Southwest Airlines sets a date for the end of open seating

Southwest Airlines passengers will fly in assigned seats for the first time on Jan. 27, the carrier told CNBC. Customers can start buying tickets with assigned seats on July 29. The move ends more than half a century of open seating on the airline, a policy that has set it apart from rivals for decades — along with two free checked […]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls for a review of ‘the entire’ Federal Reserve

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday suggested a review of the Federal Reserve that would go beyond the current controversy over building renovations and look at its overall function. “What we need to do is examine the entire Federal Reserve institution and whether they have been successful,” Bessent said during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk […]

Coca-Cola will launch version with U.S. cane sugar after Trump push

The Coca-Cola Co. said Tuesday that it will launch a version of its signature drink made with American cane sugar. The announcement comes days after President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he had “been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they have agreed to do so.” […]

Vatican hardens tone on Israel after Gaza parish strike

An Israeli army strike on the only Catholic church in Gaza last week has pushed the Vatican to change its tone on Israel and blame it more directly in the dragging war — a break from its traditional diplomacy strategy. The strike killed three people in the Holy Family Church in the centre of Gaza […]

EU opens new probe into TikTok data transfer to China

An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had launched an investigation into TikTok over the transfer of European users’ personal data to servers in China. TikTok was fined 530 million euros ($620 million) in May by the Data Protection Commission over sending personal data to China, though the Chinese social […]

Asian markets on course to end week on a positive note

Asian markets headed into the weekend on a broadly positive note Friday, as investors took up New York’s latest record highs sparked by healthy US retail data and upbeat earnings from some of Wall Street’s big names. The readings helped divert attention away from Donald Trump’s tariffs saga, with dozens of countries yet to cut […]

Efficient and Innovative Music Booking: Discover the Story Behind Punto44

Finding a space of his own in the music industry can be complicated, but for Daniel Velasco, founder of Punto44, it was a matter of vision and necessity. In his words, “I saw an opportunity to offer an innovative approach that combines experience, technology, and a global vision, supporting artists to grow internationally.“ The idea […]

Trump unveils investments to power AI boom

US President Donald Trump went to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to announce $92 billion in energy and infrastructure deals intended to meet big tech’s soaring demand for electricity to fuel the AI boom. Trump made the announcement at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University, with much of the talk about beating […]

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