Don't dawdle with latest iPhone update. Here’s why and how
NEW YORK — Apple regularly issues updates to the software powering the iPhone, and sometimes it’s OK to dawdle when it comes to installing them. But that’s not the case…
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How to save on back-to-school items during tax-free shopping days
There’s no dispute that the cost of consumer goods is soaring. The U.S. inflation rate rose 9.1 percent for the 12 months ending June 2022. With rising prices across many…
Volkswagen CEO, facing series of setbacks, will step down
VIENNA — Herbert Diess, the Volkswagen CEO whose image had been tarnished in the fallout from the German automaker’s emissions-cheating scandal, is stepping down. Source: World Business
In Texas’ grid-testing heat wave, what if your home could power itself?
Stepping into Priya and Imran Vithani’s home feels like opening up a magazine. Source: World Business
Automakers targeting average households with new crop of EVs
WARREN, Mich. — In their first rollouts of electric vehicles, America’s automakers targeted people who value short-range economy cars. Then came EVs for luxury buyers and drivers of pickups and…
Retail sales up 1% in June, easing fears of a recession
NEW YORK — Consumers picked up their spending from May to June, underscoring their resilience despite painfully higher prices at the gas pump and in grocery aisles and allaying fears…
Biden intervenes in railroad contract fight to block strike
OMAHA, Neb. — President Joe Biden on Friday blocked a freight railroad strike for at least 60 days by naming a board of arbitrators to intervene in the contract dispute,…
Easterwood Airport to receive $1.4M in relief funding from CARES Act
Easterwood Airport is set to receive more than $1.4 million in relief funding from President Trump’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Airport Grant Program. Source: World Business
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet opens Wednesday in College Station
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet is opening today in College Station — following state and local guidelines and with a quiet grand opening. Source: World Business
Bryan City Council OKs delayed payment of hotel occupancy taxes
Bryan council members approved an ordinance Tuesday that grants hoteliers extra time to pay their hotel occupancy taxes in light of recent changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: World…
