The claim: A Los Angeles gas station is charging customers $5.55 a gallon for fuel Gas prices are surging around the country, but not as wildly as some photos circulating on social media would suggest. In a Facebook post shared on March 15, a photo of a Chevron station in Los Angeles shows the price of a regular gallon of […]
Read moreEthan Miller/Getty Images The $1,400 stimulus checks being sent to Americans may have a limited impact on GameStop shares, says Bank of America. BofA has been analyzing non-fundamental factors on the shares including trading volume and short interest GameStop is set to release fourth-quarter earnings on March 23. See more stories on Insider's business page. GameStop shares are likely to […]
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A customer stabbed a restaurant worker multiple times after being asked to wear a mask. The League City Police Department issued an arrest warrant for the man. Many people have refused to wear masks at stores and restaurants since the mandate was lifted in Texas. See more stories on Insider’s business page. A restaurant manager was stabbed multiple times by […]
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Nike shares are falling on Friday, after the company reported mixed earnings report and confirmed it was laying off employees. The athletic apparel retailer is struggling with backlogged ports in North America and sluggish brick-and-mortar sales in other parts of the globe. The company declined to say how many employees would lose their jobs, but said it is "shifting resources […]
Read moreMaja Hitij/Getty Images Anthony Scaramucci tweeted Friday that Elon Musk's bitcoin investments don't conflict with the Tesla CEO's mission to fight climate change. Scaramucci said Musk wouldn't invest in a "dirty asset," and said that bitcoin mining can be powered by renewables. His comments come amid concerns bitcoin mining is wasting energy and harming the climate. Sign up here for […]
Read moreThis is an automated machine translation of an article published by Business Insider in a different language. Machine translations can generate errors or inaccuracies; we will continue the work to improve these translations. You can find the original version here. Poles are trying to make the situation caused by the pandemic more pleasant. Double-digit increases are recorded among others in […]
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Polyethylene may be the underdog in the future of fabrics, according to engineers at MIT — and its recent research proves that the previously underrated material can actually be a wearable textile. Largely dismissed by the scientific community, polyethylene could now be a star in its own right. Polyethylene is prized for being thin and lightweight — think of plastic […]
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Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (NASDAQ: KDP) made a handy gain to close out the week, after a prominent analyst issued an upgrade on the stock. While Keurig has benefited from the reopening trade lately, this analyst thinks it could go even higher. JPMorgan upgraded Keurig to Overweight from Neutral and issued a price target of $39, which implies upside of […]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big U.S. banks will have to resume holding an extra layer of loss-absorbing capital against U.S. Treasuries and central bank deposits from next month after the Federal Reserve said on Friday it would not extend a temporary pandemic regulatory break due to expire this month.FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is pictured in Washington, DC, U.S., August […]
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