Category Archives: business

Retailers work to make returns easier after holiday season

With the holiday shopping season officially over, retailers are seeing an influx of returns of unwanted gifts from customers. To make the process easier, more stores are working to make the returns process easier. NBC News’ Steve Patterson has a closer look at the new technology being used by Happy Returns, which is owned by UPS.

NYC becomes 1st city in US with congestion charge

New York City has officially become the first city in the country to implement a congestion charge for any vehicle entering the middle of Manhattan. The tax has been in effect for decades in other parts of the world and officials say it has provided benefits from easing traffic to curbing pollution. NBC’s Emilie Ikeda reports in this week’s Sunday Focus.