Business Highlights
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pokemon Go craze has sent legions of players hiking around cities and battling "pocket monsters" on their smartphones since the game went live last Wednesday.
[...] its popularity has created unintended consequences in everyday life, from annoyed property owners dealing with hordes of players to store owners using the game to attract customers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers advertised fewer jobs and hired fewer people in May — a bad month for the U.S. labor market before a surge in hiring in June.
[...] the level of job openings and hiring overall "remain quite strong," Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said in a research note.
SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks has increased prices slightly on brewed coffee, espresso and tea latte beverages at company-run stores in the U.S.
The coffee chain says prices on select sizes of brewed coffee in U.S. company-operated stores are jumping 10 to 20 cents Tuesday, while prices on espresso and tea latte beverages will rise 10 to 30 cents.
NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of the AMC Theatre chain is buying European movie theater operator Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group from private equity firm Terra Firma.
DETROIT (AP) — Federal safety investigators are asking electric car maker Tesla Motors for details on how its Autopilot system works and why it failed to detect a tractor trailer that crossed its path in a Florida crash.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in a letter to Tesla posted Tuesday, also requests data on all crashes that happened because its system did not work as expected.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission says Warner Bros. has agreed to settle charges that it deceived consumers by not properly disclosing that it paid those with big followings on YouTube and social media to promote a video game.
Brent crude, a standard for international oil prices, rose $2.22 to $48.47 a barrel in Londo