Expedia Group last week said that reduced travel demand in the United States led to its weaker-than-expected revenue in the first quarter and Bank of America said credit-card transactions showed spending on flights and lodging kept falling last month. The two reports add to growing indications that the nation’s travel and tourism industry may see [...]
Columbus-based Donatos Pizza recently completed a transition of its automated ordering system to Revmo AI voice-ordering technology for all 174 Donatos restaurants nationwide. According to a news release, the voice AI initiative is a component of the pizza chain’s automation strategy, which is designed to offload routine tasks and enable associates to focus on hospitality. [...]
Battelle recently announced the launch of a pilot program to develop and expand innovative manufacturing career pathways in public schools across Ohio. Devised by the Ohio STEM Learning Network with support from the Walton Family Foundation, Manufacturing Pathways has awarded grants totaling $1.76 million to support industry-aligned educational programs that prepare students in 21 Ohio [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks. Tallying hundreds of pages, the legislation is touching off the biggest political fight over health care since Republicans [...]
People taking Eli Lilly’s obesity drug, Zepbound, lost nearly 50 percent more weight than those using rival Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in the first head-to-head study of the medications. Clinical trial participants who took tirzepatide, the drug sold as Zepbound, lost an average of 50 pounds over 72 weeks, while those who took semaglutide, or Wegovy, [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently upheld an appellate court dismissal of a Marion Correctional Institution inmate’s effort to order the state Adult Parole Authority to cease future parole hearings on his behalf. Justices noted that the Tenth District appellate panel dismissed 55-year-old James Ellis’ complaint on the basis that the man, convicted in 1995 [...]
A deadly midair collision in January between a military helicopter and a commercial airliner, several additional crashes and technical problems that resulted in mass cancellations at New Jersey’s biggest airport have prompted officials to pledge a fix for the nation’s air traffic control system. Doing so, they say, would help ensure safety and prevent the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve last week kept its key interest rate unchanged and said that the risks of both higher unemployment and higher inflation have risen. The Fed kept its rate at 4.3 percent for the third straight meeting, after cutting it three times in a row at the end of last year. [...]
SEATTLE (AP) — Bill Gates says he will donate 99 percent of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will close in 2045, earlier than previously planned. Today, that would be worth an estimated $107 billion. The pledge is among the largest philanthropic gifts ever — outpacing the historic contributions of industrialists such [...]