BAKU, Azerbaijan — No matter what kind of U-turn President-Elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America’s clean energy economy won’t reverse into the dirty past, a combative but “bitterly disappointed” top American climate negotiator said Monday. During the first day of the U.N. climate talks, COP29, Climate Adviser John Podesta struck a defiant … Read more
NEW YORK — Toy giant Mattel says it “deeply” regrets an error on the packaging of its “Wicked” movie-themed dolls, which mistakenly links toy buyers to a pornographic website. The error gained attention on social media over the weekend, where numerous users shared photos of the URL printed on the back of the boxes for … Read more
Trump ally Elon Musk – the billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX – signaled his support for the president-elect’s controversial bid to place the Federal Reserve under control of the White House. Musk on Friday replied with a “100” emoji to a post on X from Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. “The Executive Branch … Read more
The South Bay is in for a large-scale transformation near the Port of Los Angeles as Phillips 66 shuts down its sprawling refineries and makes way for developers to reimagine the prime real estate. Potential replacements for the century-old refinery complex covering 650 acres include housing and last-mile distribution centers for e-commerce merchants, both of … Read more
Costco was forced to recall nearly 80,000 pounds of butter because the label failed to mention that the kitchen staple contains milk — and many social media users are rolling their eyes at the diary dilemma. The FDA sent out an initial recall for 79,200 pounds of Kirkland Signature butter due to the undeclared allergen … Read more
DETROIT — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is investigating complaints that engines can fail on as many as 1.4 million Honda and Acura vehicles. The probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers the 2016 through 2020 Honda Pilot and Acura MDX, as well as the 2018 through 2020 Honda Odyssey and Acura … Read more
The airing of the TV drama into the Post Office scandal “brought the urgency” to speed up compensation pay outs for sub-postmasters, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said. The government needed to be “seen to be doing the right thing”, said Badenoch, who was business secretary at the time. She accepted at the inquiry into … Read more
Homeworkers are using the time saved by not commuting to stay longer in bed, new figures suggest. They got an average of 24 minutes extra “sleep and rest” and spent an additional 15 minutes on things such as exercise, compared with people who worked away from their homes. The snapshot survey by the Office for … Read more
A hedge fund boss who is being sued by his own mother over unpaid debts has been living it up in Miami and jetting off on pricey vacations — even as his employees flee and his clients demand their cash back, The Post has learned. Jason Ader — CEO of Spring Owl Asset Management, an … Read more
The Labor Department issues its October report on consumer prices on Wednesday, The Walt Disney Co. releases its latest quarterly financial results before the bell on Thursday followed by the Labor Department’s latest report on weekly unemployment bene… A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week. INFLATION WATCH … Read more