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

As they picketed during a three-day strike, some U.S. dockworkers carried signs reading “Automation Hurts Families” and “Machines Don’t Feed Families.”

The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at Gulf Coast and East Coast ports, including the Port of Baltimore, reached a deal Thursday to suspend the strike until Jan. 15...Read more

Hyundai has begun electric vehicle manufacturing at its new factory near Savannah, Georgia, a major milestone in Georgia’s emergence as an EV hub.

Full production began earlier this week, and the South Korean automaker held a private opening celebration with its 1,400-plus employees on Thursday at the plant located along I-16 in Ellabell in ...Read more

Members of a United Auto Workers local in southern California were the first to authorize a strike against Stellantis NV on Thursday night — a move that swiftly prompted a federal lawsuit from the automaker alleging the union has breached its collective bargaining agreement.

A supermajority of UAW Local 230 members at Stellantis' Los Angeles ...Read more

New documents show Rivian has applied for a federal loan to help finance the $5 billion electric vehicle factory it plans to build an hour east of Atlanta, the most significant sign the company is making moves to resume construction of the stalled project.

Details about the loan application with the U.S. Department of Energy are limited, but ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As California struggles to contain an increasing number of H5N1 bird flu outbreaks at Central Valley dairy farms, veterinary experts and industry observers are voicing concern that the number of cattle deaths is far higher than anticipated.

Although dairy operators had been told to expect a mortality rate of less than 2%, ...Read more

Electric vehicle maker Rivian saw its shares dip Friday after the Irvine-based company cut its production targets amid ongoing supply issues.

Citing a shortage of a component used to build its electric pickups, sport utility vehicles and vans, Rivian said production could drop as much as 18% this year at its lone U.S. assembly plant.

Rivian ...Read more

An unexpectedly large surge in job creation last month, coupled with a downtick in unemployment, was good news for the economy, for the Federal Reserve and for Democratic politicians because it suggested policymakers have managed, thus far, to curb inflation without triggering a recession.

The addition of 254,000 jobs in September, reported by ...Read more

McDonald’s is bringing a chicken version of its Big Mac sandwich to the U.S. for a limited time, the company announced this week.

The sandwich, which replaces the traditional two beef patties of a Big Mac with two tempura-battered chicken patties, will be available at participating restaurants starting Oct. 10 “while supplies last,” the ...Read more

A resurgence of hiring added a quarter-million jobs last month across the country and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%, according to new government data released Friday.

The addition of 254,000 jobs in September was well above the average 203,000 monthly gains over the past year. It blew past analysts' expectations and, after a slowing of...Read more