A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’s Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can login exactly here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. CNN — Stocks and consumer sentiment are rising in tandem after falling last year, another sign of growing … Read more
London CNN — More and more UK shops are using an artificial intelligence facial recognition system to detect repeats Shoplifters in what one human rights group has described as spreading “airport security” down Main Street. Simon Gordon, founder of British surveillance company Facewatch, told CNN that was the case The product has grown “exponentially” as … Read more
new York CNN — Hundreds of thousands of people looking to travel this week have found themselves frustratingly stuck at an airport far from home with little choice but to wait. And wait. It started with heavy storms on Sunday and worsened as airlines struggled to rebook customers and reallocate staff. Between Sunday and Wednesday, … Read more
CNN — New York City has been cleared to introduce congestion pricing, a practice that allows the city to charge drivers going to Lower Manhattan, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The decision paves the way for the city to start the program as early as next spring. CNN has reached out to the … Read more
new York CNN — A UPS strike by 185,000 workers 25 years ago brought the logistics giant’s operations to a standstill. The 15-day strike severely curtailed package delivery, overwhelmed the US Postal Service and FedEx, and hurt businesses across the United States. Now more than 340,000 UPS workers, represented by the Teamsters union, are threatening … Read more