President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday announced a deal on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that will bring it to a vote in Congress and remove the last barrier to enact the trade pact. Congress is expected to pass the agreement with bipartisan support, giving the president a major trade victory as…
Read moreThe Department of Justice will investigate Google’s acquisition of the smart-fitness company Fitbit, the New York Post’s Josh Kosman reported Tuesday. The government agency reportedly fought for jurisdiction over the deal with the Federal Trade Commission, which oversees a task force that monitors anticompetitive behavior in Silicon Valley. Google’s broader business practices are already under investigation by…
Read moreFacebook is facing criticism once again for its advertising policy.An open letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was published Monday on GLAAD’s website, and it’s signed by over 50 major groups. The letter demands Facebook remove a series of “factually inaccurate advertisements which suggest negative health effects of Truvada PrEP.”Truvada PrEP is a prophylactic that…
Read moreGenaro Garcia Luna, who was Mexico’s public-security secretary between 2006 and 2012, was arrested in Texas on Monday.Garcia Luna, the architect of Mexico’s campaign against organized crime in the late 2000s, is the latest Mexican official accused of corruption and involvement in drug trafficking.Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.A former high-ranking Mexican security official…
Read moreJason Lee/Reuters Flight attendants spend hundreds of hours in the air each year, so they learn to notice small details about the planes they work on and the passengers that fly on them.Whether spotting nervous passengers from their body language or always knowing where the nearest exit is, flight attendants experience air travel in a…
Read moreThe Minnesota-based LME left more than 400 truckers out of a job when it abruptly shuttered on Friday. Workday Minnesota/YouTube Hundreds of trucking companies have folded in 2019.That has left thousands of truck drivers suddenly without a job.After a hugely profitable year in 2018, this year has seen retailers and manufacturers moving less, according to the Cass…
Read moreThis story requires our BI Prime membership. To read the full article, simply click here to claim your deal and get access to all exclusive Business Insider PRIME content. Erin Valenti, a seemingly successful and ambitious tech founder, was on her way home from a business trip to California when she called her mother. She…
Read moreSurveillance video shows a FedEx worker swearing and dropping a 144-pound package on the ground multiple times during a scheduled pickup. “I don’t understand. These people always get heavy s***,” the driver said, according to a copy of the video posted by WISN.Some people have defended the FedEx employee’s behavior amid the busiest season of the…
Read moreAn active shooter situation was reported in Jersey City, New Jersey, early Tuesday afternoon.According to radio transmission heard by NJ.com, at least one officer has been shot, and there appears to be another victim in the bodega where the gunfire is coming from.Officers were heard on radio transmission saying that two gunmen inside the bodega are…
Read moreAttorney General William Barr made a number of unsubstantiated allegations against the FBI in a bizarre interview with NBC News’ Pete Williams on Tuesday.He claimed the FBI acted in “bad faith” when it investigated President Donald Trump’s campaign’s ties to Russia during the 2016 election.He accused the bureau of improperly spying on former Trump campaign…
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