For a generation and more, Starbucks’ throwaway cup has been a cornerstone of consumer society, first in the United States and then globally. SEATTLE (AP) — Bethany Patton steps up to the counter and places her pink mug into a shoebox-sized dishwasher. It spins. It whirs. Water splashes inside. After 90 seconds, the door opens…
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By: Consumer spending, the most important driver of the US economy, is expected to shrink in early 2024 — the first quarterly decline since the start of the pandemic, according to a new survey. More than half of 526 respondents, or 56%, believe that personal consumption in the US will turn negative in the new…
David Wichner The Arizona economy hummed along through the first half of 2023 and is expected to post solid gains this year and next if the U.S. economy avoids a recession as expected, University of Arizona economists say.But although Tucson has regained all of the jobs it lost during the height of COVID-19, the Old…
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TORTILLA FLAT, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — It’s been four years since a fire and then a storm destroyed a 5-mile stretch of state Route 88, up toward Apache Lake. That part of the highway has been closed ever since 2019. But an Arizona Department of Transportation study is working on a plan to safely reopen…
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The number of people filing for initial unemployment benefits increased for the first time in a month last week, jumping by 3,000 to 220,000, according to new statistics released by the Labor Department on Thursday. The number of people filing for initial unemployment benefits increased for the first time in a month last week, jumping…
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