Business

The U.S. economy contracted by 1.5% in the first quarter of 2022, according to a Thursday report from the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis....Read More

Wendy’s could be for sale after the burger chain’s largest shareholder, Trian Partners, announced it had filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to explore a transaction to boost company stock....Read More

Hyundai has recalled some 239,000 vehicles over reports that seat belts may explode “abnormally” during a crash....Read More

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who announced that 19 children were killed in a shooting attack at their school on Tuesday, is scheduled to speak at the NRA’s annual convention this week just a few hours away...

Shareholders of the oil giant Chevron will meet Wednesday to discuss withholding payments to Myanmar and its military-led government over human rights abuses, according to a campaign supporting the Rohingya population....Read More

The Nasdaq Composite fell 2.35% Tuesday as shares of Snap fell 43.08%, dragging down other major tech stocks on negative quarterly forecasts....Read More

A British regulator has fined a U.S. facial recognition company over collecting images of people in Britain in violation of its data protection laws....Read More

Retail giant Walmart on Tuesday announced the expansion of its DroneUP delivery network to 34 sites by the end of the year....Read More

The Biden administration is warning Americans against doing business with Sudanese state-owned and military-controlled companies as it seeks a return to civilian control of the northeast African country....Read More

Shell safety consultant Caroline Dennett resigned Monday over what she calls the oil giant’s “extreme harms” to the environment. Dennett submitted a video that blasting company plans to expand fossil fuel extraction....Read More