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Biden executive order aims to shore up US cyber defenses

January 16, 2025, 9:29am Business

President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Thursday aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity and making it easier to go after foreign adversaries or hacking groups that try to compromise U.S. internet and telecommunication systems. Read story

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first test flight

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

January 16, 2025, 8:16am Business

Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. Read story

US defense contractor to build 4,000-worker advanced manufacturing facility in central Ohio

January 16, 2025, 8:02am Business

U.S. defense contractor Anduril Industries is preparing to build a massive advanced manufacturing facility in central Ohio, adding a planned 4,000 jobs to the area’s burgeoning high-tech sector, state officials announced Thursday. Read story

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Energy, left, talks with Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., prior to a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington.

What Trump’s energy secretary nominee had to say on Hanford nuclear waste, national lab

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Energy, left, talks with Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., prior to a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington.

January 16, 2025, 7:47am Business

Trump’s nominee for energy secretary called finishing the environmental cleanup at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington critical when he was questioned at a Senate hearing Wednesday. Read story

Icons for the smartphone apps Xiaohongshu and TikTok are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

How much is TikTok worth and who could buy it?

Icons for the smartphone apps Xiaohongshu and TikTok are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

January 16, 2025, 7:45am Business

The supremely popular TikTok could be banned on Jan. 19 under a federal law that forces the video sharing platform to divest itself from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, or shut down its U.S. operations. Read story

Albertsons lays off corporate employees across the company. Here’s what we know

January 16, 2025, 7:44am Business

Albertsons is laying off corporate and division support employees around the country, a spokesperson for the company told the Idaho Statesman on Wednesday. Store employees are not impacted by the cuts, the spokesperson said in a statement. Read story

A hiring sign is displayed at a cafe in Streamwood, Ill., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

More Americans file for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low

A hiring sign is displayed at a cafe in Streamwood, Ill., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

January 16, 2025, 7:43am Business

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week, but layoffs remain historically low and the job market broadly healthy. Read story

FILE - A shopper looks at handbags at Macy’s department store on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in New York.

US retail sales rose modestly last month amid solid holiday shopping, boosting economy

FILE - A shopper looks at handbags at Macy’s department store on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in New York.

January 16, 2025, 7:38am Business

Americans stepped up their spending at retail stores and restaurants last month in a clear sign that consumers are still able and willing to shop. Read story