The Washington Post has lost at least 250,000 subscribers since announcing last friday that it would not endorse a candidate for president — roughly 10 percent of its digital following, the newspaper reported Wednesday. The Post would not officially confirm that figure, saying it was a private company, but it was reported in a story…
Starbucks offers oat milk as a dairy-free option. Source: Starbucks starbucks said Wednesday that it will remove the surcharge for dairy substitutes, saving some US customers more than 10% on their drinks. The change goes into effect Nov. 7 and follows years of pleading from customers to eliminate the extra fee, especially as milk alternatives…
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have bought another piece of Wrexham — its brewery. Four years after their out-of-the-blue purchase of Wrexham’s struggling soccer team, the Hollywood celebrities have further invested in the city in north Wales by becoming co-owners of Wrexham Lager. Wrexham Lager, which is one of the soccer team’s sponsors, was founded…
LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. doesn’t think Marvel executives would ever recreate his portrayal of Tony Stark using artificial intelligence. But if they did, he would lawyer up — even posthumously. On a recent episode of the “On With Kara Swisher” podcast, the Oscar-winning actor said he intends to “sue…
A customer holds a bag of food outside of a Chipotle restaurant in New York on Jan. 12, 2024. Angus Mordant Bloomberg | Getty Images Chipotle Mexican Grill on tuesday reported mixed quarterly results despite another quarter of higher traffic to its restaurants. Shares of the company fell 3% in extended trading. Here’s what the…
McDonald’s Chris Kempczinski speaks about fresh beef expansion at a McDonald’s event in Oak Brook, Illinois. Richa Naidu reuters A week after health authorities publicly linked a deadly E. coli outbreak to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers, the company’s CEO, Chris Kempczinski, told investors that the situation is now behind them. “How we’ve handled the issue,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. , During the six decades since United Record Pressing stamped out the Beatles’ first US single, the country’s oldest vinyl record maker has survived 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, Napster, iPods and streaming services. Now, the Nashville-based company has rebounded so dramatically that some of its equipment and technology has been retrofitted to keep pace…
NEW YORK — Billionaire Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate as “right” and “principled” and pushed back against any notion that he ordered it up to protect his business interests. That decision, announced Friday, has reportedly led to tens of thousands of people canceling…
Ford and Lincoln vehicles are displayed for sale at a Ford dealership on August 21, 2024 in Glendale, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images DETROIT— Ford Motors guided to the low end of its previously announced 2024 earnings forecast as it slightly topped Wall Street’s third-quarter expectations. The Detroit automaker said Monday it now expects…
Let no one accuse Brian Williams of trying to lower expectations a week before his election night special coverage on Amazon Prime Video. “This will be the first — if you’ll forgive the phrase — new product introduction in the election night space since color television,” the former NBC News anchor said shortly after landing…
