The Justice Department is in the early stages of investigating major egg producers in the United States over possible antitrust violations as the price of eggs skyrockets, two people familiar with the matter said. The department’s lawyers are preparing to send civil investigative demands — effectively subpoenas for civil investigations — to several producers, including […]
Sitting beneath a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, more than two dozen of the most powerful figures in the U.S. cryptocurrency industry, together worth many billions of dollars, gathered in the White House on Friday for an audience with President Trump. When Mr. Trump entered the ornate State Dining Room after a short wait, the executives […]
Three Bulgarian nationals based in the United Kingdom have been convicted by a London jury of spying for Russia on what police said was “an industrial scale”. The trio was accused of putting lives in danger as they followed orders on behalf of Russian intelligence to carry out surveillance across Europe on Kremlin opponents, including […]
Jennifer Meierhans Business reporter, BBC News Reddit A Reddit user posted a picture of the new scales in the Gateshead Trinity Square Extra store Giant trolley scales are being trialled at a Tesco store in Gateshead sparking a mixed reaction from shoppers. Trolleys are weighed before checkout to identify any items customers who have used […]
Eight rounds of Bundesliga action have gone by since Borussia Dortmund last found themselves in the top half of the table. Consider that for a moment. This is a team that, based on resources, should be a permanent fixture in the top four at the lowest end of the expectations chart yet fans of the […]
Damon Hininger, the chief executive of CoreCivic, which operates private prisons and immigrant detention centers, opened an investor call last month on a buoyant note. “I’ve worked at CoreCivic for 32 years, and this is truly one of the most exciting periods in my career,” he said, adding that the company was anticipating in the […]
Michael Astorino recently walked into his favorite campus smoothie shop with two things in mind: an order and an offer. He cued up his laptop and gave the owner a pitch deck presentation, which was meant to benefit his Wesleyan University basketball teammates while also helping drum up business for the store. The deal: If […]
Pfc. Christina Fuentes Montenegro prepares to hike to her platoon’s defensive position during patrol week of Infantry Training Battalion near Camp Geiger, N.C., in 2013. Sgt. Tyler Main/U.S. Marine Corps via AP hide caption toggle caption Sgt. Tyler Main/U.S. Marine Corps via AP WASHINGTON — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, […]
The cost of a first-class stamp will rise by 5p to £1.70 on 7 April, Royal Mail has announced. It will also raise the price of a second-class stamp by 2p to 87p on the same day. The company said the decision carefully considered “balancing affordability with the increasing cost of delivering mail”. Citizens Advice […]
The U.S. stock market is headed for one of its worst weeks in many months, after a series of dizzying policy shifts on tariffs from the White House. The S&P 500 nudged higher at the start of trading on Friday. The muted move still leaves the index 3.4 percent lower for the week, on course […]