Panera has reached a settlement in one of two wrongful-death lawsuits over the chain’s caffeinated lemonade.

Sarah Katz’s family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit last October. Katz, a 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania student with a heart condition, died in 2022 after drinking Panera’s “charged lemonade.”

Panera, headquartered in ...Read more

By the end of the decade, 3M says it will stop emitting millions of tons of greenhouse gases, including those outside the company’s control.

For the first time, the Minnesota-based manufacturer has set a target to reduce what are called Scope 3 emissions, which are those greenhouse gases produced by its supply chain and include the ...Read more

Boeing delivered fewer airplanes in September compared with recent months and past years, as it felt the first effects of the ongoing Machinists strike.

The aerospace manufacturer said Tuesday it delivered 33 planes in September, down from 40 in August, 43 in July and 44 in June.

The 33 deliveries are slightly more than in the same month last ...Read more

The largest employer in Seattle's eastern suburbs won’t follow Amazon back to the office.

Last month, Amazon updated its return-to-office mandate by telling employees it expects them to work in person all five days of the workweek starting in January.

Its tech peer Microsoft took an opposite stance last week. Scott Guthrie, executive vice ...Read more

Late last year, Boeing employee Craig Garriott says a 4-ton satellite inside an El Segundo, California, plant fell after engineers failed to properly secure a clamp.

No one was injured by the collapse of the $1 billion-plus satellite that happened over a weekend, but it could have been fatal if workers were present, Garriott claims.

The ...Read more

Chevrolet is increasing the trim offerings of its all-electric Silverado for model year 2025, including an entry-level $57,095 truck for fleet and retail customers coming later in the model year.

General Motors Co.'s bowtie brand will also offer on the retail side a $75,195 extended-range Silverado EV LT trim for the first time and an $89,395 ...Read more

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and in Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont’s Administration marked the occasion with a proclamation and press release celebrating individuals with disabilities and urging them to apply to thousands of open jobs in the state.

Disability rights advocates and allies welcomed the governor’s ...Read more

Nearly all of the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon will move forward, according to newly unsealed court records.

Federal district judge John Chun ruled that the central tenets of the FTC’s sprawling lawsuit — that Amazon allegedly engaged in unfair methods of competition and maintained a monopoly — could go to...Read more

A company that supplies thousands of workers for Silicon Valley’s technology industry and other Bay Area employers intentionally discriminated against non-Indian workers, a jury has found.

The jury verdict against Cognizant, founded in Chennai and now headquartered in New Jersey, came Friday in a class-action lawsuit that revolved around ...Read more

Alphabet Inc. must lift restrictions that prevent developers from setting up rival marketplaces that compete with its Google Play Store, a judge ruled, upending the search giant’s dominance in the lucrative Android app market.

A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday handed a big victory to Epic Games Inc. in its long-running antitrust ...Read more

The second NASCAR Chicago Street Race, held July Fourth weekend, generated $128 million in total economic impact, a 17% increase over the inaugural event, according to a study commissioned by Choose Chicago, the city’s tourism arm.

In an even more dramatic gain, the nationally televised Cup Series race also generated $43.6 million in media ...Read more

Alex Woods once expected the Silicon Valley technology industry and its world-changing innovations to lift up everyone in the Bay Area. Lately, though, as the region’s cost of living has soared, traffic has worsened, and homelessness and blight have spread, the 38-year-old customer-service representative’s views have changed.

“I felt like...Read more

When Rivian Automotive Inc.’s shares sunk nearly 9% on Friday, analysts were puzzled as to why the electric-vehicle maker had to so drastically cut its 2024 production targets over yet another supply chain hiccup.

The answer lies in a miscommunication earlier this year between Rivian and its supplier, Atlanta-based Essex Furukawa, which has ...Read more

To protect themselves from entering into a deal that could come back to bite them, homebuyers are advised to write contingencies into an offer, so they can pull out of a deal or renegotiate the price if an inspection or appraisal surfaces new issues.

But what if a buyer can’t find insurance?

This summer, the California Association of ...Read more

Stellantis NV said Monday it filed nine federal lawsuits against the United Auto Workers and two dozen union locals late last week as it tries to prevent the union from calling a mid-contract strike over its delays reopening an Illinois assembly plant.

The company said the series of lawsuits prompted a Saturday meeting with the UAW, where the ...Read more

Q: We have a 2019 Honda Accord Sport with a stick and it has 25,000 miles. We just had new Michelin all-weather tires put on the car. My wife said, "These tires are nice. The car drives much smoother now." I have heard people say that their new tires are much better than the old ones. Does the car drive smoother because of the new tires or ...Read more

The 2024 elections are right around the corner, and it’s been one of the most contentious campaign seasons in recent memory. For retirees, the outcome of the election has some ramifications, especially with a looming Social Security shortfall, which could lead to drastic cuts in benefits. Whoever is elected this year could help shape how the ...Read more

In April 2022, a Starbucks barista and union organizer was invited to meet with the company's upper management in Long Beach. During the meeting, the employee raised several concerns, including charges of unfair labor practices the company faced.

Howard Schultz, who had just begun his third stint as the company's chief executive, became ...Read more

American culture changes at a breakneck pace — just ask fans of Stanley cups and skinny jeans in 2024. But over the past decades, one mantra hasn’t changed much: Don’t talk about your personal finances. Today, money is such an awkward topic that only 38% of U.S. adults feel comfortable discussing their bank account balances with family and...Read more