Oil Prices Surge As Israel Prepares To Invade Gaza

Oil Prices Surge As Israel Prepares To Invade Gaza

Oil prices are rising again as Israel prepares to invade Gaza as soon as Saturday and the United States tightens sanctions on major crude-producing countries, sparking market fears over a drop in supply as demand increases. On Friday morning, the price per barrel of West-Texas Intermediate, the benchmark for contracts to deliver oil produced in…

On Amazon, eBay, and Shopify, AI is the new third-party seller

On Amazon, eBay, and Shopify, AI is the new third-party seller

The Amazon Echo Show 8 smart-home device is unveiled during the Amazon Devices and Services event at the HQ2 campus in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Amazon.com Inc. previewed a push into generative artificial intelligence with new features for its Alexa voice assistant. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg…

Elliott: Kings’ success could depend on how they adjust to their new salary-cap reality

Elliott: Kings’ success could depend on how they adjust to their new salary-cap reality

The Kings were at a disadvantage before they took to the ice for their season opener Wednesday at Crypto.com Arena, and it wasn’t the kind of situation they could negate with a good penalty-killing effort. This disadvantage likely will hang over them all season, and they’ll have to learn to live with it or risk…

The Auto Workers Strike Just Hit Ford Where It Hurts

The Auto Workers Strike Just Hit Ford Where It Hurts

The United Auto Workers union announced Wednesday that its nearly four-week strike against the “Big Three” automakers was expanding to Ford’s truck plant in Kentucky. Roughly 8,700 union members work at the Louisville facility producing the company’s Super Duty trucks as well as the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs. The walkout Wednesday marks the…

Elliott: Kings hoping all their moving parts can add up to Stanley Cup run

Elliott: Kings hoping all their moving parts can add up to Stanley Cup run

The Kings’ season will be an exercise in mathematical wizardry and an attempt to exorcise the memory of two consecutive playoff losses to the Edmonton Oilers. The math component looms large for the Kings, who open the season Wednesday against the Colorado Avalanche at Crypto.com Arena, because the NHL’s hard salary cap has grown slowly…

NHL bans players from wrapping sticks with rainbow-colored Pride Tape

NHL bans players from wrapping sticks with rainbow-colored Pride Tape

All 32 NHL teams have Pride Nights or a similarly designated night to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Those celebrations will apparently be a bit less colorful this season. First, the league announced this summer that players will no longer be allowed to wear specialty jerseys during warm ups, a decision that came months after a…

‘Shark Tank’ star Daymond John looks to boost Black entrepreneurs for a fourth year

‘Shark Tank’ star Daymond John looks to boost Black entrepreneurs for a fourth year

Daymond John attends the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on March 12, 2023. Leon Bennett | Filmmagic | Getty Images “Shark Tank” star Daymond John is looking to give Black business owners a boost for the fourth year running….

Here’s how New York City is planning to spend $15 billion raised from a new congestion pricing toll

Here’s how New York City is planning to spend $15 billion raised from a new congestion pricing toll

New York City is months away from introducing the first zone-based tolling program in the U.S. The project, which begins in the spring of 2024, will increase the tolls drivers pay to enter points of Manhattan south of 60th Street. The final price of the toll is not yet determined. People close to the process…