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Norwegian Cruise Line wants to start US cruises again on July 4, and it’s willing to require all passengers and staff to be vaccinated before it sets sail. Norwegian, which despite its name is a US-based company, sent a letter Monday to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, notifying it of its proposal. It’s

The collapse last month of US hedge fund Archegos Capital cost Credit Suisse nearly $4.7 billion and two of the bank’s top executives their jobs. The Swiss bank said Tuesday that it was likely to report a pretax loss of 900 million Swiss francs ($959 million) for the first quarter of this year after taking

Yahoo Answers, a question-and-answer platform that launched more than 15 years ago and became one of the largest troves of information — and misinformation — on the internet, is shutting down on May 4. The Verizon-owned website announced the platform’s cancellation Monday with a terse statement on Yahoo Answers’ homepage. The portal will go into

The Supreme Court has handed Google a win in a decade-old case in software development, holding that the technology giant did not commit copyright infringement against Oracle when it copied snippets of programming language to build its Android operating system. Google’s copying of so-called application programming interfaces from Oracle’s Java SE was an example of

The pandemic has already slammed stores across the country. The aftermath might not be any easier for retailers. The pandemic sped up the shift to online shopping, and the continued growth of e-commerce sales will lead to more stores shutting down after the pandemic ends, UBS retail analysts led by Michael Lasser predicted in a

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are all the rage. But their popularity may have already peaked. Prices of NFTs, the digital certificates that have taken the art and collectibles world by storm this year, have plunged about 70% from their high point in February. The average price for an NFT on April 5 was about $1,256

Spring has arrived, and America’s services sector — an enormous part of the economy — is positively booming. As some pandemic restrictions are relaxed and vaccines are put in more arms, pent-up consumer demand is getting released — and that’s helping economic activity in the services sector roar back, according to the Institute for Supply

Turntide Technologies is on a mission to save the planet, one motor at a time. The startup, armed with an influx of cash from Amazon, Bill Gates and actor Robert Downey Jr., wants to replace the antiquated and energy-wasting motors used to power fridges, HVAC systems and cars with a smart motor that uses a

No Model S or Model X cars on the Tesla assembly line is apparently no problem for investors. Friday Tesla revealed it did not build any of its two most expensive models, the Model S sedan and Model X SUV, in the first quarter. But it achieved a record number of deliveries of the less

LG is getting out of the “incredibly competitive” business of making smartphones. On Monday, the South Korean tech giant announced that it would close down its mobile phone unit after years of losses, marking the end of an era for a trailblazer in the Android world. The division is expected to be wound down by

McDonald’s is expanding its lineup of sweet treats with a new McFlurry flavor. Beginning May 3, the chain is adding a Caramel Brownie McFlurry to its menus at US locations for a limited time. McDonald’s says the dessert combines vanilla soft serve ice cream with brownie pieces and caramel topping that’s blended throughout. Prices vary