Brevard County moved to bar AI data centers from its local property‑tax incentive program, saying the facilities create few jobs and strain utilities. The board has asked staff to draft an ordinance to exclude data centers from ad valorem exemptions.

Baer's Furniture plans an ~80,000‑sq‑ft, $12M showroom near the I‑95/LPGA interchange in Daytona Beach, joining a recent wave of home‑goods openings in the corridor.

Wegmans and Meijer are headed to Cranberry Township, promising more choice and a likely price fight. Local grocers are already plotting promotions and store upgrades.

Lightship is expanding its Broomfield factory to roughly 76,000 sq ft to speed production of its AE.1 electric travel trailers, backed by recent funding.

State figures show Oregon’s retail payrolls have fallen far faster than the national average, driven by e‑commerce growth and a string of store closures.

Target is asking about 150 remote merchandising employees to relocate to Minneapolis or take severance as it pushes for closer collaboration to fix lagging sales.

ICE enforcement this spring has thinned crews, delayed home projects and driven up day rates across Chicago's construction sector.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologized to Tumbler Ridge after the company didn't alert police about a banned ChatGPT account tied to the Feb. 10 mass shooting.

A former Live Nation executive alleges he was fired after flagging inflated venue revenues and improper accounting; he filed a $35 million wrongful‑termination suit in Los Angeles.

Mayor Mamdani has revealed plans for city‑owned grocery stores with La Marqueta named as the first site and officials promising cheaper staples without cutting worker pay. The idea has drawn both labor praise and skeptical coverage over costs and feasibility.

A technical outage on Friday left Capital One customers struggling to view balances and use debit cards, with outage trackers reporting thousands of complaints.

Union-backed REI workers have authorized a possible boycott of the co‑op’s Denver flagship and unfurled a 25‑foot banner at Confluence Park ahead of May’s sale. The dispute pits a small group of unionized stores and millions of members against REI management over pay and benefits.

Preliminary talks between iHeartMedia and Sirius XM rattled markets Friday, lifting iHeart and knocking down Sirius shares while regulators weigh antitrust implications.