline USA) Vice President Kamala Harris donated to an organization last year that supports defunding the police and making the nation's capital---Washington, D.C.---a permanent “sanctuary city” for illegal immigrants.
Financial disclosures show Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, donated $1,000 to Legal Aid, a leftist nonprofit that works on housing law,...
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Left-leaning news site Axios announced this week that it was planning to cut roughly 10% of its staff in the latest round of corporate media layoffs, the New York Post reported.
Axios Chief Executive Jim VandeHei announced in an email Tuesday that the company would cut...
(Headline USA) A judge on Monday ruled that Google's ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world's best-known companies.
The highly anticipated decision issued by U.S. District...
(Headline USA) Nearly everything on Wall Street is tumbling Monday as fear about a slowing U.S. economy worsens and sets off another sell-off for financial markets worldwide.
The S&P 500 was down by 3.1% in morning trading, coming off its worst week in more than three months. The Dow Jones...
(T.A. DeFeo, The Center Square) The South Carolina Republican Party joined its counterparts in more than a dozen other states and territories in filing a Federal Election Commission complaint against Vice President Kamala Harris and her presidential campaign.
The SCGOP joined other state parties and other groups in the complaint,...