EV owners around the world want to go back to buying gas cars

Ford Mustang Mach E electric vehicles are offered for sale at a dealership on June 05, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.  Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Car buyers who were among the first to make the EV switch are far from wholly converted. Nearly 30% of electric vehicle owners globally are likely … Read more

Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy wins EU backing for reducing heart risks

Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy. Hollie Adams | Reuters Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster Wegovy weight loss drug has received backing from the European Union’s medical regulator to expand the medicine’s use to include reducing the rise of serious heart events in overweight and obese adults. The Danish … Read more

Cyber Attacks Are Inevitable — So Stop Preparing For If One Happens and Start Preparing For When One Will

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In 2024, organizations faced an average of 1,308 cyber attacks per week in Q1, a 28% rise from the previous quarter and 5% year-over-year. And what’s even worrisome is that cybercrime losses reached $12.8 billion in 2023 and are expected to hit $23.84 trillion by 2027. Undoubtedly, … Read more

Cryptocurrencies rebound with risk assets Friday after two down days

Crypto prices rose on Friday following two down days in which investors rotated out of risk assets. Bitcoin was last higher by 4.7% at $67,799.17, according to Coin Metrics, and ether advanced 4.5% to $3,262.76. In equities, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite and the broad-market S&P 500 — which suffered their worst single trading day since … Read more

Airlines roll out business class upgrades at Farnborough Airshow

FARNBOROUGH, England — Airlines showcased new business class seats at one of the world’s biggest air shows this week, as corporate travel demand is forecast to rise in 2024 in a new report. Qatar Airways displayed its business class upgrade at Farnborough Airshow near London. The most talked-about new feature was the in-flight entertainment monitors … Read more

UK finance chief Reeves pledges most ‘pro-business’ government

Chancellor Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Treasury on July 8, 2024 in London, England. Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves said Friday that the new Labour government would be the most pro-growth and pro-business the country has seen. Reeves told CNBC that it was … Read more

Southwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom in biggest shift in its history

A Southwest commercial airliner takes off from Las Vegas on Feb. 8, 2024. Mike Blake | Reuters Southwest Airlines is ending open seating and will offer extra legroom seats on its airplanes as mounting pressure on the carrier to increase revenue prompts the biggest changes to its business model in its 53 years of flying. … Read more

French rail network hit by arson, canceling trains on eve of Olympics

Passengers gather around the departure boards at the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris on July 26, 2024 as France’s high-speed rail network was hit by malicious acts disrupting the transport system hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.  Thibaud Moritz | Afp | Getty Images French train services were canceled … Read more

Nvidia supplier SK Hynix to build $6.8 billion chip plant in South Korea

SK Hynix logo displayed on a phone screen as seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on January 30, 2023. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Memory chip giant SK Hynix on Friday said it plans to invest 9.4 trillion Korean won ($6.8 billion) to build a new semiconductor manufacturing plant in … Read more

GM’s newest sports car tops 1,000 horsepower

2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Coupe with ZTK Performance Package. DETROIT — General Motors’ newest Chevrolet Corvette will be the most powerful version of the American sports car ever produced — and it’s not even close. The Detroit automaker said Thursday the 2025 Chevy Corvette ZR1 will be powered by a twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter, V8 engine capable … Read more