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PR executive reportedly departs China's Baidu after …

5/9/2024
A top Baidu public relations executive has reportedly departed the Chinese technology company after she drew public outcry over comments that were seen as glorifying a culture of overwork. Baidu’s …

PR executive at Chinese tech firm Baidu apologizes for …

5/9/2024
A top public relations executive from Chinese technology firm Baidu has apologized after she made comments that were seen as glorifying a culture of overwork. Baidu’s head of communications Qu Jing …

European companies are less upbeat about China's vast …

5/9/2024
BEIJING (AP) — China is actively seeking foreign investment to boost its slowing growth, but that very sluggishness is weighing on company plans to grow their businesses in the world's second …

Salad chain says a cleaner farming method will offset …

5/9/2024
Salad chain Sweetgreen is adding steak to its menu, an announcement that led to strong reactions online, with customers questioning how that would impact the company’s carbon neutral plans. …

Senate scrambles to pass bill improving air safety and …

5/9/2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is scrambling to pass a $105 billion bill designed to improve air safety and improve customer service for air travelers before the law governing the Federal Aviation …

Harbor Freight to open new location in Peoria

5/9/2024
Harbor Freight Tools has announced it will be opening a new store in Peoria.

Technology crushing human creativity? Apple's …

5/9/2024
A newly released ad promoting Apple’s new iPad Pro has struck quite a nerve online. The ad shows a hydraulic press crushing just about every creative instrument artists and consumers have used over …

Supreme Court sides with music producer in copyright …

5/9/2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with a music producer in a copyright case Thursday, allowing him to seek more than a decade's worth of damages over a sample used in a hit Flo Rida song. …

Despite numbers showing a healthy economy overall, …

5/9/2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Cracks are showing in one of the main pillars keeping the economy out of a recession: resilient spending by U.S. households. Consumer goods giants from PepsiCo to Kraft Heinz …

Chevrolet Malibu heads for the junkyard as GM shifts …

5/9/2024
DETROIT (AP) — The Chevrolet Malibu, the last midsize car made by a Detroit automaker, is heading for the junkyard. General Motors confirmed Thursday that it will stop making the car introduced …

Boeing 737 catches fire and skids off the runway at a …

5/9/2024
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded off a runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal's capital, injuring 10 people, according to the transport minister, an airline …

US weekly jobless claims hit highest level since …

5/9/2024
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped to its highest level in more than eight months last week, another indication that the red hot U.S. labor market may be softening. …