Category Archives: Business News – ABC Audio
What to expect from more grocery store price hikes, products impacted
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Prices have continued to climb from the grocery store to the gas station amid the pandemic. According to a new report, the prices of some foods and household stapl...
Jan 27, 2022
Commission approves new safety standards for crib mattresses
Kyryl Gorlov / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After 139 child deaths since 2010, new safety standards for crib mattresses will go into effect this fall. The Consumer Product Safety Commission approve...
Jan 26, 2022
Commission approves new safety standards for crib mattresses
Kyryl Gorlov / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After 139 child deaths since 2010, new safety standards for crib mattresses will go into effect this fall. The Consumer Product Safety Commission approve...
Jan 26, 2022
Black-owned autonomous grocery store opens in Georgia
Nourish + Bloom Market(FAYETTEVILLE, Ga.) -- When Jilea Hemmings' oldest son was diagnosed with autism, she and her husband, Jamie, started experimenting with food that seemed to help improve their ch...
Jan 26, 2022
Why the global chip shortage threatens the economy, national security and Americans' 'status quo'
Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In an increasingly digitized world, almost no industry has been left unscathed by the global shortage of electronic chips. Demand for these dime...
Jan 26, 2022
Bitcoin operation ignites debate around the waste from coal mining in Pennsylvania
ABC News(PITTSBURGH) -- A once-dormant power plant is humming with activity outside Pittsburgh as thousands of miners work 24 hours a day. The miners at this site aren’t people, but supercompute...
Jan 25, 2022
Tesla files countersuit against JPMorgan, accuses bank of 'illegitimate machinations'
iStock/jetcityimage(NEW YORK) -- Tesla filed a counterclaim against JPMorgan Chase Monday, the latest salvo in an ongoing battle between the electric automaker and the country’s biggest bank. Th...
Jan 24, 2022
Intel investing $20 billion to bring chip manufacturing to Ohio amid global shortage
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Amid a global chip shortage that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Intel announced Friday that it will invest more than $20 billion in two new chip factories in Ohio. ...
Jan 21, 2022
Instagram testing feature that lets creators charge subscription fees
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A small handful of Instagram content creators can now directly charge followers a monthly subscription fee for exclusive content a...
Jan 21, 2022
Amazon announces its 1st clothing store: here's what to know
Chris Ratcliff/Bloomberg via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Amazon has expanded in many ways throughout the years, and now the e-commerce giant is launching a brick-and-mortar clothing store. The compan...
Jan 20, 2022
