Albertons is buying a big portion of Rite Aid in a deal valued at $24 billion. Last year, Walgreens also reached a deal to buy part of Rite Aid. This comes as many traditional retailers are joining forces to compete with Amazon, which is shaking up nearly every industry.
Elon Musk's Boring Company is one step closer to making the Washington to New York City hyperloop a reality. Musk was granted a preliminary permit for the Washington part of the hyperloop. While this doesn't mean work can start immediately, it's a good sign for the Boring Company. Musk has said the hyperloop will transport people from DC to New York in just 29 minutes.
"Black Panther" smashed box office records in its opening weekend. The film raked in more than $235 million dollars in ticket sales. Us Weekly's Emily Longeretta says the stars were all aligned to make "Black Panther" a success, including a mostly black cast, a great storyline, and strong female characters. The cultural moment we're going through as a country also played a role in the film's success, according to Longeretta.
Plus, we're joined by Jason Brown, the CEO of the start-up subscription service Vitamin Packs. The company ships personalized vitamins to your door every month. Brown says the service is growing fast. Vitamin Packs just recently shipped out its 5000th order.
Joe Cecela, Dream Exchange CEO, explains how they are aiming to form the first minority-controlled company to operate an exchange in U.S. history. Watch!
A Michigan judge is putting sponges in the hands of shoplifters and ordering them to wash cars in a Walmart parking lot when spring weather arrives. Genesee County Judge Jeffrey Clothier hopes the unusual form of community service discourages people from stealing from Walmart. The judge also wants to reward shoppers with free car washes. Clothier says he began ordering “Walmart wash” sentences this week for shoplifting at the store in Grand Blanc Township. He believes 75 to 100 people eventually will be ordered to wash cars this spring. Clothier says he will be washing cars alongside them when the time comes.
The State Department had been in talks with Elon Musk’s Tesla company to buy armored electric vehicles, but the plans have been put on hold by the Trump administration after reports emerged about a potential $400 million purchase. A State Department spokesperson said the electric car company owned by Musk was the only one that expressed interest back in May 2024. The deal with Tesla was only in its planning phases but it was forecast to be the largest contract of the year. It shows how some of his wealth has come and was still expected to come from taxpayers.
At 100 years old, the Goodyear Blimp is an ageless star in the sky. The 246-foot-long airship will be in the background of the Daytona 500 — flying roughly 1,500 feet above Daytona International Speedway, actually — to celebrate its greatest anniversary tour. Even though remote camera technologies are improving regularly and changing the landscape of aerial footage, the blimp continues to carve out a niche. At Daytona, with the usual 40-car field racing around a 2½-mile superspeedway, views from the blimp aptly provide the scope of the event.
