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Meyers has started taking deposits for its upcoming electric dune buggy, the Meyers Manx 2.0, which is slated to ship in 2024. The company is also taking interest in a 2023 “beta program” for 50 early buyers who will help provide feedback before full production. The original Meyers Manx, the first “dune buggy,” was a kit car, built on a modified VW Beetle chassis with a fiberglass body kit. It was popular in desert racing in the 60s, though the company folded in 1971. Bruce Meyers, the founder, brought the company…

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in a town located southeast of Albany, New York have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a union election. The warehouse, with the codename ALB1, is hoping to join the Amazon Labor Union, which successfully convinced majority of workers at the company's JFK8 facility in Staten Island to vote in favor of unionizing earlier this year. An NLRB spokesperson told CNBC that the agency's office in Buffalo is currently verifying whether the group has truly met the…

Freddy Brewster / Los Angeles Times: A look at Sam Bankman-Fried's US lobbying, seeking to make CFTC, not SEC, oversee crypto markets and change how commodity futures markets operate in the US — In May, an eccentric 30-year-old cryptocurrency billionaire named Sam Bankman-Fried made a startling proclamation. Freddy Brewster / Los Angeles Times: A look at Sam Bankman-Fried's US lobbying, seeking to make CFTC, not SEC, oversee crypto markets and change how commodity futures markets operate in the…

Lawyers for Bob Dylan are seeking “monetary sanctions” against the legal team that filed a suit accusing the musician of sexual abuse.The lawsuit, which claimed Dylan sexually abused a 12-year-old girl in 1965, was dropped in July and Billboard reports that the singer’s lawyers are now pursuing sanctions, citing “brazen misconduct”.Orin Snyder, who leads Dylan’s legal team, wrote to a federal judge to say that the lawyers for the woman, Daniel W Isaacs and Peter J Gleason, “should not have brought this action – accusing…

A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed against Ranveer Singh at a state high in India over the Bollywood actor’s recent nude photoshoot for the Paper magazine. Last month, Singh became one of the first Bollywood stars to pose nude for a magazine cover, drawing praise from other actors such as Priyanka Chopra, and Indian filmmakers Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap. However, after the photos were released on social media, Singh was accused of “hurting women’s sentiments and modesty” in complaints filed…

While cash from Uncle Sam may not be top of mind for startups, SBA loans can provide low-cost capital What’s the difference between a startup and a small business? Semantics, mostly. As many startups find themselves struggling to raise funds from venture capitalists as financing continues to decline this year, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) could prove to be a powerful resource for capital, even if startups traditionally look for funds from other sources. Chris Hurn,…

Credit: Warner Bros. Netflix has money to burn, as evidenced by the $200+ million funneled into the Russo brothers’ upcoming espionage epic The Gray Man, which is poised to become the latest blockbuster original to split opinion between critics and fans right down the middle, at least based on its current trajectory. While the globetrotting spy saga could indeed launch a multi-film franchise that spins out into prequels, sequels, and TV shows, which is also the plan with the Russo-backed Extraction, the company…

Even as Indian women face low representation in leadership roles in the workforce (18%), they are now seeking more entrepreneurship opportunities as compared to men, according to new LinkedIn data released on Wednesday.The data, published in the World Economic Forum's 2022 Global Gender Gap Report, showed that the share of female founders grew by 2.68 times compared to 1.79 times among men between 2016 to 2021. The growth rate of female entrepreneurship showed to be the highest during the pandemic -- in 2020 and…

For Zeng, a young Chinese woman, an hour scrolling Douyin, the domestic version of TikTok, has become a daily ritual. Livestreaming took off in China in 2016 and has since become one of the nation’s favorite pastimes. Zeng particularly likes one creator: “Lawyer Longfei.” Every day, Longfei answers her 9 million followers’ legal inquiries live. Many deal with how women should approach tricky divorce cases. But in May, Longfei’s account went dark for 15 days, most likely because her content doesn’t match the state’s view…

For millions of Americans, finding abortion services in the US just became a legal minefield. With the Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday, suddenly “how to find an abortion” is a lot more complicated than a simple Google search. Abortion is now illegal or restricted in nine states, with many more planning to outlaw procedures in the coming weeks. People seeking abortions in those states may now be at risk of investigation or prosecution, and many privacy advocates are warning that those people’s search history, medical…