Business

Harold Davis, who's 29 years old, bought this truck and snowplow in the fall. Opportunities to use his new plow have been few and far between.

This snowplow driver just started his own service. But warmer winters threaten it

8:23pm January 20, 2023

by Mara Hoplamazian

Winter is the fastest warming season across the U.S. and New England's winters are no exception. A snowplow driver in New Hampshire reflects on what climate change means.

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National

Grounded flights were the result of employees deleting critical files, FAA says

6:25pm January 20, 2023

by David Schaper

The Federal Aviation Administration now says contract employees inadvertently deleted critical files, causing the computer outage last week that grounded air traffic nationwide.

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Wall Street sees a wave of layoffs as big banks face pressure to shrink payrolls

6:07pm January 20, 2023

by David Gura

The boom times are over in banking, and big layoffs are back on Wall Street. After a years-long pause during the pandemic, the big banks are cutting costs and letting go of underperformers.

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The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square hotel hosted this year's JPMorgan Healthcare Conference — the first since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. (Darius Tahir/KHN)

Health & Safety

At buzzy health care business conference, investors fear the bubble will burst

10:03am January 20, 2023

by Darius Tahir

JPMorgan's cheery confab returned to San Francisco, but the health care capitalists had economic anxiety, too.

Workers help set up the Google booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center before the start of the CES tech show, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, in Las Vegas.

National

Google is cutting 12,000 jobs, adding to a series of Big Tech layoffs in January

8:02am January 20, 2023

by Mary Yang

The layoffs at Google follow similarly huge cuts at Microsoft, Amazon and Salesforce. Tech companies who hired rapidly during the pandemic now face fears of recession.

U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile said Thursday that an unidentified malicious intruder breached its network in late November and stole data on 37 million customers, including addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth.

National

T-Mobile says breach exposed personal data of 37 million customers

7:04am January 20, 2023

by The Associated Press

T-Mobile said data exposed to theft — based on its investigation to date — did not include passwords or PINs, bank account or credit card information, Social Security numbers or other government IDs.

A college student aims to save us from a chatbot before it changes writing forever

6:32am January 20, 2023

Edward Tian, 22, used his winter break to create an app that helps teachers detect AI-generated essays. It comes at a time when schools are growing more concerned about the use of this technology.

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With inflation climbing, a lot of Americans are pulling out their credit cards to pay for day-to-day items and are starting to accumulate quite a bit of debt.

Economy

Are you struggling to pay off credit card debt? Tell us what hurdles you are facing

5:43am January 20, 2023

by Arezou Rezvani

NPR wants to know if it's becoming harder to pay off outstanding credit card balances these days.

An Amazon fulfillment center is seen before sunrise on March 29, 2021, in Bessemer, Ala. Amazon announced it is ending its charity donation program, AmazonSmile.

National

Amazon ends its charity donation program AmazonSmile after other cost-cutting efforts

3:02pm January 19, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

The company says the AmazonSmile program didn't have enough financial impact. But some charities say the support "made a huge difference," and shoppers have expressed disapproval on social media.

A Thinx billboard is pictured in New York City in September 2021. The company is accused of misleading consumers about the safety of its period underwear, but denies all allegations and admits no wrongdoing.

Thinx settled a lawsuit over chemicals in its period underwear. Here's what to know

2:37pm January 19, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The lawsuit says Thinx underwear, long marketed as safe and sustainable, contains harmful chemical substances known as PFAS. The company denies those allegations but will pay up to $5 million.