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A New, Full-Bodied Fraud Comes in a Whisky Barrel
April 25, 2025
There are some 48,000 barrels of Scotch whisky quietly aging in Martin Armstrong’s warehouses in southwestern Scotland. Last year, 17 of them became a problem.Mr. Armstrong normally deals with...
U.S. Urges Japan and South Korea to Commit to $44 Billion Alaska Gas Project
April 25, 2025
Officials in the United States are urging Japan and South Korea to make a formal commitment within the next few weeks to a $44 billion natural gas project in...
What Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, Too
April 25, 2025
President Trump and Elon Musk promised taxpayers big savings, maybe even a “DOGE dividend” check in their mailboxes, when the Department of Government Efficiency was let loose on the...
Publisher of PCMag and Mashable Sues OpenAI
April 24, 2025
Ziff Davis, the digital publisher behind tech sites like Mashable, PCMag and Lifehacker, sued OpenAI on Thursday, joining a wave of media companies accusing the artificial intelligence giant of...
Stocks Extend Gains as Investors Weigh Fed Rates and Tariff Talk
April 24, 2025
Stocks rose on Thursday, marking a third consecutive daily rally as investors hope for an easing of President Trump’s trade wars and weigh comments from a Federal Reserve official...
A Sign That Consumers Are Anxious: They’re Cutting Back on Snacks
April 24, 2025
Consumers, worried about the economy, are pulling back on their spending, and that anxiety is translating into lower sales and profits for some of the country’s largest consumer-oriented companies.On...