September 21, 2021 By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc said on Tuesday it is adding smoked brisket to its menu in the United States and Canada after testing it last year. The new menu item, which costs $10.25 on average as an entree in Chipotle restaurants, comes as beef prices […]
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AutoNation names former Fiat Chrysler chief Manley as CEO
September 21, 2021 (Reuters) – AutoNation Inc said on Tuesday former Fiat Chrysler chief Mike Manley would head the automotive retailer as its chief executive officer, effective Nov 1. (Reporting by Shreyasee Raj; Editing by Shailesh Kuber) Source Link AutoNation names former Fiat Chrysler chief Manley as CEO David Barret
Easyjet CEO tells Ryanair boss to focus on running own airline
September 21, 2021 TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) – The head of budget airline easyJet has told the boss of Ryanair to focus on running his own airline after questions were raised over the British carrier’s independence. Ryanair group chief executive Michael O’Leary was quoted as telling the Financial Times last week that rivals easyJet and Wiz […]
EU backs France in submarine dispute, asking: Is America back?
September 21, 2021 By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -European Union foreign ministers expressed support and solidarity with France on Monday during a meeting in New York to discuss Australia’s scrapping of a $40 billion submarine order with Paris in favor of a U.S. and British deal. Speaking after the closed-door meeting on the sidelines […]
Australian documents showed French submarine project was at risk for years
September 21, 2021 By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – France shouldn’t have been surprised that Australia cancelled a submarine contract, as major concerns about delays, cost overruns and suitability had been aired officially and publicly for years, Australian politicians said. Paris has recalled its ambassadors from Canberra and Washington, saying it was blindsided by Canberra’s […]
Conservative Laschet struggles for momentum in German leadership race
September 21, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – Armin Laschet has been betting that his credentials as a tried-and-tested manager will make up for what critics call a lack of charisma in the contest to become Germany’s chancellor. Yet days before a national election in which Laschet is the conservatives’ candidate, his Social Democrat rival, Olaf Scholz, […]
Factbox-Who was the third man in Russian nerve agent attack?
September 21, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – British police on Tuesday said a third Russian man was involved in the nerve agent attack on double agent Sergei Skripal in southern England three years ago. Police said there was evidence to charge the man, Denis Sergeev, who went by the alias Sergei Fedotov, with plotting to kill […]
EU states breached air pollution limits in 2020 despite COVID
September 21, 2021 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Most European Union countries broke at least one air pollution limit last year, even as COVID-19 lockdowns improved air quality in many regions, according to provisional European Environment Agency (EEA) data published on Tuesday. Excessive air pollution has landed around 10 EU countries in court in […]
Slovak bishop who met Pope Francis last week tests positive for COVID
September 21, 2021 PRAGUE (Reuters) – A Slovak bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, who met Pope Francis when the pontiff visited the central European country last week, tested positive for COVID-19 and is in self-quarantine, the church said. Pope Francis visited Hungary and Slovakia between Sept. 12-15, which was his first trip since having surgery […]
Afghanistan’s Taliban say working on reopening girls’ high schools
September 21, 2021 (Reuters) – The Taliban administration in Afghanistan is working towards reopening high school education for girls, who were left out of a recent return to school for boys and younger girls, although a Taliban spokesman speaking on Tuesday gave no time frame for action. The Taliban say they have changed since their […]
Russian city mourns victims of university shooting
September 21, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian city of Perm on Tuesday mourned the six people killed by a teenage gunman at a university in an incident that sent shockwaves through the community. The gunman, identified by local media as an 18-year-old student, opened fire on campus at Perm State University on Monday, prompting […]
Slack releases Clips video tool, announces 16 Salesforce integrations
Slack has been talking about expanding beyond text-based messaging for some time. Today at Dreamforce, the Salesforce customer conference taking place this week, it announced Clips, a way to leave short video messages that people can watch at their leisure. Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield sees Clips as a way to communicate with colleagues when a […]
PayPal launches its ‘super app’ combining payments, savings, bill pay, crypto, shopping and more
PayPal has been talking about its “super app” plans for some time, having recently told investors its upcoming digital wallet and payments app had been given a go for launch. Today, the first version of that app is officially being introduced, offering a combination of financial tools including direct deposit, bill pay, a digital wallet, […]
EarthOptics helps farmers look deep into the soil for big data insights
Farming sustainably and efficiently has gone from a big tractor problem to a big data problem over the last few decades, and startup EarthOptics believes the next frontier of precision agriculture lies deep in the soil. Using high-tech imaging techniques, the company claims to map the physical and chemical composition of fields faster, better, and […]
Google’s updated iOS 15 apps support Focus Mode and iPad widgets
Igor Bonifacic Contributor Igor Bonifacic is a contributing writer at Engadget. More posts by this contributor Rivian announces membership plan with complementary charging and LTE connectivity Microsoft Office 2021 will be available on October 5th With iOS 15 now available to download, developers both big and small have started updating their apps to take advantage […]
Activision says working with regulators to address workplace complaints
September 21, 2021 (Reuters) – Video game publisher Activision Blizzard said on Tuesday that it continues to work with regulators on addressing and resolving the workplace complaints it has received. On Monday, the company said the U.S. securities regulator was investigating its disclosures regarding employment matters and related issues. “There is absolutely no place anywhere […]
U.S. agency confirms air bag safety probe into 30 million vehicles
September 21, 2021 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. auto safety investigators said on Tuesday they have opened a probe into 30 million vehicles built by nearly two dozen automakers that have potentially defective Takata air bag inflators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an engineering analysis into an estimated 30 million […]
Futures bounce 1% from Evergrande-led selloff
September 21, 2021 By Sagarika Jaisinghani and Ambar Warrick (Reuters) – U.S. stock futures rebounded on Tuesday as investors tried to shake off fears of contagion from a potential collapse of China’s Evergrande, although gains were capped by concerns the Federal Reserve could set out a timeline to taper its stimulus at the meeting this […]
With Gucci bags and Dyson appliances, Evergrande wooed retail investors
September 21, 2021 SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Lured by the promise of yields approaching 12%, gifts such as Dyson air purifiers and Gucci bags, and the guarantee of China’s top-selling developer, tens of thousands of investors bought wealth management products through China Evergrande Group. Now, many fear they may never get their investments back after the […]
Uber forecasts first-ever adjusted profit, shares jump 7%
September 21, 2021 (Reuters) -Uber Technologies Inc could post its first profit on an adjusted basis in the current quarter, its chief financial officer said on Tuesday, sending the ride hailing company’s shares up nearly 7% in premarket trading. “With positive adjusted EBITDA in July and August, we believe Uber is now tracking towards adjusted […]