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Nvidia, GM announce deal for AI, factories and next-gen vehicles
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images General Motors and Nvidia have agreed to a strategic collaboration that includes the automaker using several products and artificial […]
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Frontier Airlines offers free checked bags promotion in swipe at Southwest
Frontier Airlines Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Frontier Airlines took a swipe at Southwest Airlines‘ plan to start charging for seat assignments and checked luggage by doing the opposite. Budget carrier Frontier said customers can receive a bundle that includes a seat assignment and a carry-on bag without an upcharge if they book Tuesday through […]
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Cadillac expects one of every three vehicle sales to be EVs in 2025
2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ Michael Wayland / CNBC SAN FRANCISCO — Cadillac expects roughly one of every three vehicles it sells in the U.S. this year to be all-electric models, as the automaker continues to expand its EV lineup despite industrywide slower-than-expected adoption of the vehicles. The General Motors luxury brand is expected to offer […]
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Boeing Starliner astronauts who were supposed to be in space for nine days returning to Earth after nine months on ISS
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose inside the hatch connecting Boeing’s Starliner to the International Space Station on NASA The two U.S. astronauts who had been at the International Space Station for nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner capsule returned without them are finally heading home. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and […]
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BYD shares rally after it rolls out new technology that charges EVs in five minutes
A BYD Plus DM-i electric vehicle is seen on display at a showroom in the Jing’an district of Shanghai on March 11, 2025. Hector Retamal | Afp | Getty Images Shares of China’s BYD rallied on Tuesday after the company announced a new technology that it claims can charge electric vehicles almost as quickly as […]
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Trump’s war on Biden’s climate policy is creating a new form of EV range anxiety
Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images Ownership of electric vehicles continues to rise in the U.S., with nearly six million battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids currently on the road. Even though that’s still a fraction of the overall market and the growth rate of EV sales has slowed, automakers remain invested in […]
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Goodbye to ‘bags fly free’ on Southwest Airlines, the last freebie in America
Passengers check in for Southwest Airlines flights at Chicago Midway International Airport on Feb. 18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Almost nothing is guaranteed in life. Certainly not weather, electricity, health, tariffs or eggs. But for more than 50 years, American consumers could count on Southwest Airlines letting them check bags […]
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U.S. consumers are starting to crack as tariffs add to inflation, recession concerns
Shoppers cast shadows as they carry their bags along the waterfront in Portland, Maine, U.S, December 26, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters It’s not just Walmart. The leaders of companies that serve everyone from penny-pinching grocery shoppers to first-class travelers are seeing cracks in demand, a shift after resilient consumers propped up the U.S. economy […]
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Trump administration sued for ending union bargaining for TSA officers
Travellers process through a security checkpoint at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport before the Thanksgiving holiday in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 24, 2021. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Unions filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block the Trump administration from ending collective bargaining for about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers that staff checkpoints at U.S. airports and other […]
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Spirit Airlines, fresh from bankruptcy, is ready to take on the new Southwest, CEO says
Spirit Airlines is out of bankruptcy, hitting its target to emerge in the first quarter, after a crippling few years. CEO Ted Christie says the carrier is leaner and ready to take on competitors, including rival Southwest Airlines. Earlier this week, Southwest shocked customers by announcing it will start charging for checked bags for the […]
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