>>Ahead Of The Bell
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning after tech stocks helped power Wall Street to a higher close on Tuesday and investors largely shook off trade war fears. At the closing bell, the Dow rose 134 points to 44-556. The S&P 500 added 43 points to 60-37. The Nasdaq climbed 262 points to 19-654.
>>Job Openings Fall In December
(Washington, DC) -- The number of job openings fell to nearly a four-year low in December. The Labor Department says seven-point-six million jobs were available at the end of the month which suggests jobs are getting harder to find. Professional and business services saw the biggest drop in openings followed by health care and social assistance. According to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, the JOLTS report, the number of hires and workers who quit their jobs was little changed for the month.
>>Waffle House Throws Surcharge On Eggs
(Atlanta, GA) -- Ordering eggs at your local Waffle House will soon cost more. The restaurant has placed a temporary egg surcharge of 50 cents on every egg ordered at the establishment. Waffle House says the ongoing egg shortage caused by the bird flu has led to the restaurant increasing their egg prices. They also add they plan to adjust or remove the surcharge once egg prices return to normal levels. The cost of eggs has almost doubled since last year due to the population of chickens plunging in the U.S. due to the bird flu.
>>President Trump Plans To Investigate California's High Speed Rail Project
(Washington, DC) -- President Trump is planning to investigate California's controversial high speed rail project. On Tuesday, while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump called it one of the worst managed projects he's ever seen. He also says it's "impossible" that something could cost so much, adding that the rail line is no longer going to Los Angeles and San Francisco as initially planned. Trump says he will not let the Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Elon Musk, lead the investigation into the high-speed rail project.
>>Southwest Airlines Scraps Drink Service On Short Flights
(Dallas, TX) -- Southwest Airlines is rolling out a number of new changes. One of them will affect short flights. Drink service is being scrapped on any journey that takes 40 minutes or less. That includes soda and alcohol. The only choice for flyers would be water or coffee. The carrier says that passengers may not have time to finish a drink in 40 minutes or less.
>>GM Cuts 50% Of Remaining Cruise Robotaxi Staff
(Detroit, MI) -- General Motors is laying off about half of the remaining employees at its discontinued Cruise robotaxi business. Cruise shared the news in an emailed statement Tuesday, calling it a "difficult decision." According to CNBC, the layoffs impact mostly engineering positions. The move comes two months after GM said it would no longer fund Cruise after spending about ten-billion-dollars on the robotaxi unit after acquiring it in 2016. Cruise had about 23-hundred employees at the end of December.
