DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s auto safety watchdog is sending investigators to another Tesla crash, this time one that killed two people along Interstate 75 in Florida. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed Friday that it sent a Special Crash Investigations team to probe the Wednesday crash into the back of a semi-trailer…
By Divya Rajagopal and Ismail Shakil TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) -A major network outage at one of Canada’s biggest telecom operators shut banking, transport and government access for millions all day on Friday, drawing outrage from customers and adding to criticism over Rogers Telecommunications’ industry dominance. Nearly every facet of life has been disrupted. Some callers could…
Elon Musk announced Friday that he will abandon his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter after the company failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts. Twitter immediately fired back, saying it would sue the Tesla CEO to uphold the deal. The likely unraveling of the acquisition was just the latest…
(Reuters) -Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal for Twitter Inc, saying that the social media company had failed to provide information about fake accounts on the platform. Shares of Twitter fell 6% in extended trading. In a filing, Musk’s lawyers said Twitter had failed…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday it will open a special investigation into a Florida crash on Wednesday that killed a 66-year-old Tesla driver and a 67-year-old passenger. A 2015 Tesla rear-ended a parked tractor-trailer in the Gainesville area at a rest area off Interstate 75,…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Police imposed a curfew in Sri Lanka’s capital and surrounding areas on Friday, a day before a planned protest demanding the resignations of the country’s president and prime minister because of the economic crisis that has caused severe shortages of essential goods and disrupted people’s livelihoods. Hours before the curfew…
By Divya Rajagopal and Ismail Shakil TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) -A major network outage at one of Canada’s biggest telecom operators shut banking, transport and government access for thousands on Friday after the second widespread disruption to hit Rogers Telecommunications Inc in a little over a year. Nearly every facet of life was disrupted. Canadians who typically…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is raging. The stock market is tumbling and interest rates rising. American consumers are depressed and angry. Economists warn of potentially dark times ahead. But employers? They just keep hiring. The Labor Department reported Friday that America’s dinged and dented economy managed to add a vigorous 372,000 jobs in June, well…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/family-seating/June-2022-notice warned airlines it may issue regulations prohibiting them from charging extra fees to allow young children to sit next to accompanying family members. The agency cited a 2016 law that required it to review U.S. airline family seating policies. The agency issued a…
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose about 2% in volatile trade on Friday but were still heading for a weekly decline as investors worried about a potential recession-driven demand downturn even though global fuel supplies remained tight. Central banks around the world are raising interest rates to tame inflation, spurring fears…
