Does daylight saving time result in lower energy bills?
The notion of keeping the lights off for longer has always been linked with daylight saving time. But more recently, research has emerged to challenge the DST premise.
The notion of keeping the lights off for longer has always been linked with daylight saving time. But more recently, research has emerged to challenge the DST premise.
Adoption and fertility-assistance programs were the perks companies said they were most likely to eliminate, while parental leave and child-care benefits were also on the chopping block.
A growing body of analysts and researchers see a pattern of companies using unusual disruptions as an excuse to raise prices for their goods and services, thereby allowing them to expand profit margins.
Americans have been rushing back to restaurants after staying away during the pandemic. To catch that demand, chains are opening thousands of new locations. It has the makings of a boom, except for one glaring problem: there aren’t enough workers.
The survey adds to evidence that informal work has been increasingly prevalent in the U.S. economy, a trend further exacerbated by the pandemic, social media and remote work.
Microsoft, having brought artificial intelligence to its battle with Google over search, is now turning to the latest AI technology to catch up with rivals in the corporate applications market such as Oracle, Salesforce and SAP.
U.S. central bankers are waging their most aggressive action against high inflation in a generation.
The investment is one of Foxconn’s biggest single outlays to date in India and underscores how China’s at risk of losing its status as the world’s largest producer of consumer electronics.
The quarterly loss reported after the close Thursday caps a disastrous year in which Carvana’s stock plummeted 98%, erasing almost $37 billion of market capitalization. Carvana spent $2.2 billion last year to acquire Carmel-based KAR Auction Services Inc.’s physical auto auction business, ADESA.
Lenovo Group Ltd.’s profit fell for the first time in almost three years on waning demand for personal computers following a pandemic-era work-from-home boom.
The U.S. economy showed remarkable resilience at the start of the year, highlighting robust demand that’s keeping inflation elevated and heaping pressure on the Federal Reserve to stomp the brakes even harder.
The pain is particularly acute outside the U.S., where the burnout rate has been rising enough to offset slight improvements seen by American workers.
The aim is to give EV owners more freedom to travel, and it will include at least 3,500 of Tesla’s Supercharger stations—which tend to be near highways—as well as its slower Level 2 “destination chargers” at locations such as hotels and restaurants.
Subway, one of the most recognizable names in the industry, has more than 20,000 U.S. locations, making it the largest by store count in the country, dwarfing even McDonald’s.
The members of Congress want companies that accept money authorized by the Chips and Science Act to be restricted from engaging in stock buybacks for at least 10 years.
Many tech companies admit that they hired too much during the pandemic, betting that lifestyle changes—including remote work, e-commerce spending and video-game habits—would bring a bigger windfall. Now they’re dealing with the aftermath.
The retailer, which has been preparing for a Chapter 11 filing after lenders declared it in default last month, priced new convertible preferred securities and warrants, it said in a statement Tuesday, in a deal that will ultimately raise more than $1 billion.
The latest data—released Wednesday—underscores how a combination of rising interest rates, waning demand for merchandise, and economic uncertainty are weighing on factory activity.
The figures added to mounting evidence that the worst bout of inflation in a generation has passed as the Fed’s aggressive tightening campaign works its way through the economy.
The music streaming giant has about 9,800 employees. In recent years it has made a massive investment in acquiring podcast networks, creation software, a hosting service and the rights to popular shows like “The Joe Rogan Experience” and “Armchair Expert.”