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Ford touts its 2021 F – 150 Police Responder as “America’s only purpose-built, pursuit-rated pickup truck. Ford The next time you get pulled over, it may be by an officer in a Ford pickup truck instead of a traditional “cop car.” Ford Motor unveiled its new 2021 F-150 Police Responder on Tuesday ahead of spring

Larry Culp, CEO, General Electric Scott Mlyn | CNBC General Electric stock surged more than 5% Monday as bullish analysts defended the company’s decision last week to sell its jet-leasing business to rival AerCap and new financial guidance. On Wednesday, the Boston-based conglomerate announced of the sale of GE Capital Aviation Services, or Gecas, the largest remaining asset

Brett Schulman trades a career in finance for food. Source: Cava Guess who’s moving out to the suburbs now? The Covid-19 pandemic set into motion several trends that stand to alter the restaurant space even after vaccines are widely administered and life returns to a new normal. From the migration out of dense cities to

Singapore Airlines crew members and travelers at the transit hall of Changi Airport in Singapore on Jan. 14, 2021. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore Airlines shares jumped Monday after the city-state confirmed it was in talks with Australia to set up an air travel bubble. Singapore Airlines shares were up

Two trading cards Patrick Mahomes will sell as NFTs. Patrick Mahomes Patrick Mahomes, one of the NFL’s highest profile players, is moving the chains by launching his own NFT art gallery. In an interview with CNBC this week, Mahomes announced the “The Museum of Mahomes,” which will launch March 17 on the digital art market

Ford Motor Co. displays a new 2021 Ford F-150 pickup truck at the Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan, September 17, 2020. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT – Two great-great grandchildren of Ford Motor founder Henry Ford have been nominated to the company’s board of directors, the automaker announced Friday. Alexandra Ford English, 33, is the

The buyer of the Beeple non-fungible token for $69 million is a crypto investor who goes by the pseudonym of Metakovan. Metakovan’s real identity is not known, but the investor is the co-founder of the NFT collection called Metapurse, which collects NFTs to display in the metaverse through virtual museums. Metakovan already owns the largest

Residents wait in line to be vaccinated at a mass COVID-19 vaccination center set up in a parking lot outside of the United Center, home to the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks, on March 10, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images The United States on Friday topped 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered,

A closed sign hangs on the door with a view of the empty restaurant during the coronavirus pandemic on April 14, 2020 in New York City. Rob Kim | Getty Images Last March, restaurant sales sharply fell after governors banned in-person dining and consumers began working through their glut of stockpiled groceries. But after several

If Hollywood were to address racial inequities in the film and TV industry, annual revenue could rise by 7%, or about $10 billlion, according to the findings of a new study from McKinsey. The consulting firm’s research found that Black-led stories are underfunded and undervalued. “A complex, interdependent value chain filled with dozens of hidden

The Nike logo is seen on the Nike store on February 22, 2021 in New York City. John Smith | Corbis News | Getty Images Nike has laid out a five-year roadmap to creating a more diverse and inclusive workforce, the company announced Thursday, as corporate America is increasingly being held accountable for their values

US President Joe Biden speaks on the production of the Covid-19 vaccine in the South Court Auditorium, next to the White House, in Washington, DC, on March 10, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden said he will announce the “next phase” of the U.S. Covid-19 response during his primetime address

Cure Hydration founder and CEO Lauren Picasso had to come up creative ways to get the company’s fruit-flavored products into shoppers’ baskets because of the pandemic. Cure Hydration Cure Hydration’s lucky break came at a strange time. Walmart, CVS and Amazon-owned Whole Foods began carrying the start-up’s fruit-flavored hydration powder during the pandemic. Yet boxes

Boeing sold 82 aircraft in February and logged 51 cancellations, marking the first time since November 2019 that monthly sales outpaced scrapped orders. The Covid-19 pandemic continues to weigh on sales of new planes as airlines largely try to conserve cash wherever they can. Some carriers, however, are starting to prepare for a recovery in

Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany star as Wanda Maximoff and Vision in Marvel’s “WandaVision.” Disney Disney+ has topped 100 million global subscribers. On Tuesday Disney CEO Bob Chapek revealed the streaming service surpassed the benchmark in just 16 months since its launch. “The enormous success of Disney+, which has now surpassed 100 million subscribers, has

The world needs to ramp up efforts to combat Covid-19 — and countries must not let their guard down, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist warned Monday as coronavirus cases around the world surge. “We’re at a very risky period,” said Dr. Soumya Swaminathan of the World Health Organization. “We need to double down, this is

Things are looking up for the domestic box office. In recent months, ticket sales have been accelerating, a sign that moviegoers are ready to return to theaters. Encouraged by the trend, some studios have moved up release dates. Over the weekend, ticket sales reached an estimated $25 million, which would be the best showing since

A customer lights a joint at Lowell Farms, America’s first official Cannabis Cafe offering farm-to-table dining and smoking of cannabis in West Hollywood, California, October 1, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters Virginia is close to becoming the first Southern state to get a tax revenue high as it moves to legalize recreational weed. A bill