Backlash against the NRA is intensifying in the wake of the Parkland school shooting. The First National Bank of Omaha says it's ending its partnership with the organization for an NRA branded Visa card. The nation's largest privately owned bank made the decision based on customer feedback.
It's official: net neutrality will end in just two months.
The FCC published its repeal order in the federal register Thursday, with details on how the Obama-era policy will be rolled back in the months to come. Now that it's in writing, expect the legal and legislative challenges to the decision to ramp up in an effort to reverse the decision.
Maybe it's Kylie, maybe it's Maybelline. The makeup brand is following the reality star's lead in questioning the future of Snapchat. Maybelline tweeted, "Our Snapchat views have dropped dramatically and we want to stay connected to you all. We're not sure if this is the platform to do it anymore unfortunately. Should Maybelline stay on Snapchat?"
It's since deleted the tweet, but before it did, 81 percent of the 5 thousand voters said they thought the company should bail for Instagram.
Austin city officials have canceled the South by Southwest arts and technology festival. Mayor Steve Adler announced a local disaster as a precaution because of the threat of the novel coronavirus, effectively cancelling the annual event.
Heather Hardy, pro boxer, has a petition urging the World Boxing Organization and World Boxing Council to remove the word 'female' from boxing championship belts.
MindMed became the first publicly listed psychedelics company in the world after kicking off trading on the Canadian stock exchange NEO this week.
From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, these are the top stories that moved markets and had investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs talking this week on Cheddar.
Bond yields fell to more record lows as investors continue to demand safety and unload stocks. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note sank as low as 0.66% as investors worried that economic damage from the spreading virus outbreak will be worse than previously thought.
Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University said taking steps like sanitizing the subway system "may play a small role in mitigating the transmission of this virus, but it signals to people that we ought to be functioning as we can and doing the things we can do."
Stocks are falling sharply again in midday trading on Wall Street, and bond yields are sinking to more record lows on worries about the economic damage coming from the spreading coronavirus outbreak.
Oakland-based e.l.f. Beauty has acquired cosmetics pioneer W3LL People in a $27 million deal that reflects a jump in consumer demand for cosmetics that don't use harmful chemicals.
Vape, equipment, and specialty packaging manufacturers that do business in China have been hit by demand-based price hikes on raw materials and delays due to factory closures, worker shortages, and transportation restrictions.
Stocks and bond yields fell sharply Thursday as fears about fallout from the virus outbreak sent more shudders through markets.
