Unveiling the Hidden Cost of Auto Loans for Women and Minorities
New research reveals women and minorities face higher auto loan interest rates, leading to millions in extra costs. The study urges for fairness and transparency in the industry.
New research reveals women and minorities face higher auto loan interest rates, leading to millions in extra costs. The study urges for fairness and transparency in the industry.
Super Bowl LVIII will be held Feb. 11, with the San Francisco 49ers out of the NFC facing off against the Kansas City Chiefs out of the AFC. This is rematch of Super Bowl LIV, when the Chiefs rallied from a 10 point deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat the 49ers 31-20.
The Boeing 737 MAX crisis highlights the consequences of corporate culture issues, supply chain mismanagement, and design errors. To regain public confidence, Boeing needs to make drastic changes now before costing more lives.
The aerospace giant began outsourcing 70% of its design, engineering and manufacturing in the early 2000s.
Cutting in front of someone who’s been waiting patiently in line used to be unethical, bad manners, taboo. Now, businesses are letting people pay for the privilege of skipping the line.
Data analysts like me like to uncover anomalies and unusual events revealed by the numbers. That is why I am excited about this year’s Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs and rooting for the Niners to win.
When T.J. Grimm and his team at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center put in their nightly orders to fill customers’ medications, they‘re never really sure that the orders will actually get filled. It’s a problem facing health care systems across the country: Pharmacy managers have been left scrambling to find supplies as the country deals with a near-record number of shortages affecting millions of people.
Thrive Earlier Detection Corp., a startup company based on early cancer testing technology developed at the Johns Hopkins University, was snatched up three years ago and is now planning to move out of Baltimore.
Milwaukee officials are urging local ambulance companies and the Milwaukee Fire Department to change their policies in the wake of the January death of a 49-year-old woman in subzero temperatures.
In 2024, asking if we should have a right to personal privacy is the wrong question; we crossed that bridge with the arrival of the internet decades ago. Since then, increasing layers of technology in our daily lives have collectively invaded our personal space. Yet each of us feels entitled to privacy, fueling a myth that permeates our world today.
Math scores of K-12 students in the U.S. plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopes that these scores would rebound among teenagers after the pandemic have proven vain. In 2023, U.S. News & World Report reported that math scores among teenagers are the worst they’ve been since the 1970s.
To responsibly control the use of artificial intelligence, people need to first understand how it works, a top Google executive said Friday in Pittsburgh.
CN says the $230 million deal will boost rail competition, take freight off the highway, and preserve shippers’ options.
THE PORT OF VIRGINIA – Recent terror attacks on shipping in the Middle East are sparking major geopolitical and economic implications for world trade, which could lead to supply chain disruptions and higher prices.
The Transportation Security Administration is moving forward with plans to implement facial recognition technology at U.S. airports and is working with the Department of Homeland Security’s research and development component to analyze data to ensure that the new units are working correctly, agency officials told Nextgov/FCW.
There is much talk on the campaign trail from the two leading candidates about imposing tariffs on imported goods. Former President Trump wants to impose a 10% tax on all imports. President Biden’s administration is considering imposing tariffs selectively, the so-called “small yard, high fence” approach. The impact of a tariff is not fully predictable and does not follow a straight line. While it may give a small boost to the country imposing tariffs in the short term in a variety of ways, it could have unintended consequences in the long run.
With the new year, three upper respiratory viruses have begun to spread among Americans. COVID-19, seasonal influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, have all been infecting people and making them sick.
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Robert Handfield, professor of operations and supply chain management at North Carolina State University, about the bottle neck the reduction in traffic is causing.