Girl Scouts offering new gluten-free cookie flavor

The start of the new year doesn’t just mean parties, champagne toasts and resolutions. It’s now Girl Scout cookie season.

The annual tradition officially kicks off on Wednesday, and those pint-sized, greens ashed saleswomen have a new cookie in their 2019 line-up to wow you with. Say hello to Caramel Chocolate Chip.

The new chewy treat, which is glutenfree, is made with semi-sweet chocolate chips, caramel and a hint of sea salt, according to the Girl Scouts. The last cookie to be introduced was the S’more for the 2017 sales season.

Tesla cuts prices as 4Q deliveries miss analysts’ estimates

DETROIT — Shares of electric car and solar panel maker Tesla Inc. tumbled Wednesday after the company cut vehicle prices by $2,000 and announced fourth-quarter sales figures that fell short of Wall Street estimates.

The company said that it delivered over 245,000 electric cars and SUVs last year, nearly as many as all previous years combined.

But Tesla also said it would cut prices of its three models by $2,000 to help customers handle the phase-out of federal electric vehicle tax credits. On Jan. 1 the federal credit for Tesla buyers dropped from $7,500 to $3,750. It will be phased out this year.

The company will have to decide whether to cut production to match what appears to be waning demand, or discount its vehicles to stimulate sales like other automakers do, Gartner analyst Michael Ramsey said.

“They have for a long time had more demand than supply,” Ramsey said. “It’s becoming apparent that that dynamic is changing.”