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 […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Claire Savage And Doug Feinberg Published Aug 31, 2024 • 2 minute read Article content CHICAGO (AP) — The WNBA re-entered the Barbie world with Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky hosting the first game themed after the doll. Reese, known as […]
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 […]
Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation measure closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained low last month, extending a trend of cooling price increases that clears the way for the Fed to start cutting its key interest rate next month for the first time in 4 1/2 years. Prices rose just 0.2% from June […]
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 […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Dee-ann Durbin Published Aug 25, 2024 • 4 minute read Article content The largest proposed grocery store merger in U.S. history is going to court. On one side are supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons, which say their planned merger will help them […]
Article content PARIS (AP) — The founder and CEO of the popular encrypted messaging service Telegram was detained at a Paris airport, French media reported Sunday. Pavel Durov was detained at the Paris Le Bourget airport on Saturday evening after landing in France from Azerbaijan, according to broadcasters LCI and TF1. Investigators from the National […]
Article content BEIJING (AP) — China on Sunday expressed its opposition to the latest U.S. sanctions on Chinese companies over their alleged ties to Russia’s war in Ukraine, saying it will adopt necessary measures to safeguard the rights and interests of the country’s businesses. The U.S. on Friday announced sweeping sanctions on hundreds of firms […]
Article content HOUSTON (AP) — The largest broadcaster of regional sports networks across the country will continue to televise games for more than a dozen NBA teams and nine NHL teams through the 2024-2025 season even as it moves through bankruptcy proceedings, according to court filings on Friday. Diamond Sports Group, which broadcasts the Bally-branded […]
Article content NEW YORK (AP) — How much hype is left in Nvidia’s stock? Anyone with an S&P 500 index fund is hoping to get an answer to that weighty question next week Nvidia has ridden Wall Street’s mania around artificial intelligence to become one of the stock market’s most massive companies, with a total […]