Business

A sign is posted in front of a Wendy's restaurant on Aug. 10, 2022, in Petaluma, Calif. The company said Tuesday that it's planning to experiment with dynamic pricing.

No, Wendy's says it isn't planning to introduce surge pricing

12:33pm February 28, 2024

by Joe Hernandez

Questions about whether the fast food chain would hike prices during the busiest times of day came after comments made by Wendy's President and CEO Kirk Tanner during an earnings call.

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The gate to a large property in Waimea. Median home prices in the area are up 87% from pre-pandemic prices.

National

A tech billionaire is quietly buying up land in Hawaii. No one knows why

9:37am February 28, 2024

by Dara Kerr

A mystery has been brewing in a small ranching town on Hawaii's Big Island. Word has it that Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff bought the land, stirring worries about what he plans to do with it.

After seeing OpenAI's Sora, Tyler Perry says jobs are going to be lost

5:18am February 28, 2024

The text-to-video model Sora stunned observers with its cinematic video outputs. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Alex Weprin of The Hollywood Reporter about why the entertainment industry is nervous.

Economy

Mounting toll of natural disasters is partly to blame for rising home, auto insurance

5:18am February 28, 2024

by Scott Horsley

The cost of home and auto insurance has been going through the roof, and not just in disaster-prone parts of the country. That's leading some people to scale back coverage or even do without.

A U.K. four-day workweek pilot has shown lasting benefits more than one year later.

U.K. companies that tried a 4-day workweek report lasting benefits more than a year on

9:27pm February 27, 2024

by Andrea Hsu

Many of the companies are so pleased with the results — improved wellbeing, lower turnover, greater efficiency — they're making the four-day workweek permanent.

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Shoppers walk by a sign for the Macy's department store at a mall in Long Island, N.Y.

National

Why Macy's is closing 150 department stores

1:23pm February 27, 2024

by Alina Selyukh

The new CEO is culling "underproductive" locations, while opening more upscale Bloomingdale's and Bluemercury stores. Here's what's happening with the chain.

Politics & Government

The UAW endorses Biden but that doesn't necessarily translate into votes

5:03am February 27, 2024

by Leila Fadel

As primary voters go to the polls in Michigan Tuesday, United Auto Workers members talk about election issues and their union's endorsement of President Biden.

Morning news brief

5:03am February 27, 2024

Republicans and Democrats in Michigan head to the polls today to vote for their respective parties' candidates. The FTC and nine states are suing to block the Kroger-Albertsons supermarket merger

U.S. sues to block grocery megamerger of Kroger and Albertsons

4:41pm February 26, 2024

by Alina Selyukh

The largest grocery merger in recent history is facing a federal lawsuit. Regulators and nine state attorneys general have sued to block Kroger's purchase of Albertsons.

Kroger first announced its plans to buy Albertsons in October 2022.

National

FTC and 9 states sue to block Kroger-Albertsons supermarket merger

2:26pm February 26, 2024

by Alina Selyukh

The Federal Trade Commission and 9 states want to stop the deal that would combine the country's two largest grocery store chains. The companies say they have to merge to compete with Walmart.