by Jim Heath | Sep 16, 2020 | Business, Headlines
Electric vehicle start-up Lucid is touting its all-electric Air sedan as a more efficient, faster and spacious vehicle than the Tesla Model S, a car the company’s CEO Peter Rawlinson helped develop. “What we’ve got is a breakthrough in electric cars,” he told media...
by Jim Heath | Aug 19, 2020 | Business, Headlines, Trump
President Trump is calling on his followers to not buy Goodyear tires, despite previously railing against “cancel culture,” after an employee posted a viral photo of a company policy banning “Make America Great Again” and other political attire...
by Jim Heath | Aug 2, 2020 | Business, Headlines
President Trump has reportedly told Microsoft’s CEO he ‘may allow’ the company to buy TikTok in the United States – but only if the app is completely separated from Beijing. Microsoft Corp said on Sunday that it would continue discussions to...
by Jim Heath | Jul 15, 2020 | Business, coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Walmart will require customers at all of its US stores to wear masks beginning next week, becoming the largest retailer to mandate facial coverings as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Other national chains have made similar moves. Starbucks said last week that it...
by Jim Heath | Jul 6, 2020 | Business, coronavirus, Economy, Headlines
Forty lobbyists connected to President Trump have been hired to lobby on COVID-19 issues since the pandemic and secured over $10 billion in coronavirus relief aid for clients. The 40 lobbyists represented at least 150 clients, 27 of which received $10.5 billion in aid...
by Jim Heath | Jun 23, 2020 | 2020, Business, Headlines, Social Media
Twitter will make Election Day a paid holiday for its U.S. employees, the company announced today. The company added that any employees who do not have time outside of working hours to vote in their country will be compensated for the time it takes to vote. All...
