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Several leading automakers adjusted their electric vehicle (EV) goals and scaled back plans in 2024 as a response to sluggish consumer demand for EVs in the auto market. Automakers aren’t abandoning EVs and continue to see them as an important part of their product line heading into the future, but have eased some of their previously

Worker strikes were a significant issue in 2024. From dockworkers to Starbucks baristas, tens of thousands of employees walked off their jobs in conflict with management.  Several of the strikes were more local, not affecting overall operations, but one strike could have caused supply chain issues that would have impacted the holiday season and beyond. 

Hundreds of thousands of eggs sold at Costcos that were part of a recall issued last month have a “reasonable” likelihood that consumption may cause serious health problems or death, due to being contaminated with salmonella, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On Friday, the FDA slapped the Handsome Brook Farms eggs

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The group behind the meme coin named after viral “Hawk Tuah Girl” Hailey Welch has been hit with a lawsuit from investors after the $HAWK coin crashed within hours of its launch. The complaint filed in New York on Thursday accuses Tuah The Moon Foundation; overHere Ltd and founder Clinton So; and influencer Alex Larson

Tesla has recalled more than 694,000 of its Model 3, Model Y and Cybertruck electric vehicles. The recalled vehicles “installed a software release that was not compliant with the tire pressure monitoring system malfunction telltale requirement” issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), according to the Tuesday recall report submitted by the EV