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Heating home mistakes, how to avoid them

06/20/2024 11:37pm
Salt Lake City -- Are you making your house hotter by accident? It's something nobody wants, especially over the next

Supreme Court won't upend tax on Americans' foreign earnings

06/20/2024 6:42pm
The Supreme Court preserved a tax on Americans who have invested in certain foreign corporations as constitutionally sound, ruling on Thursday against a challenge to it at a time when some Democratic lawmakers are seeking to impose a wealth tax on the super rich.

TikTok says US ban is inevitable without a court order blocking law

06/20/2024 5:36pm
TikTok and Chinese parent ByteDance on Thursday urged a U.S. court to strike down a law they say will ban the popular short app in the United States on Jan. 19, saying the U.S. government refused to engage in any serious settlement talks after 2022.

Utah health care payment innovator Waystar crushes IPO with $1B raise

06/20/2024 1:03pm
Waystar, the Lehi-based innovator of a health care payment platform, just launched one of the biggest initial public offerings of the year, raising nearly $970 million on the sale of some 45 million shares of its newly issued stock.

Employees suing Disney after moving across the country for work, then project getting canceled

06/20/2024 12:30pm
Two employees are suing the Walt Disney, saying the company moved their jobs from California to Florida, only for Disney to cancel the project and move them back, hurting them financially and emotionally.

Cost of homeowner's insurance in Utah up by double digits each year since 2022

06/20/2024 12:02pm
The Utah insurance commissioner says home insurance rates are on the rise in Utah due to several factors, including building homes in more risky areas and the state's traditionally cheaper market that's catching up to nationwide levels.

So long plastic air pillows: Amazon shifting to recycled paper filling for packages

06/20/2024 11:02am
Amazon is moving from putting plastic air pillows in its packages in North America to using recycled paper filling instead, a move that's more environmentally friendly and is said to secure items in boxes just the same, if not better.

US job market shows signs of cooling

06/20/2024 9:48am
Fewer Americans enrolled for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, Labor Department data showed on Thursday, though the number of people on benefits rolls overall climbed a week earlier to the highest since January, a sign that the U.S. job market continues to cool.

Fossil fuel use, emissions hit records in 2023, report says

06/20/2024 8:39am
Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly on the year, the industry's Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Thursday.