Business

Apple rolls out Apple Pay Later — a buy now, pay later service

5:08am March 30, 2023

NPR's A Martinez talks to Lauren Saunders of the National Consumer Law Center, about Apple allowing some iPhone users to pay for purchases up to $1,000 in installments using Apple Pay Later.

Internal Revenue Service taxes forms are seen on Feb. 13, 2019.

These are the states with the highest and lowest tax burdens, a report says

4:52am March 30, 2023

by Ayana Archie

A new report by WalletHub measured how much people pay in property, income and sales tax in proportion to the amount of money they make.

Yang Bing-Yi started the Din Tai Fung restaurant with his wife in Taipei in 1972. From there, the restaurant grew into a chain of more than 170 locations around the world, known for steamed soup dumplings.

World News

Yang Bing-Yi, patriarch of Taiwan's soup dumpling empire, has died

9:16pm March 29, 2023

by Emily Feng

The cofounder of Taiwan's famed Din Tai Fung restaurant chain died at 96, his company announced March 26. He helped turn delicate soup dumplings into a global phenomenon, even earning Michelin stars.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (left) will question Howard Schultz, who recently stepped down as Starbucks CEO, on the company's resistance to its workers unionizing.

In clash with Bernie Sanders, Starbucks' Howard Schultz insists he's no union buster

6:50pm March 29, 2023

by Alina Selyukh

A hearing for the history books: The resolutely anti-union architect of the modern Starbucks faces the outspoken champion of the union movement in Congress.

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People visit Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on April 18, 2022.

Disney World board picked by DeSantis says predecessors stripped them of power

6:01pm March 29, 2023

by The Associated Press

Board members picked to oversee the governance of Disney World said their predecessors pulled a fast one on them by passing restrictive covenants that strip the new board of many of its powers.

A map highlights areas where thousands of blocks of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico were offered up in an oil and gas auction Wednesday.

The Biden administration sells oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico

4:43pm March 29, 2023

Energy companies secured access to 1.6 million acres of waters offered at auction. It's the second time this month that the administration has opened federal territory for new fossil fuel drilling.

Attorneys for Fox argued on Tuesday that chairman Rupert Murdoch should not have to travel to Delaware to testify in a $1.6 billion defamation case against the network. The judge noted that Murdoch was planning to travel between four cities with his wife-to-be.

Politics & Government

Judge to Fox News: Don't make me 'look like an idiot' over Rupert Murdoch testifying

12:09pm March 29, 2023

by Karl Baker

The judge in a $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox seemed doubtful of the network's argument that Murdoch should not travel to testify. The newly engaged chairman plans to travel widely with his bride.

Politics & Government

Senate panel to ask Starbucks' Howard Schultz how he handled moves to unionize

9:46am March 29, 2023

Billionaire Howard Schultz, who just stepped down as Starbucks CEO, faces questions on Capitol Hill today from Sen. Bernie Sanders and others about his response to the wave of unionizing at Starbucks.

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Disney plans to cut 3% of its total global workforce in a cost-saving move

7:52am March 29, 2023

Disney has begun the first of three rounds of layoffs, which CEO Bob Iger said in a memo will eventually total 7,000 jobs. The cuts are part of an effort to save $5.5 billion in costs.

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Morning news brief

7:28am March 29, 2023

Nashville holds a vigil for the school shooting victims, ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to testify before a Senate panel over unionization and Disney will layoff 7,000 people in a cost-saving deal.

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