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Dairy Queen (NEW YORK) — There’s a new sweet treat on the menu at Dairy Queen for a limited time. The ice cream chain, known for its soft serve cones dipped in a quick-hardening shell, has added a new churro-flavored option to the menu. For a limited time, customers can order the cinnamon-sugar-topped Churro Dipped […]

Kraft Heinz (NEW YORK) — Lunchables are ready for their first day of school. In tandem with the National School Lunch Program, the ready-to-eat packaged Lunchables kits, made by Kraft Heinz, have been approved to be served in schools for the first time. “Ahead of the 2023-2024 school year, school administrators are now able to […]

(NEW YORK) — OpenAI released the latest version of ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence language model making significant waves in the tech industry, on Tuesday. GPT-4, the latest model, can understand images as input, meaning it can look at a photo and give the user general information about the image. The language model also has a […]

(NEW YORK) — The closures of two of the nation’s largest banks over the past week have put many consumers on edge. Silicon Valley Bank, the nation’s 16th largest bank, struggled as the sharp rise in interest rates led to a decline in the value of the bank’s Treasuries and mortgage bonds. When the bank’s […]

(NEW YORK) — The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history, took place over less than 48 hours. Customers withdrew $42 billion — nearly a quarter of the bank’s total deposits — within a single day last week. The speedy bank run has raised questions about the fragility of financial institutions […]

(NEW YORK) — Silicon Valley Bank’s failure on Friday raises concerns over the potential impacts on the climate technology industry, where SVB was heavily involved. “They went out of their way to attract entrepreneurs, to attract companies in the technology industry. They were one of the first banks to have a dedicated, clean energy sustainable finance […]

(NEW YORK) — A New York City woman has gone viral for tweeting about her fight for equal pay. Kimberly Nguyen, a 25-year-old user experience writer, tweeted earlier this month that she saw a job listing for a full-time position with her company that pays as much as $90,000 more than what she makes as […]

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission are probing the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, according to two people familiar with the situation. The probes, which are separate, are in the preliminary stages and it is not clear whether any wrongdoing has been committed. It is not uncommon after a […]

(WASHINGTON) — Americans lost $10.3 billion to a wide variety of internet scams last year, according to an FBI report released this month. The losses were the highest in five years, according to the annual report from the FBI. The bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) lodged more than 2,000 complaints per day. The most […]

(NEW YORK) —  The largest bank failure since the 2008 crisis has triggered a major U.S. government intervention to protect the financial system. Silicon Valley Bank, the nation’s 16th largest bank, collapsed on Friday, forcing a government takeover and calling into question the fate of almost $175 billion in customer deposits. On Sunday, Signature Bank, […]