With just over six weeks to go before the midterm elections, GOP officials are seizing on the collection of gun store sales data as an example of what they term “woke capitalism,” opening a new front in the fight over the role businesses should play in driving social policy. “Progressives […]
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EV sales to reach 50% of U.S. market by 2030, forecast says
Just over half of passenger cars sold in the U.S. will be electrified vehicles by 2030, according to a report from BloombergNEF, thanks in part to consumer incentives included in the $374 billion in new climate spending enacted by President Joe Biden. Those incentives, among them a point-of-sale tax credit […]
Area businesses seeing decline in wine sales, change in beer trends | News
A new study shows Americans could be switching their drink of choice as wine and classic beer sales decline STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WAOW) — Americans could be switching their drink of choice, with wine and classic beer sales declining. A new study shows wine consumption has dropped […]
Statewide poultry sales prohibited due to deadly bird flu reported in West Tennessee
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OBION CO., Tenn. (WMC) – A state veterinarian has issued a statewide emergency response and an immediate halt to poultry shows, exhibitions, and sales due to a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu reported in a West Tennessee flock. This announcement comes from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDOA), which […]
Denver passed a sales tax for climate. Is it working?
DENVER — Starting at 6 a.m., five days a week, Deloris Jones picks people up and takes them wherever they need to go — for free. And sometimes she does it in an electric vehicle. Jones, 58, is one of six drivers employed by the city of Denver to power […]
FedEx warns of a global recession, cutting sales forecast by half a billion dollars
Shares of FedEx (FDX) plunged 21% Friday — the biggest one-day drop in its history — after the company warned late Thursday that a slowing economy will cause it to fall $500 million short of its revenue target. The weakening global economy, particularly in Asia and Europe, has hurt FedEx’s […]