Businesses look for customers and help during major utility work along 9th...
The burgers and their delicious toppings are competing for the attention of neighbors and visitors to Hell's Kitchen. Utility work on water mains and pipes along 9th Avenue has been going on for...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S9 is all about the camera
Watch Video NEW YORK — The South Korean tech giant on Sunday unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the world’s largest phone show. While the phones are about the...
View ArticleThe good, the bad, and all the issues shoppers faced on Black Friday
The holiday shopping season is on, and consumer experts say Black Friday did not disappoint — numbers were some of the best in recent years. Shoppers spent more than $600 million Friday morning, but...
View ArticleIs this the last Black Friday?
This could be a make-or-break holiday shopping season for some of America’s retailers. Economic conditions are good — unemployment is the lowest it’s been in 17 years, and credit is cheap and easily...
View ArticleBlue Cross Blue Shield will offer customers free Lyft rides
NEW YORK — Blue Cross Blue Shield wants you to make it to your doctor’s appointments — so much that it’s willing to pay for your Lyft. The health care provider announced Wednesday that it will offer...
View ArticleDo you work overtime? Here’s what you need to know
NEW YORK — If you get paid for working overtime, you can thank President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He signed the Fair Labor Standards Act into law in 1938. It's the same legislation that sets the federal...
View ArticleBebe is closing all its stores, the latest casualty in retail
NEW YORK — Bebe is closing all its stores, the latest brick-and-mortar retailer to get dumped by customers who would rather shop with their phones than their feet. Bebe Stores, which models itself as a...
View ArticleJCPenney stores get a temporary lifeline
NEW YORK — JCPenney tried to close the doors, but shoppers came pouring in. The company said Thursday that it’s decided to throw a temporary lifeline to 138 stores that it planned to close in April and...
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Neuhaus brings chocolate twist to ‘The Smurfs’ with mushroom house tin
The Neuhaus Smurf Mushroom House Tin features 24 pralines in Belgian chocolate. (Neuhaus) NEW YORK — It’s the Smurfs like you’ve never seen them. Belgian chocolatier Neuhaus unveiled their Smurfs...
View ArticleNetflix ditches star rating system for ‘thumbs up, thumbs down’
NEW YORK — From now on, rating Netflix movies will be a bit like using a dating app. At 9 a.m. ET Wednesday, Netflix’s five-star rating system vanished. In its place are “thumbs up” and “thumbs down”...
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Ford recalling 53,000 trucks that can roll away while parked
Ford F-250. (Getty Images) NEW YORK — Ford is recalling 53,000 2017 F-250 trucks because they can roll away even when they are parked due to a manufacturing error. Ford says drivers should use the...
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Samsung unveils Galaxy S8 months after exploding phone fiasco
The Samsung Galaxy S8 will come in two sizes. (Samsung) NEW YORK — Samsung seems to be playing it safe with its first major smartphone since the embarrassing recall of its fire-prone Note 7. The Galaxy...
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Elon Musk launches company to implant computers in human brains
Elon Musk speaks at the Paris-Sorbonne University in Paris on Dec. 2, 2015. (ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images) By Ese Olumhense ‘A closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence’ If...
View ArticleUnited Airlines in Twitter trouble over dress code rules
NEW YORK — An obscure dress code requirement that is part of a United Airlines employee perk caused a stir on Twitter on Sunday. The dust-up over United’s rules came after Shannon Watts, the founder of...
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Hyundai recalls 978,000 cars; seat belts can come loose
The Hyundai Sonata hybrid car on display Feb. 2, 2012. (Getty Images) DETROIT — Hyundai is recalling nearly 978,000 cars in the U.S. because the front seat belts could detach in a crash and fail to...
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Trader Joe’s recalls apple sauces that may contain glass
Trader Joe’s issued a recall for several apple sauce products after numerous reports of glass inside. (FDA) NEW YORK — Grocery store chain Trader Joe’s is recalling three apple sauce products over the...
View ArticleSears, Kmart join retailers dropping Trump merchandise
NEW YORK — Nordstrom. Neiman Marcus. TJ Maxx. And now, Sears and Kmart. Sears Holdings, the company that owns retail stores Sears and Kmart, reportedly said this weekend that it would remove 31...
View ArticleStarbucks pledges to hire 10,000 refugees
NEW YORK — Starbucks says it plans to hire 10,000 refugees over five years in the 75 countries where it does business. Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz outlined the company’s plan in a memo sent to...
View ArticleTaco Bell makes taco shell out of fried chicken
NEW YORK — Taco Bell is at it again and will be releasing it's latest concoction nationwide: a taco with a shell made entirely out of fried chicken. Taco Bell says the shell of the Naked Chicken...
View ArticleMacy’s to eliminate thousands of jobs, close stores amid weak sales
NEW YORK — Macy’s says it is eliminating more than 10,000 jobs and plans to move forward with 68 store closures after a disappointing holiday shopping season. The department store chain also lowered...
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