BOULDER CITY, Nev. — No one was injured when a transformer at Hoover Dam briefly caught fire Tuesday morning, officials said. “There is no risk to the power grid and power is still being generated,” according to Jacklynn L. Gould, the Bureau of Reclamation’s regional director for the Lower Colorado Region. The fire ignited around … Read more
Twitter stock has fallen less than other social media stocks this year. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Text size Now that Elon Musk has decided he would rather not own Twitter , Wall Street is scrambling to think through what happens from here, and what the company might be worth on a stand-alone basis. Twitter shares plunged … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Two people were killed and three wounded in shootings before dawn Monday at four 7-Eleven stores in Southern California and authorities said they were seeking a lone gunman in at least three of the shootings. The shootings appear to have occurred after robberies or attempted robberies at the four convenience stores on … Read more
Text size Investor sentiment seemed downbeat as the new week started. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images The stock market dropped Monday, after news that China is imposing more Covid-related restrictions. That’s a near-term problem, but markets are more focused on inflation and earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 164 points, or 0.5%. The S&P … Read more
Text size Telsa shares have tended to rise as the Twitter deal looked less likely and fall as it looked more probable. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Telsa stock traded lower Monday, even after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk pulled the plug on his purchase of social media site Twitter . That wasn’t what was supposed to … Read more
TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. said Saturday it has restored mobile and internet service for “the vast majority” of customers after an outage that lasted more than 15 hours. The disruption, which the Toronto-based telecommunications company offered no explanation for, started Friday morning. It left many customers without mobile and internet service and caused trouble … Read more