Category: AP

Sep 8

The AI industry uses a light lobbying touch to educate Congress from a corporate perspective

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Dan Merica Published Sep 08, 2024  •  4 minute read Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — The artificial intelligence industry has gone on a lobbying binge in the past few years, deploying scores of hired influencers to help shape potential government action. The […]
Sep 8

Talks between Boeing and its biggest union are coming down to the wire – and a possible strike

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press David Koenig Published Sep 08, 2024  •  4 minute read Article content DALLAS (AP) — Boeing and its largest union are entering the last week of contract negotiations before a threatened strike by more than 30,000 workers who build the planes that […]
Sep 8

As Volkswagen weighs its first closure of a German auto plant, workers aren’t the only ones worried

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press David Mchugh Published Sep 08, 2024  •  4 minute read Article content FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen is considering closing some factories in its home country for the first time in the German automaker’s 87-year history, saying it otherwise won’t meet the […]
Sep 1

Robot waiters in Kenya create a buzz. But there are concerns about what it means for human labor

Article content NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Children giggle as young people flash their smartphones to film robots carrying plates of freshly prepared meals on their inbuilt trays to deliver to diners in a busy eatery in Kenya’s capital. Nairobi has a vibrant tech industry with various startups and innovations in operation and has positioned itself […]
Aug 31

Young girls are using anti-aging products they see on social media. The harm is more than skin deep

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Jocelyn Gecker Published Aug 31, 2024  •  4 minute read Article content SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When she was in fifth grade, Scarlett Goddard Strahan started to worry about getting wrinkles. By the time she turned 10, Scarlett and her friends were […]
Aug 29

US economic growth for last quarter is revised up to a solid 3% annual rate

Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew last quarter at a healthy 3% annual pace, fueled by strong consumer spending and business investment, the government said Thursday in an upgrade of its initial assessment. The Commerce Department had previously estimated that the nation’s gross domestic product — the total output of goods and […]