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As school-age students around the country return to their classrooms after winter break, families know it’s time to think ahead to how their children will spend summer break. To help families plan ahead for out-of-school time, Champions, which operates more than 1,000 before- and after-school programs nationwide, opened enrollment for their 2025 Champ Camp summer […]

Hesai Technology (NASDAQ: HSAI) shares were little changed Tuesday, as the global leader in lidar technology unveiled its brand-new next generation ADAS lidar the AT1440, an automotive-grade lidar with 1440 channels, and its solid-state blind-spot FTX lidar, designed for automotive and robotics, at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. As the world’s first 1440-channel automotive-grade lidar,

Copper demand is expected to stay red-hot, according to Jorge Cantallopts, an executive director at the Center for Copper and Mining Studies. “Copper plays a crucial role in both energy transition and traditional energy sectors, Cantallopts told Yicai in a recent interview. The slower pace of energy transition will not undermine the growing demand for

Four years after launching a push for more diversity in its ranks, McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) is ending some of its diversity practices, citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision that outlawed affirmative action in college admissions. McDonald’s is the latest big company to shift its tactics in the wake of the 2023 ruling and a conservative backlash

December unfolded largely as expected. Robust economic data, central bank actions, and geopolitical factors served to underpin the US dollar, as did the lingering specter of the incoming Trump administration. The EUR weakened further due to disappointing Eurozone PMIs and a soft economic outlook, with markets anticipating additional ECB rate cuts in early 2025. The

Getty Images (GETY) and rival Shutterstock (SSTK) have agreed to merge in a $3.7 billion U.S. deal that will create a photograph and image giant. The two companies, which each specialize in stock photographs used primarily by the news media, say they are merging to achieve economies of scale and fend off the threat posed

Ulta Beauty (ULTA) has announced that chief executive officer (CEO) Dave Kimbell is retiring from the cosmetics company where he has worked for the last decade. Kimbell will also step down from the company’s board of directors and is being succeeded in the CEO role by Ulta Beauty’s current President and Chief Operating Officer Kecia

Stellantis (NYSE:STLA) has redesigned its large Ram heavy-duty trucks — and it’s betting those updates will help reverse three consecutive years of sales declines for the brand. The new Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups and chassis cab trucks feature updated interior and exterior designs, as well as a new 6.7-liter Cummins turbo diesel engine that

Canadian stocks briefly rallied on news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has resigned. The Toronto Stock Exchange gained 0.1% before paring that increase and finishing the trading day down a slight 0.29% at 24,999.79, not far from the benchmark index’s all-time high. The Canadian dollar rose 0.5% to 1.4373 against the U.S. greenback on news