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Deadline for businesses to apply for their share of massive credit card company settlement looms

NEW YORK — A deadline is looming for millions of businesses who may be entitled to a payout in a $5.5 billion antitrust settlement with Visa and Mastercard. The settlement stems from a 2005 lawsuit that alleged merchants paid excessive fees to accept Visa and Mastercard credit cards, and that Visa and Mastercard and their […]

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Instacart partners with Uber Eats to offer restaurant deliveries

Grocery delivery company Instacart is partnering with Uber Eats to offer a new perk to its customers: restaurant delivery. San Francisco-based Instacart said Tuesday that its U.S. shoppers will see a “Restaurants” tab in the company’s app in the coming weeks. Restaurant orders will be delivered by Uber Eats drivers. Instacart said its Instacart Plus

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Luis Miranda Jr. reflects on giving, the arts and his son Lin-Manuel in the new memoir 'Relentless'

Luis A. Miranda Jr. was just 19 years old when he arrived in New York City from a small town in Puerto Rico, a broke doctoral student badly needing a job. It was 1974 — decades before “Hamilton,” the Tony Award-winning musical created by his son Lin-Manuel, became a sensation and brought his family international

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Disney's streaming business turns a profit in first financial report since challenge to Iger

The Walt Disney Co. swung to a loss in its second quarter because of restructuring and impairment charges, but its adjusted profit topped expectations and its streaming business turned a profit. Theme parks also continued to do well and the company boosted its outlook for the year. While Disney said Tuesday that it foresees its

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Tesla Chairwoman Robyn Denholm has sold over $50 million worth of stock in 2024

Tesla Chairwoman Robyn Denholm has just sold $17.3 million worth of her shares in the electric vehicle maker, according to a filing Monday, bringing her total stock sales this year to more than $50 million. Denholm, who joined Tesla’s board as an independent director in 2014 and became chair four years later, sold the shares

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US seeks information from Tesla on how it developed and verified whether Autopilot recall worked

DETROIT — Federal highway safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how and why it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles equipped with the company’s Autopilot partially automated driving system. Investigators with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have concerns about whether the recall remedy worked because Tesla

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One way to appreciate teachers: These schools provide their day care

NAMPA, Idaho — When Christina Zimmerman returned to teaching last year after maternity leave, she grappled with postpartum depression that she says could have led to quitting her job. But her school’s onsite day care made all the difference, as she knew her daughter was just a few classrooms away. “I can be mom and

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EU Council adopts a plan worth 6 billion euros for Western Balkans to speed up enlargement process

EU countries have approved a plan worth 6 billion euros ($6.45 billion) to support Western Balkan states aimed at accelerating reforms and economic growth in the region, as they seek future membership in the bloc BRUSSELS — EU countries approved a plan worth 6 billion euros ($6.45 billion) to support Western Balkan states on Tuesday

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Malaysian government defends presence of companies that supply weapons to Israel at defense show

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia will not interfere in business relations between arms manufacturers and other countries, its defense minister said Tuesday, after protesters demanded that the government expel companies that supply weapons to Israel from an international exhibition. More than 1,300 companies from 60 nations are participating in Defense Services Asia and the concurrent

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