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Updated Jan. 6, 2024 11:09 pm ETAfter a section of an Alaska Airlines flight ripped away midair, travelers are once again asking about the safety—and future—of their flights on Boeing’s 737 MAX.The Federal Aviation Administration grounded 171 Boeing MAX 9s on Saturday and ordered immediate inspections. The inspections take four to eight hours per aircraft, the agency said.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Updated Jan. 6, 2024 10:31 pm ETThe Federal Aviation Administration ordered a temporary grounding and immediate inspections of dozens of Boeing 737 MAX jets, after one of the planes made an emergency landing when a section of the aircraft ripped away in midair. Passengers and flight attendants described a harrowing incident during an Alaska Airlines flight on a 737 MAX 9 jet Friday night that left a gaping hole at 16,000 feet in the sky. Alaska and United, two of the biggest users of the jets, canceled dozens of flights each on Saturday but said inspections were under way.Copyright ©2024 Dow…

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Updated Jan. 5, 2024 8:04 am ETHONG KONG—Tesla is conducting its largest ever recall in China that regulators said was to fix issues with its driver-assistance features that could increase the risk of crashes, a move that follows similar fixes in the U.S.The software fix, which will be delivered remotely, comes as the electric-vehicle maker faces fierce competition in the world’s largest auto market, where it trails homegrown rival BYD.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Updated Jan. 5, 2024 8:09 pm ETWayne LaPierre, the embattled longtime leader of the National Rifle Association, is resigning from the nation’s largest gun-rights group on the eve of a civil trial in which the New York attorney general is seeking his ouster, as well as financial penalties, for years of alleged corruption at the nonprofit organization.The NRA said LaPierre, 74 years old, cited health as the reason for his decision to step down and said the resignation would be effective Jan. 31.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link

Updated Jan. 4, 2024 6:16 pm ETOne of the world’s biggest supermarket chains said it would drop several PepsiCo products to protest what it called unacceptable price increases, a rare public standoff between a grocer and food maker after more than two years of rising prices.Carrefour, which operates thousands of stores across more than 30 countries, said it would stop selling Pepsi, Doritos and other products in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium. A spokesman for the French company said Thursday that it had decided to add notes to store shelves to explain the changes to customers. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones &…

Updated Jan. 4, 2024 8:26 pm ETSYDNEY—Core Lithium shares dropped after the company said it would temporarily suspend mining operations amid weak conditions for minerals used in batteries.Core’s shares fell 8.7% to 23.75 Australian cents (16 U.S. cents) on Friday, after earlier hitting a low of A$0.23. It is the worst performer on the ASX 200 so far this session.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link

Intel appointed Justin Hotard as executive vice president and general manager of its data-center and AI group, effective Feb. 1.The semiconductor giant said Hotard would report directly to Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger. Hotard would be responsible for Intel’s suite of data-center products.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

The Federal Reserve may be poised to loosen the reins on the economy with interest-rate cuts. But for now, banks are still keeping themselves on a relatively tight leash.December featured a few notable moves in the market for short-term funding, often referred to as the “plumbing” of the financial system. That included brief jumps in the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, which is a measure of what it costs to borrow cash overnight collateralized by Treasury securities. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link

Listen to article(1 minute)Google is going forward with sweeping changes to how companies track users online—moves that have been years in the making. Advertisers still aren’t ready.The changes, among the biggest in the history of the $600 billion-a-year online ad industry, center on the use of cookies, technology that logs the activity of internet users across websites so that advertisers can target them with relevant ads. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8