2024 Kia EV9 Courtesy: Kia Motors NEW YORK — Korean automaker Kia on Wednesday unveiled the U.S. version of its upcoming EV9, a three-row electric SUV that will serve as the brand’s flagship model when it launches late this year. The EV9 is a midsize SUV that – like many …

Michael Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), speaks during an event at the EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it will strengthen limits on several toxic air pollutants emitted by …

If you’re looking for a way to clear your head, just take a step outside. At least, that’s what Apple CEO Tim Cook does. The 62-year-old manages one of the world’s largest tech companies, with a rabid fanbase and $2.62 trillion market cap, creating a wide scope of pressures and …

It’s well documented that Blockbuster’s video rental dominance spurred the launch of Netflix. What’s less known is it was also the catalyst for HBO’s pivot toward original programming, according to former HBO and Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes. HBO, which stands for Home Box Office, centered its original consumer proposition …

The disparity in wealth between Black and white households in the U.S. — referred to as the racial wealth gap — has paved the way for a significant retirement savings shortfall that is only growing, according to Thasunda Brown Duckett, president and CEO of TIAA. “There is a real problem,” she said …

Toward the tail end of the Covid pandemic, Katya Karlova’s career morphed from fashion model to Instagram influencer. As businesses started to reopen, Karlova started posting photos of herself on the app to connect with other photographers, leading to more opportunities. Her following on the photo-sharing service ballooned to over …

Venture capital firms and large tech companies have poured billions of dollars into artificial intelligence technology, and that money has backed nearly 800,000 AI-related job openings across the United States in 2022, according to data collected by Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. The data was presented in the …

A FedEx delivery man is seen on Chestnut Street in San Francisco on January 11, 2023 as atmospheric river storms hit California, United States. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Wednesday. Johnson & Johnson — The pharmaceutical giant climbed …

Ofcom said it received evidence showing Microsoft makes it less attractive for customers to run its Office productivity apps on cloud infrastructure other than Microsoft Azure. Igor Golovniov | Sopa Images | Lightrocket via Getty Images Microsoft and Amazon were accused by U.K. regulators Wednesday of unfairly restricting competition in …

A customer purchases the new iPhone X at an Apple store on November 3, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. Getty Images Silicon Valley Bank wasn’t the only U.S. company with a lot of cash to put to work, but corporate America’s bulging balance sheets aren’t likely to cause any of …