OpenAI could now be the world’s most valuable startup, ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and TikTok parent company ByteDance, after a secondary stock sale designed to retain employees at the ChatGPT maker. Current and former OpenAI employees sold $6.6 billion in shares to a group of investors, pushing the privately held artificial intelligence company’s valuation…… MORE
Musk Reports Tesla Sales Jump After Months of Boycotts, but Experts Suspect the Pain is Not Over Yet
NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla reported a surprise increase in sales in the third quarter as the electric car maker likely benefited from a rush by consumers to take advantage of a $7,500 credit before it expired on Sept. 30. The company reported Thursday that sales in the three months through September rose 7% compared…… MORE
Gatorade and Cheetos Are Among the Pepsi Products Getting a Natural Dye Makeover
VALHALLA, New York (AP) — Pepsi has a new challenge: Keeping products like Gatorade and Cheetos vivid and colorful without the artificial dyes that U.S. consumers are increasingly rejecting. PepsiCo announced in April that it would accelerate a planned shift to natural colors in its foods and beverages. Right now, around 40% of the company’s…… MORE
Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Ticks Up for Second Straight Week, to 6.34%
WASHINGTON (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage ticked up for the second straight week following a string of declines that had brought down home borrowing costs to the lowest level in nearly a year. The average long-term mortgage rate rose this week to 6.34% from 6.3% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie…… MORE
DFW’s Morning News-Clayton and Sybil go from a Migrant Bust to LeBare
When a newscast goes awry, in a good way.… MORE
DFW’s Morning News-Large Skeletons and Exploding Packages
Clayton and Sybil run down some seasonal stories…… MORE
DFW’s Morning News-Free Pharmacy
DFW’s Morning News speaks with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of North Texas about their charitable pharmacy and the recent prescription milestone they met which served North Texans. … MORE
Government Shutdown Takes Hold With Mass Layoffs Looming and No End in Sight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government was thrown into a shutdown with no easy endgame in sight. Democrats held firm Wednesday to their demands to salvage health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republican in Congress have refused to negotiate. The White House threatened mass layoffs of federal workers in a matter of days.…… MORE
Trump Administration Puts on Hold $18 Billion in Funding for New York City Infrastructure Projects
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump’s administration is citing the government shutdown in explaining why it’s holding up roughly $18 billion for a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey and an extension of the city’s Second Avenue subway. The move is likely meant to target Senate Democratic leader…… MORE
Attorney General Bondi Touts Memphis Arrests During Federal Deployment as US, State Officials Meet
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi have met with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee in Memphis. The meeting comes as about a dozen federal law enforcement agencies ordered by President Donald Trump to fight crime have begun making arrests there. Bondi says via social media that the Memphis…… MORE
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