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Chipotle hiding $1M worth of free burritos in ads during NBA Finals
hapabapa/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As the Suns and the Bucks face off in the NBA Finals, Chipotle is giving away millions in free burritos. Amid the on-court action of Tuesday's Game 1 broadcast, Chipotle r...
Kelly McCarthy, ABC News Jul 07, 2021

Kim Kardashian temporarily shutting down KKW Beauty, relaunching 'completely new brand'
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for ULTA Beauty / KKW Beauty(NEW YORK) -- Kim Kardashian is saying goodbye to KKW Beauty. Kim took to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday to announce that she'll be tempo...
George Costantino, ABC News Jul 07, 2021

Rising food costs cause supermarkets to stockpile inventory
ferrantraite/iStock(NEW YORK) -- At the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, consumers had a hard time finding household products like toilet paper, hand soap and hand sanitizer because people were stock...
ABC News Jul 07, 2021

Pentagon cancels $10B JEDI cloud contract involving Amazon, Microsoft
Phototreat/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- After years of legal wrangling, the Department of Defense has canceled its cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could have been worth $10 billion. The contract...
Luis Martinez and Catherine Thorbeck, ABC News Jul 06, 2021

Gas prices climb as crude oil briefly hits highest prices in six years
Marina113/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Crude oil prices briefly reached their highest levels in six years early Tuesday before retreating slightly, as surging post-pandemic oil demand and fizzled talks among p...
Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News Jul 06, 2021

How this 28-year-old's pandemic cookie business became a celebrity favorite
PamelaJoeMcFarlane/iStock(NEW YORK) -- When Lara Adekoya started baking cookies at the start of the pandemic, she never anticipated that a year later, celebrities like Issa Rae, Jenna Dewan, Jennifer ...
Stephanie Mendez, ABC News Jul 06, 2021

How to make returning to the office less painful
alvarez/iStock(NEW YORK) -- While some tech companies, such as Twitter and DropBox, have said that employees may work remotely forever, many companies are planning a partial or full return to the offi...
Erin Schumaker, ABC News Jul 05, 2021

French automaker Bugatti survived two world wars. Can it outlast the electric crusade?
Bugatti(NEW YORK) -- Does every automaker have to go electric? Industry trends and government regulations are pointing in that direction. No more naturally aspirated engines. No more turbochargers. No...
Morgan Korn, ABC News Jul 05, 2021

Air travel sets new pandemic record ahead of 4th of July holiday weekend
npstockphoto/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Air travel continues to soar past pre-pandemic levels, as passengers contend with long waits, lines and cancellations this Fourth of July holiday. The Transportation S...
Meredith Deliso, ABC News Jul 05, 2021

The fight over the 'Fight for $15': A tipped wage worker, a restaurant owner and a representative
Carrie Schweitzer(NEW YORK) -- Carrie Schweitzer has been a waitress since she was 12. Now 50, she said back then employers didn't check, so she lied and told them she was 17. "I was 13 years old the ...
Lauren Lantry, Cheyenne Haslett and Sarah Kolinovsky, ABC News Jul 05, 2021
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