Posts by Amelia Frost
Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up
President Trump has been in office less than a month, and Elon Musk’s vast business empire is already benefiting — or is now in a decidedly better position to benefit. Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk, the world’s richest man who has been given enormous power by the president, have been dismantling federal agencies across the…
Read MoreAP Reporter Barred From White House Event Over ‘Gulf Of America’
The Associated Press said Tuesday that its White House reporter was barred from an event with President Donald Trump over the top US news agency’s refusal to follow his order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. “We were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial…
Read MoreGoldman Sachs Ditches Big Diversity Rule As Wall Street Backs Off DEI
Wall Street has not typically been accused of doing too much for women and minority groups. The financial services industry, after all, is one in which more major banks are named after the Morgan family than led by a female chief executive. So it meant something over the past half-decade or so when the biggest…
Read MoreFord Chief Executive Says Trump Policies May Lead to Layoffs
Ford Motor could be forced to lay off employees if the Trump administration ends subsidies and other financial support for electric vehicle manufacturing, the company’s chief executive said on Tuesday. Ford has invested heavily in factories to produce batteries and electric vehicles in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee, Jim Farley, the Ford chief executive, said…
Read MoreA First-Timer’s Guide to Skiing in Japan
Unlike the high jinks and vibrant après-ski scene that permeate the Alps and Rockies, Japan offers a meditative experience on its slopes. Skiing here is an almost reverent affair. “It’s not about lounging in the sun or partying between runs,” said Sari Levy, 46, who lives in Telluride, Colo., and just returned from her second…
Read MoreAltman Says OpenAI ‘Not For Sale’ After Musk’s $97 Bn Bid
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to a takeover offer by Elon Musk, who helped found the company AFP Artificial intelligence developer OpenAI is “not for sale”, chief executive Sam Altman said in Paris Tuesday in response to a reported $97.4 billion bid from competitor Elon Musk. “OpenAI has a mission… of making AGI benefit all…
Read MorePope Told To ‘Stick To Church’ After Trump Migrant Critique
Pope Francis described Donald Trump’s migrant deportations as a “major crisis” Tuesday, prompting a rebuke from the US president’s border czar, who told the pontiff to “stick to the Catholic Church”. In a letter to US bishops, Francis, 88, said deporting people who had fled their own countries in distress “damages the dignity” of the…
Read MoreRestaurant Chain Replaced Human Dishwashers With Machines After Minimum Wage Increase
Dave’s Hot Chicken Handount/Dave’s Hot Chicken One restaurant chain has a solution to help deal with mandated wage increases. It’s replacing human workers with machines. California-based Dave’s Hot Chicken has dozens of restaurants in California, where the minimum wage increased to $20 an hour for fast food workers in 2024. The company started studying every…
Read MoreCFPB Employees Left Stranded and Confused After Stop-Work Orders
Barely two days after Russell Vought, the new acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ordered the agency to close its office and halt all its work, employees spent Monday in a state of deep confusion about what they should — or should not — be doing. Mr. Vought, the recently confirmed director of…
Read MoreVenice Extends Tourist Tax For 2025
Venice authorities said Monday they would extend a controversial ticket policy for day-trippers in 2025, reporting that last year’s trial scheme had “slightly” reduced crowds. The Italian city, built on islands in a lagoon, will designate 54 days this year when visitors will have to pay in advance for a ticket to enter the historic…
Read MoreSix Arrested After Migrants’ Bodies Found On French Beach
Authorities have arrested six people after the bodies of two migrants were found on a northern France beach following a failed bid to cross the Channel and reach Britain, French prosecutors said Monday. After a record year for deaths in the Channel, crossing attempts have continued in the middle of winter, despite sometimes freezing temperatures.…
Read MoreColombian Man Killed by Gunmen on UberEats Motorcycles Outside Mexico City Hotel
A Mexico City skyline is seen through the haze from the Latino Tower. Latin Times A Colombian man was killed in Mexico City’s popular La Condesa neighborhood by two gunmen riding a motorcycle equipped with an Ubereats backpack. According to federal authorities, the victim received at least eight gunshots as he waited outside a hotel…
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