Instacart is heading from the supermarket to the stock market. The San Francisco-based grocery delivery company raised $660 million in its initial public offering of stock, selling 22 million shares at $30 apiece. Its shares […]
WWE’s popular television show, “Friday Night Smackdown,” will be moving from Fox to USA Network next year under a new five-year domestic media rights partnership with NBCUniversal. “Smackdown,” a weekly two-hour live program that features […]
Johnson & Johnson is signing off on a new logo. The health care giant said Thursday that it will replace the well-known signature script it has used since 1887 with a modern look that reflects […]
The Internal Revenue Service is pausing accepting claims for a pandemic-era tax credit until 2024 due to rising concerns that an influx of applications are fraudulent. The tax credit, called the Employee Retention Credit, was […]
The Federal Trade Commission recently revealed the most reported text message scam: bank impersonations. Reports of bank impersonations by text in 2022 jumped to 20 times the number reported in 2019. According to the FTC, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for ground-level ozone — better known as smog — despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air […]
Google will soon require that political ads using artificial intelligence be accompanied by a prominent disclosure if imagery or sounds have been synthetically altered. AI-generated election ads on YouTube and other Google platforms that alter […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s denial of a motion by Gov. Roy Cooper and legislative leaders to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of bar owners […]
RALEIGH —Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper announced the retirement of North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Secretary Eric Boyette on Sept. 6. Cooper has chosen Joseph R. “Joey” Hopkins, the current NCDOT chief operating officer, to […]
ATLANTA — Georgia’s governor is again suspending state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel, declaring a legal emergency over higher prices. Gov. Brian Kemp signed the executive order Tuesday morning. The suspension of the taxes, […]
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