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Dollar Tree items will now cost $1.25

Faced with the rising cost of goods and freight, discount retail chain Dollar Tree said it will be raising its prices to $1.25 for the majority of its products.

 
California high-end stores hit by weekend robberies

The weekend robberies started in San Francisco Friday around 8 p.m., when packs of people broke into stores including Louis Vuitton, Burberry and Bloomingdale’s in the downtown area and in Union Square.

 
US consumer prices soared 6.2% in past year

Prices for U.S. consumers jumped 6.2% in October compared with a year earlier.

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Facebook has a new name

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, what Zuckerberg calls the “metaverse.”

 
Southwest Airlines mandates vaccines for workers

Southwest Airlines on Monday became the latest U.S. airline to require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp suffer worldwide outage

Facebook along with its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms suffered a worldwide outage Monday that has extended more than three hours. Facebook’s internal systems used by employees also went down. Service has not yet been restored.

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