Category Archives: Business News – ABC Audio
What it's like to ride in a self-driving taxi
ABC News(SAN FRANCISCO) -- With self-driving cars already here, San Francisco took another step forward recently, allowing companies to offer driverless taxi services in the city. Last month, official...
Sep 06, 2023
Over 15K pounds of Hillshire Smoked Sausage recalled due to possible contamination with bone fragments
USDA(NEW YORK) -- Hillshire Brands Company has recalled nearly 15,876 pounds of blended meat and poultry smoked sausage products "that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically bone ...
Sep 06, 2023
Four-day workweek, 46% raise: UAW makes 'audacious' demands ahead of possible strike against Big 3 automakers
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(DETROIT) -- A four-day workweek at full-time pay, a 46% wage increase and a share of company profits are among the demands of the union representing approximately 150,0...
Sep 05, 2023
Dispute between Disney and Spectrum: Here's what to know
Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 15 million cable viewers lost access to ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels over Labor Day weekend when the globa...
Sep 05, 2023
Everything we know about the new Disney Treasure cruise ship
Disney(NEW YORK) -- The all-new Disney Treasure is the sixth ship to join the magical Disney Cruise Line fleet, and while it doesn't officially set sail until December 2024, ABC News' Good Morning Ame...
Sep 05, 2023
Lucid CEO has a plan to end Americans' range anxiety
Lucid Motors(NEW YORK) -- America has range anxiety. Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson may have an answer. Rawlinson, an industry veteran who previously engineered cars for Tesla, Lotus and Jaguar, bui...
Sep 04, 2023
Why the August jobs report bodes well for the inflation fight, according to economists
Kwanchai Lerttanapunyaporn/EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. hiring spree slowed in recent months as employers took on fewer workers and provided smaller wage increases, government data r...
Sep 01, 2023
Labor Day weekend travel forecast: What to know before hitting the road, heading to the airport
Greg Bajor/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the summer winds down, Labor Day weekend travel is about to get underway. Here's what you need to know before hitting the road or heading to the airport. The sk...
Sep 01, 2023
Student loan interest to resume, inching closer to end of loan payment pause
by Marc Guitard/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- It's a moment those with student loans have been dreading -- payments are one step closer to resuming. After a three-year pause on federal student loan paym...
Aug 31, 2023
Change in how feds see marijuana could mean big tax cut for pot retailers
Anton Petrus/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is rethinking how it classifies marijuana under a federal list of drugs, a move that could allow the cannabis industry to save potenti...
Aug 31, 2023
