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 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:34:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzGkcYA88samezdsCmHakzH Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressed confidence in the nation's banks Tuesday but said she is prepared to take additional action to safeguard smaller financial institutions as the Biden administration and federal regulators work to contain fallout from fears over the stability of the U.S. banking system.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:28:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzGkcYA88samezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzGkcYA88samV1cWWor9YPv NetChoice, a tech industry group funded by Google parent Alphabet and Facebook parent Meta Platforms, launched a new litigation center Tuesday, signaling a shift in its playbook as battles over Silicon Valley regulation shift from Congress to the courts.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:25:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzGkcYA88samV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzGkcYA88sameT5HJgy6HUf DETROIT -- Stellantis will stop making gas versions of the Dodge Challenger and Charger, and Chrysler 300 sedan by the end of the year, squeezed out by stricter government fuel-economy regulations and an accelerating shift to electric vehicles to fight climate change.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:22:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzGkcYA88sameT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxAhRfaF_mpqHn9ye8UNv30 Some of the world's biggest investors are looking beyond interest rate increases, bank failures and the threat of recession to one of the greatest fears of all money managers -- missing out on the next big rally.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:14:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxAhRfaF_mpqHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uw-8lypj_t9sZs0ohxaO6Yr Stocks rallied Tuesday, led by the banks most beaten down by the industry's crisis, and some of Wall Street's fear washed out on hopes that the U.S. government will offer more help if needed.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:13:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uw-8lypj_t9sZs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uw-8lypj_t9sXn9ye8UNv30 TikTok went on a counteroffensive Tuesday amid increasing Western pressure over cybersecurity and misinformation concerns.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:10:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uw-8lypj_t9sXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxUZgVM7znlcKCY3L745TL_ Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is trying to project calm after regional bank failures, saying the U.S. banking system is "sound" but additional rescue arrangements "could be warranted" if any new failures at smaller institutions pose a risk to financial stability.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uxUZgVM7znlcKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uyI9VtVvUYh6Hn9ye8UNv30 WASHINGTON -- Still grappling with persistently high inflation, the Federal Reserve faces an entirely new -- and in some ways conflicting -- challenge as it meets to consider interest rates this week: How to restore calm to a nervous banking system.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:06:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uyI9VtVvUYh6Hn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzTvyqaxBPckXn9ye8UNv30 NEW YORK -- Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:03:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uzTvyqaxBPckXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uy89-6ipphuU-zdsCmHakzH The U.S. Air Force's new five-year spending plan envisions requesting more than $73 billion to develop and procure its new B-21 bomber and Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile, both produced by Northrop Grumman, according to newly released figures.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:58:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uy89-6ipphuU-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uy89-6ipphuU8b1naedg1wr SAN FRANCISCO -- On a recent Saturday at noon, about 150 Bay Area techies lined up for a marathon coding session at a $58 million mansion in Silicon Valley that serves as a "hacker house" for startup founders, engineers and researchers.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:53:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uy89-6ipphuU8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uy89-6ipphuU3n9ye8UNv30 NEW YORK -- Stocks rose on Wall Street on Monday after regulators pushed together two huge banks over the weekend and made other moves to build confidence in the struggling industry.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:43:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uy89-6ipphuU3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uy89-6ipphuU6CY3L745TL_ Nearly half of human resource leaders polled by consulting firm Gartner said they're in the process of formulating guidance on employees' use of OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:40:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uy89-6ipphuU6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uy89-6ipphuUylmFkX7M1Jw The Walt Disney Co. plans to lay off about 4,000 people companywide as part of the 7,000 job cuts Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger announced in February, according to a report by Business Insider.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:34:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uy89-6ipphuUylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uy89-6ipphuU-T5HJgy6HUf For many, reaching a six-figure salary is a watershed moment, yet it's an illusory milestone: In reality, take-home pay is much lower after taxes and factoring in the cost of living in many major cities. That's especially true with slowing wage gains and nearly two years of persistent inflation.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:29:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uy89-6ipphuU-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uyEgd0-UaCN_SejEQ2Mq9rY Silicon Valley Bank's collapse rattled the technology industry that had been the bank's backbone, leaving shell-shocked entrepreneurs thankful for the government reprieve that saved their money while they mourned the loss of a place that served as a chummy club of innovation.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:07:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uyEgd0-UaCN_SejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwEuSKIS5IgxuzdsCmHakzH In a matter of days, Saudi Arabia carried out blockbuster agreements with the world's two leading powers -- China and the United States.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:06:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwEuSKIS5IgxuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwEuSKIS5Igxl1cWWor9YPv DEL RIO, Texas -- Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated and spooked the U.S. public, Kyle Bass foresaw what he deemed another foreign danger slated for skies above the Texas-Mexico border: wind turbines.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:04:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwEuSKIS5Igxl1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwEuSKIS5Igxsb1naedg1wr When Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, it agreed to build a massive, cutting-edge supercomputer for the artificial intelligence research start-up. The only problem: Microsoft didn't have anything like what OpenAI needed and wasn't totally sure it could build something that big in its Azure cloud service without it breaking.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:04:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwEuSKIS5Igxsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwEuSKIS5Igxnn9ye8UNv30 The Biden administration's approval of a major oil development in northern Alaska commits the U.S. to yet another decades-long crude project even as scientists urgently warn that only a halt to more fossil fuel emissions can stem climate change.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:02:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Y6CmDXVC9uwEuSKIS5Igxnn9ye8UNv30