Oil and Gas Price Update: Q1 2025 in Review
The oil sector faced volatility throughout the first quarter of 2025. Concerns around weak demand, increasing supply and trade tensions came to head in early April, pushing oil prices to…
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Starbucks imposes new limits on what baristas can wear under their green aprons
Starbucks is imposing new limits on what its baristas can wear under their green aprons. Starting May 12, employees will be required to wear a solid black shirt and khaki, black…
California homeowners allege home insurance companies colluded to deny coverage
LOS ANGELES — A group of California homeowners is taking on insurance companies that they say illegally coordinated to deny coverage to fire-prone areas, leaving thousands of displaced residents drastically…
Inside the $1 billion berry startup backed by Ray Dalio’s family office
Berry unicorn startup Fruitist has surpassed $400 million in annual sales, thanks to the success of its long-lasting jumbo blueberries. The company, which was founded in 2012, announced on Tuesday…
Boeing CEO says China has stopped taking its aircraft amid trade war
Boeing could hand over some of its aircraft that were destined for Chinese airlines to other carriers after China stopped taking deliveries of its planes amid a trade war with the…
Google forcing some remote workers to come back 3 days a week or lose their jobs
Five years removed from the onset of the Covid pandemic, Google is demanding that some remote employees return to the office if they want to keep their jobs and avoid being part…
Everything we know about the funeral of Pope Francis
Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full of pomp and pageantry, as the world’s Catholics bid him…
How Pope Francis’ early life in Argentina shines light on his time in the Vatican
On March 13, 2013, Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican: a new…
Sharks drew crowds to this Israeli beach for years. Now a swimmer’s disappeared and a body’s been found
Israeli police on Tuesday scoured the Mediterranean coast for a swimmer they fear may have been attacked by a shark in an area that has long seen close encounters between…
Rubio to skip Ukraine talks as Zelensky rejects key detail of US proposal
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend talks in London on Wednesday aimed at working toward an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, as Kyiv signaled it would…