Consumer Staples News
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List of Consumer Staples News
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Reading the 'tea leaves': TV networks vamp for time during the wait for the Donald Trump verdict
The phrase “tea leaves” was heard incessantly on television news networks as they waited out a Manhattan jury's deliberations in former President...
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Truckers suing to block New York's congestion fee for Manhattan drivers
Truckers have added to the list of legal challenges to block New York’s first-in-the-nation congestion fee for driving into Manhattan
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Tens of billions of dollars in gold flows illegally out of Africa each year, a new report says
A new report has found that billions of dollars in gold is smuggled out of Africa each year and most of it ends up in the United Arab Emirates,...
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IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025
The IRS will make permanent the free electronic tax return filing system that it experimented with this year
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Lava continues to flow from Iceland volcano but not at powerful level as eruption
Lava continues to spurt from a volcano in southwestern Iceland but the activity has calmed significantly from when it erupted
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Mortgage rates snap three-week pullback, pushing average rate on a 30-year home loan back above 7%
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage moved back above 7% this week, a setback for home shoppers at a time when the U.S. housing market is already...
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Supreme Court gives homeowners another chance in escrow dispute with Bank of America
The Supreme Court has given homeowners another chance to force Bank of America and other large banks to pay interest on mortgage escrow accounts
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Medline recalls 1.5 million adult bed rails following 2 reports of entrapment deaths
Medical supply company Medline Industries is recalling some 1.5 million portable adult bed rails across the U.S. and Canada, following two reports...
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Amazon gets FAA approval allowing it to expand drone deliveries for online orders
Federal regulators are giving Amazon key permission that will allow it to expand its drone delivery program
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Massive police sweep across Europe takes down ransomware networks and arrests 4 suspects
Police coordinated by the European Union’s justice agency have taken down computer networks responsible for spreading ransomware via infected emails
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Supreme Court clears the way for the NRA’s free speech lawsuit against an ex-New York official
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against an ex-New York state official over claims she violated its...
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Gift registries after divorce offer a new way to support loved ones
For people putting a life back together after divorce, mundane household objects can be painful marital reminders
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Dollar Tree planning to reopen some 99 Cents Only stores that have closed
Discount retailer Dollar Tree is planning to reopen some 99 Cents Only stores that have closed, rebranding them and filling them with their own...
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US economic growth last quarter is revised down from 1.6% rate to 1.3%, but consumers kept spending
The U.S. economy grew at a sluggish 1.3% annual pace from January through March, the government said in a downgrade from its previous estimate
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The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits inches up, but layoffs remain low
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits ticked up last week, but layoffs remain historically low in the face of lingering...
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Best Buy extends streak of quarterly sales declines as Americans focus on essential purchases
Best Buy reported another quarterly drop in sales as the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain wrestles with cautious spending by Americans...
