The day before Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg was to appear before Congress, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell raised “critical concerns” about a program that allows the aircraft manufacturer to certify its own work.

That program — called Organization Designation Authorization, or ODA — has been heavily scrutinized over the last several years, and has...Read more

Life sciences companies have decided to chop hundreds of Bay Area jobs in a fresh wave of layoffs that hint at ongoing turbulence in the region’s biotech sector, state labor agency posts show.

All told, the biotech companies have revealed their intentions to slash 310 Bay Area jobs, according to official notices the companies sent to the ...Read more

A rally in the world’s largest tech companies lifted stocks as investors brushed off weak economic readings to focus on prospects for interest-rate cuts ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariff rollout.

In another volatile session, the S&P 500 wiped out a 1% slide that was triggered by weak manufacturing and jobs data. A gauge of the “...Read more

The United Auto Workers added almost 5,000 members last year amid successful organizing efforts, including at Volkswagen AG's plant in Tennessee.

The Detroit-based union's membership stood at 375,161 at the end of 2024, a 1.3% increase from its total ranks a year prior, a U.S. Department of Labor filing shows.

The member growth, albeit small, ...Read more

Ashley Rodriguez loves living in Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood. Her two children can play in nearby parks, she can walk to her favorite restaurants, and it feels pretty safe.

“The people that live here are great too, and the schools are also good,” she said. “If I had my way, I wouldn’t leave.”

But because she’s renting her ...Read more

As a potential trade war looms, a coalition of California agricultural organizations is urging the state’s Congressional delegation to protect them from becoming another casualty in the battle over tariffs.

A letter from the group includes the names of nearly two dozen of the state’s most influential farming organizations, including the ...Read more

New tariffs on steel and aluminum could force Chicago apartment developers, already affected by elevated interest rates and soaring labor costs, to further delay breaking ground on new projects.

The White House began implementing tariffs of 25% on global steel and aluminum imports March 12, saying it wants to stimulate domestic production. But ...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales fell 1.3% in the first three months of 2025, concluding the period with March when sales grew 10% year-over-year.

The Dearborn automaker sold 199,672 vehicles last month for a total of 501,291 vehicles in the first quarter. The kickoff of spring sales, however, could not overcomes declines from January and February, ...Read more

General Motors Co.'s U.S. sales increased 17% in the first quarter of 2025 on strengths in trucks, SUVs and electric vehicles, but new tariffs loom.

Delivering 693,363 vehicles in the first three months of the year, GM outpaced its competitors in total U.S. sales. The Detroit automaker, however, is more vulnerable to the 25% tariffs on imported...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philly stadium workers could soon have new contracts.

On Monday, Unite Here Local 274, the union representing stadium workers at the Lincoln Financial Field, Citizens Bank Park, and the Wells Fargo Center, announced it had reached a tentative deal with the workers’ employer, Aramark.

The new deal comes after workers across ...Read more

As a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and someone who edits personal finance content for a living, I’ve seen firsthand how the rise of financial content on social media has transformed how we learn about money. Almost half of Gen Zers who received financial advice in 2023 heard it from social media influencers, according to a Bankrate survey....Read more

With the economy slowing and President Donald Trump’s tariffs likely to stoke inflation, investors face various risks. Building a portfolio that has at least some less risky assets in it can be useful to help you ride out volatility in the market.

The trade-off, of course, is that in lowering risk exposure, investors are likely to earn lower ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A lawsuit filed against the Sphere in October which says the company violated county noise ordinances will be allowed to continue in Clark County District Court.

District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus last week denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit from Sphere, The Venetian and Clark County, meaning the case will continue.

James ...Read more

ATLANTA — Block, the financial technology company that operates Cash App, Tidal and Afterpay, is laying off about 10% of its Atlanta-area workforce.

According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice sent to the state, 49 employees out of 474 assigned to the company’s Atlanta office on North Avenue will be let go by mid...Read more

In a quarter marred by tariff uncertainty, U.S. government spending cuts and the threat of recession, it is fears about a bubble brewing in artificial intelligence that have dealt the latest blow to the Nasdaq 100.

The tech-heavy benchmark posted its worst quarter in nearly three years, down 8.3%, after a pair of warnings last week fanned ...Read more

SEATTLE — In 2014, new owners purchased Panorama House, an 18-story building on First Hill, and to renovate the decades-old apartments, they kicked out 200 tenants, many of them elderly and retired.

Explicitly or not, they were making room for a deluge of younger renters moving to a city unequipped to fit newcomers. Many transplants had an ...Read more

When Satya Nadella entered Microsoft’s C-suite in 2014, the company wasn’t one of the tech darlings dazzling Wall Street.

After founder Bill Gates turned the CEO role over to Steve Ballmer in 2000 and until Ballmer stepped away in 2014, Microsoft’s stock price basically followed the market. The company was still printing money thanks to ...Read more

Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline could soon be sold to a Canadian asset management firm, according to a Reuters report.

The news agency reported Monday that Brookfield Asset Management was “putting the final touches on a deal to acquire Colonial Pipeline” for more than $9 billion including debt, citing people familiar with the matter who ...Read more