Environmental groups are worried about possible pollution impacts as Hurricane Milton is likely to pass directly over Bone Valley, Florida, the heart of the state's phosphate mining and production.

According to a Tampa Bay Times analysis, 22 of Florida’s 25 phosphate waste piles are located in Hurricane Milton’s projected path over Manatee,...Read more

The world’s largest fast-food chain is accusing the world’s largest beef companies of illegally colluding to raise prices and boost their profits.

McDonald’s says Cargill, JBS, Tyson and National Beef secretly worked together over the past decade to limit supplies of cattle and fix prices, according to a federal lawsuit filed this month. ...Read more

The crisis engulfing Boeing Co. took a dramatic turn after negotiations to resolve an almost monthlong strike collapsed and S&P Global Ratings warned it may cut the planemaker’s credit grade to junk.

Both the embattled company and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers blamed each other for the impasse. Boeing said ...Read more

Amazon.com Inc. unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool designed to solve a major pain point in its quick delivery apparatus: drivers rummaging through cluttered vans at each stop searching for packages.

The technology projects a green circle on packages to be delivered at each stop and red Xs on those to be delivered later, Amazon said ...Read more

It could be months before Deerfield-based Baxter International is able to fully ramp back up its supplies of IV fluids, after its largest manufacturing plant was damaged by Hurricane Helene, Baxter said Wednesday – something that could have serious implications for hospitals.

The hurricane last month led to flooding at Baxter’s North Cove ...Read more

A couple of legal events involving the giant supermarket chain Albertsons — the owner of Vons and Pavilions, among other familiar brands — and the giant chain Kroger, owner of Ralphs and other big supermarket names, are coming together just as the two firms are trying to finalize their $24.6-billion merger.

One is a pending decision ...Read more

Elon Musk went all-in to get robotaxis onto roads, sacrificing a widely anticipated cheaper car, gutting teams focused on other projects and downplaying Tesla Inc.’s sales slowdown.

So when Musk finally unveils autonomous taxi prototypes late Thursday, the chief executive officer will have a lot to prove. He’s promised nothing short of a ...Read more

Let’s say the American West could dedicate a landmass smaller than Delaware to all of the large-scale solar farms that will be needed in this part of the country to help phase out planet-wrecking fossil fuels.

Delaware covers 1.6 million acres. An estimated 1.3 million — spanning 11 states, from California to Wyoming — could eventually be...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Ben Fileccia has dozens of texts on his phone from Pennsylvania restaurant and bar owners wondering what questions they are allowed to ask customers dining with their canines.

“Hey sorry to bother you on a Friday night … happen to know my rights as to ‘service animals’ at the bar?” reads one recent text.

“I’m ...Read more

Kent Yoshimura moved his multimillion-dollar business from Los Angeles to Las Vegas a few years ago and said he has little regrets about leaving California.

One of the co-founders of NeuroGum, which produces caffeinated gum for memory and focus, Yoshimura said access to local politicians and hiking at Red Rock Canyon are just a few of the perks...Read more

Making predictions can be an exercise in futility but here goes anyway: The U.S. will experience a child care crisis within the next 10 years. The trigger will be the collapse of a large, debt-laden, for-profit provider of child care. At the prospect of seeing thousands of locations suddenly shuttered, jeopardizing the many families who rely on ...Read more

The U.S. Justice Department told a federal judge it is considering recommending that Google be forced to sell off parts of its operations to alleviate the harm caused by its monopolization of the online search market, in what would be a historic antitrust breakup.

In a court filing Tuesday, antitrust enforcers said Judge Amit Mehta could also ...Read more

General Motors Co. hinted that it’s developing a lower-cost electric pickup truck that could boast a 350-mile range.

The Detroit-based automaker is working to secure a supply of lithium iron phosphate batteries in North America, said Kurt Kelty, GM’s vice president in charge of battery strategy. Chinese automakers often use LFP batteries ...Read more

S&P Global Ratings is looking at downgrading Boeing Co.’s credit grades to junk, citing the planemaker’s growing cash needs as it suffers from a protracted strike by machinists.

The credit grader estimated that Boeing will burn through about $10 billion of cash in 2024. The company is likely to need additional funding to meet its day-to-...Read more

Brazil’s Supreme Court authorized the return of X after Elon Musk complied with its demands, including taking down some user accounts and appointing a legal representative for the platform in the country.

The company has met “all the requirements necessary for the immediate return of activities” in Brazil, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre ...Read more

American Water customers are getting a temporary reprieve from water bills as the Camden, New Jersey-based utility investigates a “cybersecurity incident.”

The issue was discovered on Thursday, according to a statement from the company, and the nature and scope of the incident — including what, if any, data may have been compromised — ...Read more

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