Follow Nortwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette - National Business, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/nwaonline11 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:01:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwi23Q2J8cEK3n9ye8UNv30 New U.S. home construction unexpectedly strengthened in December to the fastest pace in nine months, led by apartment projects and suggesting builders found some success navigating shortages of materials and labor.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:39:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwi23Q2J8cEK3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwi23Q2J8cEKyejEQ2Mq9rY PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As climate change pushes states to dramatically cut their use of fossil fuels, many are coming to the conclusion that solar, wind and other renewable power sources might not be enough to keep the lights on.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:38:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwi23Q2J8cEKyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzxu6xCB454P-zdsCmHakzH Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Wednesday and deepened the weekly losses for major indexes following another choppy day of trading.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:37:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzxu6xCB454P-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzxu6xCB454P8b1naedg1wr NEW YORK -- Bank of America said its profits rose 28% last quarter from a year earlier, but the bank faced the same wage inflation as its Wall Street counterparts.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:32:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzxu6xCB454P8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzxu6xCB454P6CY3L745TL_ The Chicago Public Media board voted Tuesday evening to move forward with its acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times, combining the long-struggling daily newspaper with resurgent public radio station WBEZ-FM as one nonprofit multimedia newsroom.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:32:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzxu6xCB454P6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzxu6xCB454P-T5HJgy6HUf Starbucks is no longer requiring its U.S. workers to be vaccinated against covid-19, reversing a plan it announced earlier this month.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:29:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzxu6xCB454P-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzxu6xCB454P5VjH6qdYdAk Regions Financial Corp. is joining the ranks of lenders overhauling their overdraft fees as politicians, regulators and consumer advocates criticize the charges.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:26:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzxu6xCB454P5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxWPalFYnnWlClmFkX7M1Jw Major international airlines canceled flights heading to the U.S. or changed the planes they're using Wednesday, the latest complication in a dispute over concerns that new 5G mobile phone service could interfere with aircraft technology.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 22:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxWPalFYnnWlClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxRx4u6BnePtSejEQ2Mq9rY AT&T and Verizon will delay launching new wireless service near key airports after the nation's largest airlines said the service would interfere with aircraft technology and cause extensive flight disruptions.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:07:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxRx4u6BnePtSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzf8W5qdGNdCSejEQ2Mq9rY Technology companies led a broad sell-off Tuesday on Wall Street as bond yields surged amid renewed jitters that the Federal Reserve will act more aggressively than expected to tackle rising inflation.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:25:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzf8W5qdGNdCSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwXpXMCkMzZDcb1naedg1wr WASHINGTON -- U.S. competition regulators have mounted an effort to tighten enforcement against illegal mergers, in line with President Joe Biden's mandate for greater scrutiny of big business combinations.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:15:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwXpXMCkMzZDcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwXpXMCkMzZDSlmFkX7M1Jw Microsoft is paying nearly $70 billion for Activision Blizzard, the maker of Candy Crush and Call of Duty, to boost its competitiveness in mobile gaming and virtual-reality technology.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:13:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwXpXMCkMzZDSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxBxAQ-Xn9fi5s0ohxaO6Yr Europeans bought more electric cars than diesels in December, an illustration of the growing popularity of battery power and the decline of diesel, which was once the most popular engine option in Europe.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:11:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxBxAQ-Xn9fi5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxBxAQ-Xn9fi3n9ye8UNv30 HOUSTON -- Exxon Mobil, under increasing pressure from investors to address climate change, announced Tuesday that it had the "ambition" to reach zero net greenhouse gas emissions from its operations by 2050.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:09:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxBxAQ-Xn9fi3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxBxAQ-Xn9fi5VjH6qdYdAk California prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people in 2019.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:06:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxBxAQ-Xn9fi5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uyIpR676uFZ6ps0ohxaO6Yr In its drive to add revenue from sales of software and services, General Motors is launching an online parts store that will give GM vehicle owners the ability to buy parts direct.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:04:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uyIpR676uFZ6ps0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uyKmhd_qSvC_KCY3L745TL_ The airline industry is raising the stakes in a showdown with AT&T and Verizon over plans to launch new 5G wireless service this week, warning that thousands of flights could be grounded or delayed if the rollout takes place near major airports.]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:49:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uyKmhd_qSvC_KCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxnOfAlG4tEhqCY3L745TL_ BOSTON -- DirecTV plans to drop One America News Network, significantly shrinking the reach of the right-wing TV channel friendly to Donald Trump and widely criticized for spreading misinformation, including the former president's false claim that he won the 2020 election.]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:42:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxnOfAlG4tEhqCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxeamIRQ65q1cb1naedg1wr GENEVA -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that his country will send an additional 1 billion doses of covid-19 vaccines to other countries, calling for global cooperation to tackle the pandemic and other challenges while urging other powers to discard a "Cold-War mentality."]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:25:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxeamIRQ65q1cb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxIT89BECUuAJVjH6qdYdAk MEXICO CITY -- Things were looking bad for the Holland America cruise liner as it glided up Mexico's Pacific coast just before New Year's Day. Twenty-eight crew members had tested positive for the coronavirus. Two of the country's ports had refused to let the ship dock.]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2022 11:55:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxIT89BECUuAJVjH6qdYdAk