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American consumers are feeling less confident as concerns about jobs take center stage

September 24, 2024, 8:51am Business

American consumers are feeling less confident this month as concerns about jobs rose significantly. Read story

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, center, speaks during a news conference announcing a lawsuit seeking damages from the owners and managers of the Dali cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Key Scott Bridge, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Baltimore.

Maryland sues the owner and manager of the ship that caused the Key Bridge collapse

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, center, speaks during a news conference announcing a lawsuit seeking damages from the owners and managers of the Dali cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Key Scott Bridge, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Baltimore.

September 24, 2024, 8:51am Business

The state of Maryland has added to the legal troubles facing the owner and operator of the container ship Dali, which caused the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the massive vessel experienced an ill-timed electrical blackout and other failures. Read story

Latest round of Boeing hearings prompts call for decisive action

September 24, 2024, 8:22am Business

Federal Aviation Administrator Mike Whitaker will make the rounds on Capitol Hill this week focusing on the agency’s oversight of Boeing Co. in what has become a familiar pattern — plenty of tough questions yet still no resolution to the manufacturer’s problems. Read story

Visa faces Justice Department antitrust case on debit cards

September 24, 2024, 8:06am Business

The U.S. Justice Department plans to allege that Visa Inc. illegally monopolized the U.S. debit card market, according to people familiar with the matter. Read story

Almost all small businesses are using a software tool that is enabled by AI

September 24, 2024, 8:06am Business

As the use of artificial intelligence is expands, more small firms say they’re harnessing AI to help their businesses. Read story

FILE - A large Kmart sign is displayed in front of a shopping plaza in Avenel, N.J., April 4, 2022.

Kmart’s blue light fades to black with the shuttering of its last full-scale US store

FILE - A large Kmart sign is displayed in front of a shopping plaza in Avenel, N.J., April 4, 2022.

September 24, 2024, 7:48am Business

Attention, Kmart shoppers, the end is near! Read story

Steven Ross, former OceanGate scientific director, top, speaks via video link as he testifies during the Titan marine board formal hearing inside the Charleston County Council Chambers, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in North Charleston, S.C.

OceanGate employee pushes back against idea of ‘desperation’ to complete missions

Steven Ross, former OceanGate scientific director, top, speaks via video link as he testifies during the Titan marine board formal hearing inside the Charleston County Council Chambers, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in North Charleston, S.C.

September 24, 2024, 7:46am Business

A key employee with the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic pushed back at a question from a Coast Guard investigator about whether OceanGate felt a sense of “desperation” to complete the dives because of the high price tag. Read story

In this photo released on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, by Iranian Interior Ministry, miners sit at the site of a coal mine where methane leak sparked an explosion on Saturday, in Tabas, some 335 miles (540 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran.

Iran believes all remaining workers have died in coal mine explosion, raising death toll to 49

In this photo released on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, by Iranian Interior Ministry, miners sit at the site of a coal mine where methane leak sparked an explosion on Saturday, in Tabas, some 335 miles (540 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran.

September 24, 2024, 7:46am Business

Iran said Tuesday it believes the remaining workers trapped by an explosion at a coal mine in the country’s east have died, bringing the death toll in one of its worst industrial disasters to at least 49. Read story