Competition among fuel retailers is “failing consumers” because drivers are still paying too much to fill up, according to regulators. In an update on its monitoring of the fuel market, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the cost to all motorists from the previously identified increase in retail fuel margins since 2019 was over
The private equity giant Apollo Global Management is on the brink of a deal to buy Evri, the British parcel delivery company, in a £2.7bn deal. Sky News has learnt that Apollo has seen off competition to acquire the company from rivals including JD.com, the Chinese internet group, and DHL. The deal could be announced
Associated Press Jul 20, 2024, 07:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OCEANPORT, N.J. — Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch captured the $1 million Haskell Stakes on Saturday at Monmouth Park to take charge of what had been a wide-open 3-year-old division. The Haskell featured a renewal of the budding rivalry between Dornoch and Mindframe. They clashed
Associated Press Jul 19, 2024, 05:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs has rescinded its extended suspension of Bob Baffert, allowing the Hall of Fame trainer to resume racing his horses at the historic track and partner facilities after more than three years of banishment for a failed drug test of
Associated Press Jul 17, 2024, 04:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OCEANPORT, N.J. — Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch and runner-up Mindframe are set to renew their rivalry when they return to racing for the $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Mindframe, who finished a half-length behind Dornoch in the final leg of
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 14, 2024, 12:01 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Jaron Ennis retained his IBF welterweight title with a fifth-round TKO
After a few slower days, we’re starting to see an influx of Green Deals ahead of next week’s Prime Day event, with today’s headliner being a 9to5Toys-exclusive $600 off deal on the ENGWE Engine Pro e-bike for $799. It is joined by EcoFlow’s latest 24-hour flash sale that is offering the DELTA 2 Max power
On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla optimizing FSD routes, Model 3 Long Range RWD, Ford Capri, and more. Today’s Podcast is sponsored by the Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET
A more affordable electric Chevy Silverado is on its way. Chevy’s Silverado EV LT has shown its face as new images of the electric workhorse emerge. Check out the first images below. Chevy’s electric pickup stole the show at CES after its introduction in January 2022. The Work Truck (WT) edition, with 510 hp and
Tesla has started offering an “energy boost” software unlock to recent buyers of the Model Y RWD, allowing them to unlock more battery capacity – for a price. The Model Y RWD has been through lots of changes recently. Not only has its price varied quite a bit, but Tesla has introduced and then axed
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Inflation fell further in June as lower gasoline prices combined with other easing price pressures to bring relief for consumers’ wallets. The consumer price index, a key inflation gauge, rose 3% in June from a year ago, down from 3.3% in May, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. The
With hundreds of billions of dollars in new federal infrastructure spending under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, companies are eager to cash in. And states are scrambling for their piece of the pie. “We have funding that goes to projects that come from every state, city,
An offshore oil rig platform is photographed in Huntington Beach, California, U.S. July 4, 2024. Etienne Laurent | Reuters U.S. crude oil rose 1 % on Friday, topping $83 per barrel as consumer prices eased and inventories fall. The recent oil rally has stalled out with West Texas Intermediate largely flat this week, ahead 0.38%,
97 / Getty Inflation has throttled back significantly since peaking two years ago. The U.S. economy is even seeing some prices deflate for consumers. Deflation measures how quickly prices are falling for a consumer good or service. It’s the opposite of inflation, which gauges how quickly prices are increasing. Physical goods have accounted for much
Federal investigators have tentatively identified the man who shot at Donald Trump at a rally in Pennslyvania. He is male, around 20 years old, and from Pennsylvania, according to multiple US law enforcement officials. Secret Service said he had been “neutralised” and was now dead. Video captured by a helicopter over the rally in Butler
This is a truly extraordinary moment. It is shocking to watch. It’s hard to judge right now how it will reverberate and what the consequences for America and its fractious politics will be. But these are deeply anxious times. The cable news networks were carrying Donald Trump‘s speech live. It had just gone 6.15pm on
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, speaks at the Milken Conference 2024 in Beverly Hills, California, May 6, 2024. David Swanson | Reuters Elon Musk posted on X that he “fully” endorses Donald Trump moments after the former president and presumptive Republican nominee was rushed off stage by
President Joe Biden has said there is “no place in America for this kind of violence” after a shooting at a Donald Trump rally. “It’s sick. Sick,” he said in a press briefing in Delaware, following the attack on the Trump rally in Pennsylvania. Butler County District attorney told the Associated Press (AP) that a
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 13, 2024, 05:44 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Former middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs announced his retirement from boxing Saturday
People standing close to Donald Trump when he was apparently hit by gunshots have spoken about what they saw happened. One woman, named as Erin, told NBC News that she was stood in the front row and saw the “fresh blood” coming from the former president’s ear. “The guns came up to start. Clear. Clear