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Yulia Naumenko/Getty Imagess (NEW YORK) — Orange production in two top growing regions has been plagued by diseased fruit and bad weather, a combination that’s prompted all-time high prices and left juice makers to consider other citrus varietals to supplement in the widely consumed breakfast beverage. Along the citrus belt of São Paulo and Minas […]

wera Rodsawang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The cost of child care in the U.S. is rising at nearly double the pace of overall inflation, according to a new report by tax firm KPMG. Between 1990 and April 2024, the cost of day care and preschool rose 263%, according to KPMG. The consumer price index, the […]

The Hyundai Motor Co. logo is seen on the front grill of a Santa Fe sports utility vehicle (SUV) at the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) facility in Montgomery, Alabama, July 19, 2017. — Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Labor filed a complaint against a Hyundai manufacturing plant in […]

An employee adds sour cream to a burrito bowl at a Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 2, 2019. (Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE) (NEW YORK) — Social media is full of hot takes, especially when it comes to food and more recently amid shrinkflation and higher food costs — people’s perceived […]

Andrew Merry/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nissan has issued a “do not drive” warning for 83,920 vehicles from model years 2002-2006 with recalled Takata airbags. The warning covers certain model year 2002-2006 Nissan Sentras, 2002-2004 Nissan Pathfinders and 2002-2003 Infiniti QX4s. The vehicles were already subject to open Takata airbag recalls from 2020. A […]

T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert speaks during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event, Aug. 25, 2022, in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. (Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — T-Mobile, one of the nation’s largest wireless providers, announced on Tuesday that it will acquire most of U.S. Cellular in a $4.4 billion deal. The agreement would grant T-Mobile […]

Thinkstock/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A company that posted a discriminatory job advertisement seeking only white candidates has been fined by the federal government and come to separate agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Labor as punishment, according to officials. Arthur Grand Technologies, an information technology services firm based in Virginia, […]

A worker hands food to a customer at the drive-thru window of a Burger King fast food restaurant in Hialeah, Florida, April 18, 2024. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Burger King is throwing its crown into the summer savings fast food ring as customers continue to voice frustrations over high costs […]

Tom Merton/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration announced this week that it is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve in an effort to reduce prices when drivers hit the road this summer. The gasoline will be sold in 100,000-barrel tranches over a six-week stretch between Memorial Day and July 4, […]

In this April 17, 2024, file photo, the Live Nation website is shown on a laptop in New York. (Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department and dozens of state and district attorneys general filed a major antitrust lawsuit Thursday seeking the breakup of Ticketmaster owner Live Nation Entertainment over what they allege […]