Costco continues to chip away at the gold mine that is the precious metals market. The wholesaler is adding Swiss-made platinum bars to its selection. Costco on Wednesday announced the 1-ounce platinum bars, on sale for $1,089.99 on its website alongside its now-famed gold bars and silver coins. The bars are only sold online, and…
World leaders at the next AI summit will focus on the impact on the environment and jobs, including the possibility of ranking the greenest AI companies, it has been announced. Rating artificial intelligence companies in terms of their ecological impact is among the proposals under consideration, while other areas being looked at include the effect…
A banner advertises the Ford Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle at a Ford dealership on August 21, 2024 in Glendale, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images DETROIT – Ford Motor lost its lead in electric vehicle sales to crosstown rival General Motors during the third quarter, as the automaker’s EV growth slowed. Ford on Wednesday reported…
Pink Floyd has reportedly reached a deal with Sony to sell their music catalog, as well as their name and likeness, for about $400m. The British rock band agreed to sell the rights to their recorded music catalog, their name and their likeness, but not the rights to their songwriting, according to the Financial Times,…
The Race winner trophy is seen in a Louis Vuitton trunk on the grid prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco at Circuit de Monaco on May 26, 2024 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. Bryn Lennon | Formula 1 | Getty Images Liberty Media-owned Formula One and luxury giant LVMH are entering into a 10-year partnership,…
Spain logged a record 21.8 million international visitors this summer, official data has revealed, during a period when anti-tourism protests also took place across the country. The figure is a 7.3% rise on 2023, the national statistics institute (INE) said. Spain is the world’s second most popular tourist destination after France and in July received…
Tesla missed expectations for third-quarter deliveries on Wednesday, hurt by stiff competition from rivals in China and Europe, sending shares of the world’s most valuable automaker down 3%. The electric vehicles maker handed over 462,890 vehicles in the three months to 30 September up 6.4% from the preceding quarter. Wall Street on average had expected…
Amazon confirmed on Tuesday the removal of a memoir from its site that purports to tell the story of an abusive relationship between the late actor and model Kim Porter and her longtime partner, the hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. Porter and Combs’s children denounced the book – titled Kim’s Lost Words: A journey for…
A former Post Office finance chief has said the company’s chief executive, Nick Read, prefers to work with teams of “younger, deferential males”, with very few senior roles held by female colleagues. Alisdair Cameron, who officially left the company in June after a year of sick leave, provided his view on the culture at the…
Jeep vehicles are delivered to a dealership on June 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images DETROIT — Stellantis U.S. new vehicle sales continued a yearslong freefall during the third quarter, despite CEO Carlos Tavares’ attempts to correct what he has called “arrogant” mistakes. The Transatlantic carmaker reported U.S. sales Tuesday of…
