Food prices are still soaring — here’s what’s getting more expensive
Inflation may be slowing, but food prices are still through the roof.
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Americans should brace for higher natural gas prices, Chevron CEO says
Prices at the pump have fallen along with the cost of a barrel of crude oil. But the CEO of Chevron, one of the world’s largest energy companies, thinks consumers in the United States should be prepared for a shock when they get home heating bills this winter.
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American inflation rose more than expected in August
US inflation ticked back up in August, despite plunging gas prices, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday.
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The Fed is fighting inflation. Could deflation be its next battle?
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has a big problem, and he can’t do anything about it.
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Small businesses are feeling slightly better about inflation
Small business sentiment improved in August but remains depressed as business owners face an uncertain economic landscape.
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US annual inflation eased last month but remains stubbornly high
US inflation cooled off in August for the second-straight month but remained stubbornly high, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday.
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Burger King has a plan to make you fall in love with the Whopper again
The past few years have been tough for Burger King.
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USPS ready to deliver the holidays for the nation
The United States Postal Service (USPS) highlighted several advancements in personnel, technology, and the postal network footprint in time for the 2022 holiday season.
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US consumers expect inflation to fall sharply, survey shows
Americans are expecting inflation to fall sharply in both the short and long run, according to new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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Extreme California heat knocks key Twitter data center offline
Extreme heat in California has left Twitter without one of its key data centers, and a company executive warned in an internal memo obtained by CNN that another outage elsewhere could result in the service going dark for some of its users.
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America is already feeling the consequences of a looming nationwide rail strike
America’s freight railroads have already stopped accepting shipments of hazardous and other security-sensitive materials because of the looming threat of a strike Friday.
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YRMC updates visitation guidelines
The Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) announced that they have updated visitation guidelines.
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Massive health care strike: 15,000 Minnesota nurses walk off the job
About 15,000 nurses in Minnesota went on strike Monday morning, saying they are fighting for better staffing and better care for their patients.
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Twitter pushes back at Elon Musk’s attempt to exit deal over purported whistleblower payout
Twitter on Monday pushed back at a new attempt by Elon Musk to walk away from their $44 billion acquisition deal over a payment the company is said to have made to a former employee who later turned whistleblower, calling the billionaire’s move “invalid and wrongful.”
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Blue Origin ‘responding to an issue’ after abort system activated on uncrewed launch
Blue Origin experienced an “anomaly” during an uncrewed launch of its New Shepard rocket from West Texas on Monday morning, triggering an abort system that allowed the capsule to parachute to Earth.
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The dollar is super duper mighty right now. Here’s what that means for you
Few investments have increased in value during this challenging year on Wall Street. But one asset that is in green in 2022 is literally green: the US dollar.
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Retired nurse helps save infant’s life on Spirit Airlines flight
A retired nurse came to the aid of a baby who had stopped breathing on a Spirit Airlines flight last week from Pittsburgh to Orlando.
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‘Without gas or without you? Without you’: Zelensky’s words for Russia as Ukraine sweeps through northeast
President Volodymyr Zelensky has issued a stark warning to Moscow, declaring that “history will put everything in its place” as Ukrainian troops swept through the northeastern region of Kharkiv.
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Zero-Covid at what price? Chinese researchers are treading on sensitive ground
Authorities in Shanghai have denied a report by a leading Chinese real estate research firm that claimed more than a third of shops in a major mall had been shuttered because of strict Covid curbs.
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Arizona weekly gas price update
Arizona’s gasoline prices have risen to 2.7 cents per gallon last week, averaging $3.95/g on Monday.
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