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Americans receive tens of millions of unsolicited automated calls and texts each day, often intended to dupe them into forking over personal information or money. That’s the thrust of a new report by U.S. PIRG Education Fund, a consumer advocacy organization, which found that scam and telemarketing calls and texts have proliferated across the country, despite safeguards intended to prevent them. (Of the 9,242 phone companies that filed with the FCC as of Sept. 28, 2025, less than half have installed robocall-fighting software.)Nationwide, Americans received an average of 2.56 billion robocalls a month from January to September. That’s up from 2.14…
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Frankie Muniz has learned a great deal over the last seven weeks.It started with the proper way to use the ladder. And it evolved into how drivers speak on their in-car radios.The actor/racer has missed the last four NASCAR truck series races after falling off a ladder trying to change the Ring batteries at his house. He broke his left wrist in the last week of August and waited for it to completely heal before returning to the driver’s seat.Muniz, known for his starring roles in “Malcolm In The Middle” and “Agent Cody Banks,” will make his…
President Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton was indicted in Maryland on Thursday, according to court records.The charges are unclear.Bolton is the third prominent Trump critic to be indicted in recent weeks. Asked by reporters about the Bolton indictment, Mr. Trump said he was not aware of the charges, but: “I think he’s a bad guy.This is a breaking story; it will be updated.
[STOCKHOLM] Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly earnings on Tuesday (Oct 14) and played down the impact of US tariffs.Adjusted earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) excluding restructuring charges were 15.4 billion Swedish crowns (S$2.1 billion) in the third quarter ended in September. That was 9.2 per cent higher than the 14.1 billion crowns forecast in an Infront consensus poll of analysts provided by the company.Cost savings and a dominant position in North America have helped Ericsson stay ahead of Nordic rival Nokia in the 5G race, but revenue weakness and tariffs have overshadowed its…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday filed a lawsuit over the Trump administration imposing a $100,000 fee to the H-1B worker visas.Last month President Donald Trump announced plans that would see U.S. companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B visas — which allows companies to temporarily hire foreign workers in skilled occupations in various fields, including technology and engineering — in an attempt to rework the program.In a release regarding the lawsuit on Thursday, the Chamber called the new fee unlawful since it “overrides provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act that govern the H-1B program, including the…
EUROPEAN stocks closed higher on Wednesday as France’s LVMH sparked a rally in luxury goods groups and eased concerns that slowing global growth and tariffs are hurting corporate health.LVMH shares rose 12.2 per cent, their biggest one-day jump since January, after the owner of Louis Vuitton and Dior reported better-than-expected third quarter sales, driven by improved demand in China.“We think the results are really positive for the sector and probably the peak bearishness is behind us,” said Benedicte Lowe, equity derivatives strategist at BNP Paribas.LVMH is considered a bellwether for the luxury sector, which has undergone a prolonged slump since the…
Washington — President Trump said the cost of drugs for in vitro fertilization will decrease “dramatically,” as his administration has negotiated lower prices for an expensive component of the IVF cycle. IVF cycles can cost $25,000 or even more, as Mr. Trump said, and many couples need multiple cycles. Most employers don’t offer fertility insurance coverage. “As a result of these actions, the per-cycle cost of drugs used in IVF will fall by an estimated 73% for American consumers, and the numbers are going to actually be very substantially higher as time goes by when it really kicks in,” Mr. Trump…
Cloud-computing firm Salesforce was hit with a proposed class action lawsuit by two authors who alleged the company used thousands of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence software. Novelists Molly Tanzer and Jennifer Gilmore said in the complaint filed on Wednesday that Salesforce infringed copyrights by using their work to train its xGen AI models to process language.A Salesforce spokesperson declined to comment on the lawsuit on Thursday. “It’s important that companies that use copyrighted material for … AI products are transparent,” attorney Joseph Saveri, who represents the authors and has brought similar lawsuits on behalf of copyright owners against…
The U.S. military flew three B-52 bombers on missions near the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, according to a Global Strike Command spokesperson and a U.S. official, as the Trump administration continues to exert pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government.Tracking data on the site Flightradar24 shows the planes circled in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday, flying about 150 miles north of Venezuela. The data was first reported by ABC News.The B-52 is a long-range bomber capable of carrying conventional or nuclear weapons, according to the Air Force. It was used extensively in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.The mission…
The U.S. economy is playing tricks on Americans, but consumers still plan to treat themselves for the holidays this year.Nearly 80% of respondents to new survey from consulting firm PwC said they plan to open their wallets to join in the Halloween fun. Celebrants are expected to spend $289 on average, while parents with young kids are forecast to spend $445.”Even though there’s a lot of economic uncertainty, people are still planning to spend in a pretty robust way during Halloween,” Kelly Pedersen, global retail leader at PwC, told CBS News. “People are not necessarily cutting back on Halloween, and that’s probably…