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More than 400 food items sold under dozens of brands names, including Bistro to Go and Fresh Creative Cuisine, have been recalled due to possible listeria contamination, according to manufacturer Fresh Ideation Food Group. The recalled items are from Baltimore-based Fresh Ideation and were sold from January 24 through January …

Tipping is encountering its own form of inflation, with consumers commonly facing digital kiosks that ask for tips that start at 18% or 20% and can go as high as 30% — a far cry from the 15% that used to be traditional.  And more types of employees are now …

The U.S. Treasury Department could drain emergency resources to cover the federal government’s financial obligations by the beginning of July, potentially setting off an unprecedented fiscal crisis if lawmakers fail to lift the nation’s debt limit, according to a new report from Wells Fargo.  The note, published Thursday by Wells …

Inflation subsided in December, reflecting the smallest annual increase since October 2021, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The Consumer Price Index rose at an annual rate of 6.5%, in line with economists’ expectations. Core prices, which exclude energy and food, rose 5.7% from the year before.  On a monthly basis, …

A passenger is suing embattled Southwest Airlines over the airline’s alleged failure to reimburse him and hordes of other customers for canceled flights. The airline’s contract of carriage mandates refunds for canceled fights, plus reimbursement for incurred costs like hotels, meals and rental cars, Louisiana-based passenger Eric Capdeville alleged in …

Samsung is recalling about 663,000 top-loading washing machines that can overheat and pose a fire hazard, the appliance company said on Thursday. The company has received 51 reports of “smoking, melting, overheating or fire” connected with the washers, 10 of which resulted in property damage. In addition, three people reported …

The first NFT collection from former President Donald Trump sold out less than a day after going on sale, giving its creators a nearly $4.5 million windfall. The businessman-turned-politician rolled out the “Trump digital trading cards” on Thursday in a widely hyped announcement. The video opens with an animated image …

Home sellers typically spend around $5,400 sprucing up their houses before putting them on the market, a new survey shows. That breaks down to roughly $3,782 on landscaping, $1,432 on painting and $174 on carpet cleaning, according to the findings from Zillow and Thumbtack. Painting and landscaping do the most to …

Elon Musk on Friday said Twitter has again suspended Kanye West’s account, following the rapper’s tweet of a symbol that included a swastika as well as an unflattering photo of the billionaire.  Musk, who bought Twitter in October, tweeted on Friday, “I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated …

The Biden administration has stopped taking applications for its student debt forgiveness program, citing a Thursday ruling from a federal judge in Texas that declared the program “unlawful.” On Friday, the Department of Education’s student debt relief website displayed a message informing borrowers that “student loan debt relief is blocked.” It added, …