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• Self-driving cars in Calif. exempt from traffic tickets — even if they crash: report

  2-1-2024 Business NY Post - Business 25

  Self-driving cars in California are reportedly immune from traffic tickets despite mounting accident reports involving the autonomous vehicles. An...

• Sidney Wolfe, fierce critic of Big Pharma and FDA, dead at 86

  2-1-2024 Business NY Post - Business 24

  American physician turned activist who relentlessly lobbied against drug companies and the US Food and Drug Administration, Sidney M. Wolfe, died...

• As AI booms, fear spreads that Biden is undercutting U.S. industry

  2-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 15

  America's artificial intelligence corporate sector is alive and thriving, but many in the tech trenches are expressing mounting concern that...

• Krispy Kreme, Morgan Stanley and Sherwin-Williams welcome new CEOs in 2024

  2-1-2024 Business NY Post - Business 24

  Several prominent companies will ring in the new year with a new CEO who officially assumes the role on New Year’s Day.

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• New York’s minimum-wage bump goes into effect — here’s how much Big Apple workers will be making

  2-1-2024 Business NY Post - Business 35

  New York’s minimum-wage workers had more than just a new year to celebrate on Monday — as the ball drop ushered in a series of annual pay bumps...

• Chinese EV giant BYD posts 62% jump in 2023 vehicle sales

  2-1-2024 Business NY Post - Business 24

  The Shenzhen-based automaker said it sold about 1.6 million battery EVs as well as about 1.4 million plug-in hybrid EVs.

• Oregon newspaper stops presses, fires staff after worker accused of $70K embezzlement scheme

  2-1-2024 Business NY Post - Business 20

  A weekly newspaper in Oregon halted publication and laid off its entire 10-person staff three days before Christmas after an employee allegedly...

• Legal contortions keep President Biden's unconfirmed labor secretary on the job

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 30

  President Biden's ultra-liberal nominee to run the Department of Labor couldn't muster the votes last year to win Senate confirmation, but she's...

• Organized crime blamed for nationwide scourge of shoplifting, smash-and-grab flash mobs

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 29

  Rampant shoplifting and organized retail theft, often unchecked by local governments and allowed to grow into a multibillion-dollar business, have...

• You bet! College Football Playoff semifinals could set gambling records

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 15

  Sportsbook director Jay Kornegay is anticipating massive crowds at Westgate's Las Vegas location this weekend and Monday to bet on the two College...

• Paula Abdul accuses 'American Idol' producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexual assault in lawsuit

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 32

  Paula Abdul has accused former "American Idol" producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the...

• A lithium-ion battery fire in a cargo ship's hold is out after several days of burning

  1-1-2024 Business Washington Times - Business 34

  After lithium-ion batteries burned in a large cargo ship's hold for a number of days, the U.S. Coast Guard said late Saturday that the fire was out...