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In the coming years, coffee from Brazil might start to taste a bit different. The South American country is the world’s biggest producer of arabica, a mild variety of coffee bean. But as climate change makes it harder to grow those beans, some farmers are investing in robusta, which produces a more bitter bean but can tolerate higher temperatures and is more resistant to diseases.

Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, has already shown that when a city’s rules won’t bend to his will, he’ll create a new city and new rules. That’s how Starbase, the self-governing town built around SpaceX’s southern Texas launch site, came to be.

Debt consolidation involves combining several debts – such as credit cards, personal loans or medical bills – into a single loan with one monthly payment. This can simplify your finances and potentially lower your interest rate, depending on the loan terms and your credit profile.

PARIS – Europe’s Airbus said on Friday it was ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely-used A320 family of jets in a sweeping recall affecting more than half the global fleet, threatening upheaval during the busiest travel weekend of the year in the United States.

NEW YORK – Bargain-hunting Americans clicked their way through Thanksgiving, spending $8.6 billion online so far on Black Friday, as more consumers turned to laptops and phones instead of braving brisk weather to snap up deals over the crucial shopping weekend.

SEATTLE — Jonette Gregory has spent nearly 40 years tracking Alaska Airlines' planes. She’s not just an aviation enthusiast. Gregory’s job is to make sure Alaska’s fleet is operating smoothly, to identify snarls in the making before they interrupt a flight and to make recommendations about what to do if something unexpected happens. She monitors the weather to “see where my potential issues ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell to a seven-month low last week, pointing to still-low layoffs, though the labor market is struggling to generate enough jobs for those out of work amid economic uncertainty.

Wall Street's main indexes rose for a fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, as investors doubled down on bets the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in December.

The U.S. government said Tuesday it negotiated a 71% discount off of the list price of Novo Nordisk A/S’s blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy for patients in Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly.

Feeding the community was always in her family’s blood. From church gatherings to potlucks, Lillian Rambus’ grandmother’s sweet potato pies and other dishes would delight those who were lucky enough to partake. So when Rambus and her mom, Barbara Collins, teamed up to fulfill their dream of opening a soul food restaurant, Simply Soulful, in Seattle’s Madison Valley in 2014, it seemed a natural fit.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. military has awarded Boeing two contracts valued at over $7 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

HP Inc. said on Tuesday it expects to cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs globally by fiscal 2028 as part of a plan to streamline operations and adopt artificial intelligence to speed up product development, improve customer satisfaction and boost productivity.

Dick's Sporting Goods is planning to close some Foot Locker stores after acquiring the shoe retailer earlier this year.

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett is seen by advisers and allies of President Donald Trump as the frontrunner to be the next Federal Reserve chair, according to people familiar with the matter, as the search for a new central bank leader enters its final weeks.

On Feb. 14, 2022, a Starbucks manager pulled Michaela Sellaro aside for a meeting. Just a few weeks earlier, Sellaro and a group of her fellow baristas at the coffee shop at 2975 East Colfax Ave. in Denver informed the company’s CEO that they planned to organize a union.

Amazon.com is planning to invest about $15 billion in Northern Indiana to build data center campuses, the tech giant said as it looks to boost its cloud computing capacity to support booming artificial intelligence demand.

Skechers investors are suing company executives and Skechers owner 3G Capital over what they say was an unfair sale price in an acquisition earlier this year.

WASHINGTON – Comcast will pay a $1.5 million fine after a vendor breach exposed personal data from 237,000 current and former customers, the Federal Communications Commission said on Monday.