Production is now set to begin at the former Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, less than two years after GM announced the massive $2.2 billion investment to fully renovate the facility to build a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors DETROIT – President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala … Read more
PAIPORTA, Spain — The mangled car in which Jorge Tarazona’s three-year-old niece and sister-in-law perished in last week’s catastrophic flooding in Spain now hangs halfway off the ragged edge of highway. His brother managed to survive, clinging to a fence. He and his family had been caught in traffic driving home to Paiporta on Valencia’s … Read more
U.S. stock futures rallied as Donald Trump appeared to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris in one of the most contentious elections in U.S. history. Dow Futures Spike: 3:30 a.m. ET Dow futures spiked over 1,000 points, before pulling back, as Trump took the stage at his headquarters in Florida, thanking his supporters and promising to … Read more
On-the-job agita is unavoidable, but a new study suggests that 26% of the adult population could be just a bit more stress-prone at work than others. Researchers at Osaka University found that Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) are “more susceptible” to stress and may be experiencing it at higher levels than their colleagues. They said this … Read more
LONDON — The price of bitcoin hit a new high on Wednesday as investors bet that former President Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election will be a boon for cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin jumped nearly 8% to a record $75,345.00 in early trading, before falling back to about $73,500.00. Trump was previously a crypto skeptic … Read more
Honda said its profits slipped nearly 20% in the first half of the fiscal year from the same period the previous year, as sales suffered in China, the Japanese automaker TOKYO — Honda’s profits slipped nearly 20% in the first half of the fiscal year from the same period the previous year, as sales suffered … Read more
TOKYO — Toyota’s July-September profit sank to less than half of what it was in the same period the previous year, as a production stoppage that followed a certification scandal and recalls dented vehicle sales, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday. Toyota Motor Corp.’s quarterly profit through September totaled 573.7 billion yen ($3.7 billion), down from … Read more
A person walks by a CVS Pharmacy store in Manhattan, New York, on Nov. 15, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters CVS Health on Wednesday reported mixed third-quarter results as higher medical costs squeezed its bottom line. The earnings report is CEO David Joyner’s first at the helm of the troubled retail drugstore chain. The company … Read more
Investors around the world are closely watching the US presidential election for clues on the outcome. Benchmark stock indexes in Japan and Australia made gains in Wednesday morning trade, while the US dollar was higher against other major currencies. The result of the election is expected to have a major impact on economies across Asia. … Read more
A group of unsecured creditors pushed to derail the sale of bankrupt gym chain Blink to a UK company after it won an auction over Planet Fitness, The Post has learned. Planet Fitness — the largest gym chain in the US with more than 2,000 locations — had made an 11th-hour bid to acquire Blink, … Read more