2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (532+ words) After years of litigation and anticipation, Camarillo is getting its own Costco Wholesale outpost. Michael Okuma, Costco’s director of real estate development, confirmed that the newest warehouse is scheduled to open to shoppers on Oct. 30. Located on West Ventura Boulevard…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (464+ words) Kroger Co. trimmed its annual sales guidance, signaling that heightened inflationary concerns and fierce competition for grocery spending are weighing on the retailer. The company expects comparable sales excluding fuel, which measure stores open at least 15 months, to gain as…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (814+ words) Oil prices keep climbing as the war with Iran continues to clog the global flow of crude, and they leaped Thursday to their highest levels since before the summer. That worsened inflation worries and cranked up pressure in the bond…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (313+ words) China’s passenger car exports in the first eight months of this year already surpassed last year’s total, an industry association said Thursday, though domestic sales continued to decline. Passenger car exports in August jumped 67.1% from the year before to around…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (798+ words) BUENOS AIRES — At 18, Martín Taborda began studying law at Argentina’s prestigious University of Buenos Aires, hoping to become the first in his family to graduate. Just two years later, that dream has slipped out of reach. Unemployed and $1,300 in debt,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (670+ words) Apple on Wednesday unveiled its latest generation of iPhones, including a widely anticipated foldable version called Duo. The company’s new CEO, John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook on Sept. 1, introduced the latest lineup at the company’s Cupertino, California…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (404+ words) Wholesale inflation picked up last month after cooling earlier this summer as higher oil and gas prices stemming from the Iran war keep costs elevated. In a striking acknowledgment Wednesday, Trump said that oil prices likely won’t come down until…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (600+ words) California has long been farm country, and its oceans soon could be, too. State coastal officials voted Wednesday to allow a plan to build the United States’ largest kelp farm 6 miles (10 kilometers) off the Southern California coast to move forward…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1307+ words) When California’s groundbreaking law on single-use plastic passed in 2022 to address the growing scourge of plastic pollution, it had broad political support. There was the state Chamber of Commerce, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a powerful ocean advocate and Californians Against…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (753+ words) Stocks on Wall Street lost ground again Wednesday as the price of crude oil climbed back above $100 a barrel amid further escalation in the U.S. war with Iran. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 0.5%. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 0.8%, and the…...