The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Images Tax breaks worth trillions of dollars are scheduled to expire after 2025 without extension from Congress — including a hefty deduction for millions of self-employed filers and business owners. Enacted by former President Donald Trump, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 created the qualified business … Read more
The content creator platform at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Ill. Democratic National Convention staff More than 200 digital content creators will attend the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week with dedicated “creator credentials” that will grant these influencers special access to the party’s convention. “Bringing creators to our convention will multiply … Read more
DirecTV and Disney have reached a deal that brings Disney’s ESPN and other channels back to the pay-tv provider’s customers after a roughly two week blackout. The deal comes in time for college football this Saturday, which airs on ABC, ESPN, as well as the SEC Network and ACC Network, as well as the Emmy … Read more
Workers with picket signs outside the Boeing Co. manufacturing facility during a strike in Everett, Washington, US, on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. M. Scott Brauer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing announced sweeping cost cuts Monday, including a hiring freeze, a pause on nonessential staff travel and a reduction on supplier spending to preserve cash … Read more
Christopher L. Winfrey, CEO of Charter Communications. Courtesy: Charter Communications Charter Communications CEO Chris Winfrey said he wants customers to think of reliability and credibility when they think of their cable and broadband provider. The cable giant told CNBC it is unveiling a series of changes Monday to bolster that goal, including rolling out new … Read more
United Automobile Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union on Monday said it had filed federal unfair labor practice charges against … Read more
NEW YORK — Dick Moss, the lawyer who won the arbitration case that created free agency for baseball players and revolutionized pay for professional athletes, has died. He was 93. Moss died Saturday at an assisted-living residence in Santa Monica, California, the Major League Baseball Players Association said Sunday. He had been in poor health … Read more
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags. California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and other stores, but shoppers could … Read more
Designer Michael Kors poses backstage before the Michael Kors Collection Fall 2017 runway show at Spring Studios in New York City on Feb. 15, 2017. Dimitrios Kambouris | Getty Images NEW YORK CITY — In a federal courtroom on Monday, storied fashion designer Michael Kors spoke about the steep challenge of staying relevant in a … Read more
A Starlink terminal installed on a Hawaiian Airlines aircraft. Hawaiian Airlines PARIS — SpaceX nearly doubled its backlog of Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi orders with last week’s United Airlines deal, a company director said Tuesday. “Very excited that we have about 2,500 aircraft under contract now, bringing what was effectively a startup to now what we … Read more