(NEW YORK) -- Concerns about inflation have increasingly turned to concerns about the job market. Last month’s weaker than expected jobs report led to turmoil in stocks.The U.S. added 142,000 jobs in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report on Friday. The figure was lower than expectations.The reports…
(NEW YORK) -- Federal safety regulators are calling for an investigation into popular Chinese e-commerce websites Shein and Temu over concerns shoppers can easily purchase baby and toddler products that do not meet U.S. safety regulations.In a joint letter Monday, Consumer Product Safety Commission Commissioners Peter A. Feldman and Douglas…
(LOS ANGELES) -- Waymo, the self-driving car division of Alphabet, first began offering its autonomous rideshare service on the streets of San Francisco earlier this year. Now the company is expanding, recently launching in Los Angeles.Waymo’s electric Jaguar I-Pace SUVs operate as taxis, except there's nobody in the driver’s seat.…
(NEW YORK) -- Toy giant Fisher-Price is recalling hundreds of thousands of dumbbell toys due to a potential choking hazard.The dumbbell toys were included in the Fisher-Price Baby Biceps Gift Set, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced the recall on Thursday. About 366,200 recalled units were sold…
(NEW YORK) -- A new bill that would allow some undocumented immigrants to receive loans to buy homes is sparking debate as it passes through the California Legislature.Assembly Bill 1840 would make it clear that a person who applies for a loan under the California Dream for All Program cannot…
(NEW YORK) -- United Airlines flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants, moved closer to a strike Wednesday after the union announced that 99.99% of service members voted in favor of strike authorization.The vote included 90% of the United Airlines flight attendant staff.Among the strike requests, flight attendants…
(NEW YORK) -- This summer brought lots of buzz around "tourist taxes" and other fees that can get tacked on to normal travel expenses. Now, another fee that may be familiar to avid cruisers is increasing on one major cruise line.The so-called "Crew Appreciation" fee is a daily amount that's…
(NEW YORK) -- More than 9,500 cases of 100% apple juice that were sold at Walmart have been recalled due to high levels of arsenic.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration upgraded the level of the apple juice recall, originally issued on Aug. 15, from unclassified to class 2, which indicates…
(NEW YORK) -- Rising inflation has driven mortgage rates up, making it difficult for many Americans to find an affordable home. As a result, many potential buyers find themselves waiting for an interest rate cut to bring mortgage prices down.For more than a year, LaToya Trotter has worked closely with…
(WASHINGTON) -- Borrowers eager for the Federal Reserve to abandon high interest rates could not have scripted a better four-word declaration than the one on Friday from Fed Chair Jerome Powell: "The time has come."Powell indicated that the Fed would soon bring interest rates down from a 23-year high. The…
