>>303,000 New Jobs Added In March
(Washington, DC) -- The monthly jobs report is more than meeting expectations. The Labor Department reports the economy added 303-thousand new jobs in March, far exceeding the 200-thousand most analysts had forecast. The unemployment rate saw little change, coming in at three-point-eight percent.
>>NY AG Wants Trump To Prove He Can Post Bond
(New York, NY) -- New York's Democratic attorney general wants the company providing Donald Trump his 175-million-dollar bond to prove it actually has the money. Letitia [[ lah-tee-sha ]] James asked an appeals court Thursday to make Trump provide the proof in case his appeal of his civil case fails. James won a 454-million judgment against Trump after he was found guilty of over-inflating the value of his properties to get more favorable bank loans. The bond paused the judgment while Trump appeals the verdict. If the court agrees with James, Trump will have 10 days to prove the company is solvent.
>>Disney+ To Begin Password Sharing Crackdown In June
(New York, NY) -- Disney-Plus will start cracking down on password sharing this summer. In an interview with CNBC Thursday, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the crackdown will begin in June in some countries. It will then expand to other countries in September. This comes after streaming rival Netflix has seen a jump in subscribers since it started restricting password sharing last May. Hulu, another of Disney's streaming services, began to limit how often account login information can be shared outside a customer's household last month.
>>Ford Delays EV Pickup Truck And SUV Rollout
(Dearborn, MI) -- Ford is delaying production for its new electric pickup truck and SUV. This comes as the demand for EV's hasn't developed the way executives had hoped. But the Michigan-based company will continue to expand its hybrid vehicle offerings with the hopes of "hybrid powertrains" across its gas-powered car lineup by the end of the decade. Ford is pushing back its EV pickup truck and SUV rollout to 2026 an 2027.
>>NASA Names Three Firms To Develop Lunar Rover
(Washington, DC) -- NASA is awarding contracts to three private U.S. companies to create lunar rovers for the upcoming Moon mission. The space agency on Wednesday said Intuitive Machines of Texas, Lunar Outpost of Colorado and Venturi Astrolab of California were chosen to create designs for the rover. One of those companies will be chosen to carry out a test run for the Artemis Five mission, which will send astronauts to the Moon in 2029. NASA says the winning bid will be tasked with handling the "extreme conditions at the Moon's south pole." It will be the first astronaut mission to the Moon since 1972.
