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wera Rodsawang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The cost of child care in the U.S. is rising at nearly double the pace of overall inflation, according to a new report by tax firm KPMG. Between 1990 and April 2024, the cost of day care and preschool rose 263%, according to KPMG. The consumer price index, the […]

The Hyundai Motor Co. logo is seen on the front grill of a Santa Fe sports utility vehicle (SUV) at the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) facility in Montgomery, Alabama, July 19, 2017. — Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Labor filed a complaint against a Hyundai manufacturing plant in […]

An employee adds sour cream to a burrito bowl at a Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 2, 2019. (Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE) (NEW YORK) — Social media is full of hot takes, especially when it comes to food and more recently amid shrinkflation and higher food costs — people’s perceived […]

(NEW YORK) — Nissan has issued a “do not drive” warning for 83,920 vehicles from model years 2002-2006 with recalled Takata airbags. The warning covers certain model year 2002-2006 Nissan Sentras, 2002-2004 Nissan Pathfinders and 2002-2003 Infiniti QX4s. The vehicles were already subject to open Takata airbag recalls from 2020. A vehicle’s frontal passenger airbag […]

(NEW YORK) — Across the nation, more than $20 billion is waiting to be reclaimed by citizens who may not even know they may be owed cash from “unclaimed property,” which can include uncashed paychecks, refunds or deposits. “It turns out so many people have unclaimed property. You may be in for a very pleasant […]

T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert speaks during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event, Aug. 25, 2022, in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. (Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — T-Mobile, one of the nation’s largest wireless providers, announced on Tuesday that it will acquire most of U.S. Cellular in a $4.4 billion deal. The agreement would grant T-Mobile […]

(NEW YORK) — A company that posted a discriminatory job advertisement seeking only white candidates has been fined by the federal government and come to separate agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Labor as punishment, according to officials. Arthur Grand Technologies, an information technology services firm based in Virginia, posted a […]

A worker hands food to a customer at the drive-thru window of a Burger King fast food restaurant in Hialeah, Florida, April 18, 2024. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Burger King is throwing its crown into the summer savings fast food ring as customers continue to voice frustrations over high costs […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration announced this week that it is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve in an effort to reduce prices when drivers hit the road this summer. The gasoline will be sold in 100,000-barrel tranches over a six-week stretch between Memorial Day and July 4, bolstering the nation’s […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department and dozens of state and district attorneys general filed a major antitrust lawsuit Thursday seeking the breakup of Ticketmaster owner Live Nation Entertainment over what they allege is the company’s unlawful dominance over the concert ticket sales industry. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Southern District of New […]