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Anchor Brewing Co. is set to pour its last cold one. The 127-year-old San Francisco brewery, which traces its roots to the California Gold Rush, said it will shut down after years of declining sales. Anchor was trailblazer in the U.S., brewing craft beers in the 1970s when most Americans …

United Airlines has distributed 30,000 miles to travelers whose flights were canceled or delayed due to bad weather and air traffic gridlock last week. Customers who experienced overnight delays or never reached their destinations between June 24 and June 30 received the vouchers, a United representative told CBS MoneyWatch. The …

The youngest cohort of adults in the U.S. has a clear preference when it comes to where they’d like to own a home.  Salt Lake City, Utah, has the largest share of Gen Zers trying to get a foothold in the housing market, according to a new report from LendingTree, …

Americans are booking trips on cruise ships at rates not seen since before the pandemic, a sign travelers are more comfortable boarding vessels that were once vectors for coronavirus. Florida-based Royal Caribbean said earlier this month that the load factor, or percentage of seats filled, of its cruise ships rose to …

American Airlines and JetBlue must end their alliance, a federal judge said on Friday, ruling that the partnership weakens competition and hurts consumers in the Northeast by reducing their flight options. The decision is a blow for the airlines, which have said their codeshare agreement helps consumers by creating a …

Employers sped up hiring in April, adding a healthy 253,000 jobs in sign the tight labor market continues to propel the U.S. economy despite stubbornly high inflation and banking industry turmoil. Economists had expected payroll gains of 180,000. The nation’s unemployment rate fell to 3.4% from 3.5% in the prior …

Customers of Bed Bath & Beyond still have a few more weeks to shop and use coupons despite the struggling home goods retailer declaring bankruptcy on Sunday. The company plans to shut all of its 360 Bed Bath & Beyond and 120 Buy Buy Baby locations by the end of …

The past year has seen 2,000 retail store closures, with the likes of Bed Bath & Beyond, Foot Locker and Walmart shuttering locations as they look to save money. But that trickle is set to turn into a flood in the next five years, according to one Wall Street analysis …

You may have already seen them in restaurants: waist-high machines that can greet guests, lead them to their tables, deliver food and drinks and ferry dirty dishes to the kitchen. Some have cat-like faces and even purr when you scratch their heads. But are robot waiters the future? It’s a …

Airline passengers became so frustrated with their bags getting lost and flights being canceled last year, that they sent a near-record amount of gripes to the federal government.  The number of complaints passengers sent to the U.S. Department of Transportation, travel agents and third-party booking sites like Expedia and Priceline …