Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Ford Cuts 2024 Earnings Guidance Due to Warranty Costs and Slow Pace of Cost Cutting

Ford Cuts 2024 Earnings Guidance Due to Warranty Costs and Slow Pace of Cost Cutting

DETROIT (AP) — Stubbornly high warranty expenses and lagging cost-cutting efforts are holding back Ford Motor Co.’s profits this year, causing the company to lower its full-year earnings guidance. That pushed the company’s stock price down 6% in trading after Monday’s closing bell. The automaker reported third-quarter earnings after the markets closed and said its…MORE

Boeing, in Need of Cash, Looking to Raise Up to Approximately $19B in Offering

Boeing, in Need of Cash, Looking to Raise Up to Approximately $19B in Offering

Boeing is looking to raise up to approximately $19 billion in a stock offering as the aerospace giant, which is dealing with a contentious strike, faces liquidity issues and tries to raise cash. Boeing Co. said Monday that it will offer 90 million in common stock and $5 billion in depositary shares. Last week Boeing…MORE

Apple Launches the iphone Into the Ai Era With Free Software Update

Apple Launches the iphone Into the Ai Era With Free Software Update

Apple has released a free software update that will inject its first dose of artificial intelligence into its iPhone 16 line-up as the trendsetting company tries to catch up with technology’s latest craze. The upgrade to the iOS 18 operating system came out Monday, more than a month after four iPhone 16 models equipped with…MORE

American Airlines Tests Boarding Technology That Audibly Shames Line Cutters

American Airlines Tests Boarding Technology That Audibly Shames Line Cutters

NEW YORK (AP) — American Airlines is testing a new technology at three airports across the country during the boarding process that aims to cut down on passengers who try to jump the line. The technology, which is being tested at Albuquerque International  Sunport Airport in New Mexico, Tucson International Airport in Arizona, and Ronald…MORE

At Least 75 People Are Sickened as the Deadly McDonald’s E. Coli Outbreak Expands

At Least 75 People Are Sickened as the Deadly McDonald’s E. Coli Outbreak Expands

A food poisoning outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has expanded, with at least 75 people sickened in 13 states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that at least 22 people have been hospitalized. One person in Colorado died. No source of the E. coli outbreak has been identified, but officials are…MORE

Man accused of shooting Texas police chief prompting Blue Alert arrested in Fort Worth

Man accused of shooting Texas police chief prompting Blue Alert arrested in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas — (WBAP/KLIF) The man accused of shooting a Texas police chief earlier this month has been arrested in Fort Worth.  According to judicial records, Seth Altman, 33, was arrested and booked into the Fort Worth Jail for attempted capital murder of a police officer. The Fort Worth Police Department says Altman was taken…MORE

Israel’s Retaliatory Strikes on Iran Reported Begun

Israel’s Retaliatory Strikes on Iran Reported Begun

DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Several sources now reporting Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Iran have now begun. This follows more than two hundred missile attacks on Israel back on October the first, with Israel vowing retaliation. America’s F-16 fighter jets, reported arriving in the Middle East from a German air base; arriving to undisclosed locations in…MORE

American F-16s Arriving In Middle East Ahead of Expected Israeli Attacks on Iran

American F-16s Arriving In Middle East Ahead of Expected Israeli Attacks on Iran

U S CENTRAL COMMAND – (WBAP/KLIF)- American air reinforcements are arriving today in Israel; the second round this month. F-16 fighter jets; placed ahead of the expected Israeli attack on Iran, in retaliation for Iran’s missile blitz on Israel October first. Earlier this month, a squadron of U S F-15’s arrived at an undisclosed base,…MORE