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Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars

September 26, 2024, 11:48am Business

Federal regulators who say Google holds an illegal monopoly over the technology that matches online advertisers to publishers are vastly underestimating the competition the tech giant faces, an expert hired by Google testified Thursday. Read story

10th death reported in Boar’s Head deli meat listeria outbreak

September 26, 2024, 8:35am Business

A 10th person has died in the listeria outbreak that shuttered a Boar’s Head deli meat plant, federal health officials said Wednesday. Read story

FILE - Howitzer shells are shown in production at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on August 27, 2024.

US economy grew at a solid 3% rate last quarter, government says in final estimate

FILE - Howitzer shells are shown in production at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on August 27, 2024.

September 26, 2024, 8:34am Business

The American economy expanded at a healthy 3% annual pace from April through June, boosted by strong consumer spending and business investment, the government said Thursday, leaving its previous estimate unchanged. Read story

A hiring sign for employment at FedEx is seen, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Grimes, Iowa.

The number of Americans filing for jobless aid falls to lowest level in 4 months

A hiring sign for employment at FedEx is seen, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Grimes, Iowa.

September 26, 2024, 8:34am Business

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to the lowest level in four months. Read story

Lt. Cmdr. Nicole Emmons, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation technical advisor, center right, speaks with board members, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, at the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation hearing into the June 2023 loss of the Titan submersible, in North Charleston, S.C. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Kate Kilroy/U.S.

NASA downplays role in development of Titan submersible that imploded

Lt. Cmdr. Nicole Emmons, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation technical advisor, center right, speaks with board members, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, at the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation hearing into the June 2023 loss of the Titan submersible, in North Charleston, S.C. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Kate Kilroy/U.S.

September 26, 2024, 8:33am Business

OceanGate co-founder Stockton Rush said the carbon fiber hull used in an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic was developed with help of NASA and aerospace manufacturers, but a NASA official testified Thursday that the space agency actually had little involvement at all. Read story

FILE - A Southwest Airlines plane moves to depart from Love Field in Dallas, July 25, 2024.

How much will Southwest Airlines change to boost profits? Some details are emerging

FILE - A Southwest Airlines plane moves to depart from Love Field in Dallas, July 25, 2024.

September 26, 2024, 8:32am Business

Leaders of Southwest Airlines are set to explain Thursday how they plan to remodel the airline to change with consumer tastes -- and maybe keep their own jobs. Read story

FILE - Cranes at the Port of New York and New Jersey appear behind the Statue of Liberty, Nov. 20, 2022, in a photo taken from New York.

Ports seek order to force dockworkers to bargaining table as strike looms at East and Gulf ports

FILE - Cranes at the Port of New York and New Jersey appear behind the Statue of Liberty, Nov. 20, 2022, in a photo taken from New York.

September 26, 2024, 8:31am Business

With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the Longshoremen’s union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract. Read story

FILE - In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the previous night in East Palestine, Ohio, remain on fire at mid-day, Feb. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J.

Judge approves $600 million settlement for residents near fiery Ohio derailment

FILE - In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the previous night in East Palestine, Ohio, remain on fire at mid-day, Feb. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J.

September 26, 2024, 8:31am Business

A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $600 million class-action settlement Wednesday that Norfolk Southern railroad offered to everyone who lived within 20 miles (32 kilometers) of last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Read story