Amazon said this week that it would no longer let third-party retailers sell products that feature Nazi and white nationalist symbolism on its platform, after pressure from nonprofit groups and lawmakers. Read more
The U.S. Commerce Department is going ahead with a tax on Canadian newsprint, a threat to the already-struggling American newspaper industry. Read more
The founder of Papa John’s says the pizza chain does well with him as its public face, and that it was a mistake for the company to scrub him from its marketing materials after he acknowledged using a racial slur last month. Read more
Apple has become the world’s first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion. Read more
Electric car maker Tesla Inc. burned through $739.5 million in cash last quarter, paving the way to a company record $717.5 million net loss as it cranked out more electric cars. Read more
The music streaming service Spotify says it has removed some episodes of “The Alex Jones Show” podcast for violating its hate content policy. Read more
A larger portion of America’s population can say they run on Dunkin’s. Read more
Google’s reversal in China is the latest example of how American tech companies are trying to tailor their products to enter the massive Chinese market, even if it means tamping down on free speech Read more
A Utah man who alleges in a new lawsuit that a McDonald’s employee spiked his drink with a heroin substitute said he had just seated his three young boys on the couch with their happy meals when he took a drink from his Diet Coke while he read work emails on his computer. Read more
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Wells Fargo agreed today to pay a $2.1 billion fine to settle allegations it misrepresented the types of mortgages it sold to investors during the housing bubble that ultimately led to the 2008 financial crisis. Read more
The price of a can of Coca-Cola? Likely going up. A package of Pampers? That too. Plane tickets? They also may be more expensive. These items and more may cost more in the coming months as people start feeling the effects of higher fuel prices and raw-material costs as well as a range of tariffs. Read more
A federal judge in Seattle today stopped the release of blueprints to make untraceable and undetectable 3D-printed plastic guns as President Donald Trump questioned whether his administration should have agreed to allow the plans to be posted online. Read more
Visitor arrivals statewide grew just over 7 percent to 897,099 visitors in June, according to a preliminary report released today by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Read more
The Trump administration is studying the idea of implementing a big tax break for wealthy Americans by reducing the taxes levied on capital gains, but no decision has been made yet on whether to proceed. Read more
The Trump administration says people would drive more and be exposed to increased risk if their cars get better gas mileage, an argument intended to justify freezing Obama-era toughening of fuel standards. Read more
Employees of a Massachusetts candy plant who recently lost their jobs are suing the Connecticut-based company that laid them off. Read more
Two titans of the casino industry are racing to cash in on the newly created U.S. sports betting market, taking steps to expand their footprint and strengthen their positions as more states approve necessary regulations and people become more interested in legally gambling on pro and college sports. Read more
Customers don’t always choose these so-called private-label items, even though they are usually cheaper than competing products from companies like Nestlé and Gatorade. Franchisees who run nearly all of the 9,100 7-Eleven stores in the United States must stock the items anyway. Read more
CBS faces major challenges if CEO Les Moonves is sidelined while the CBS board investigates sexual harassment allegations against him. Read more
McDonald’s is fighting to hold onto customers as the Big Mac turns 50, but it isn’t changing the makings of its most famous burger. Read more
One of the committee’s recommendations is that the era of light-touch regulation for social media must come to an end. Read more
