Tag: Consumer products and services
Lucky break: Idaho Powerball lives as global growth stalls
BOISE, Idaho — Powerball will continue in Idaho for at least another year despite an attempt by lawmakers to end the game in August...
Behind production of a top-selling bourbon, push to go green
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The process of making fine whiskey involves aging spirits to a golden brown, but a bourbon producing giant is going green...
Japanese businessmen brighten makeup industry amid pandemic
TOKYO — The coronavirus pandemic has pushed many businesses in Japan to the edge of financial ruin, but Takumi Tezuka, who owns a makeup...
UK job figures show young hardest hit by COVID restrictions
LONDON — The number of workers on U.K. corporate payrolls dropped by 0.2% in March as young people were hardest hit by coronavirus restrictions...
Restaurants, delivery apps still at odds as demand grows
Diners got used to delivery during the pandemic, and the habit may stick long after dining rooms reopen. But restaurants and delivery companies remain...
Subaru recalls vehicles to fix engine, suspension problems
DETROIT — Subaru is recalling nearly 875,000 cars and SUVs in the U.S. because the engines can stall or a rear suspension part can...
Pandemic causes decline in Czech beer consumption
PRAGUE — Beer consumption in the Czech republic — the world's largest per-capita consumer of the drink — was badly affected by the coronavirus...
Ex-Jack Daniel’s distiller to make new whiskey in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —
The former top distiller at Jack Daniel's...
2 Italian managers indicted in Fiat Chrysler emissions probe
DETROIT — Two Italian managers in Fiat Chrysler's diesel engine program have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit in a widening...
India’s electric vehicles face practical, technical hurdles
NEW DELHI — H.S. Panno, an independent contractor living in a spacious two-story penthouse in New Delhi, had his doubts when he bought his...