ZUMBRO RIVER VALLEY, Minnesota — From his combine on an October afternoon, harvesting dried-out soybeans the color of dust, Martin Larsen points to a hillside where his ancestors from Scandinavia homesteaded.

History might be happening again on the Larsen farm.

Last year, on this plot of land along the Zumbro River, the 43-year-old farmer ...Read more

Mattel, the toy maker behind major brands such as Barbie and Hot Wheels, is upgrading its real estate holdings, moving its studio operations and design center into new homes.

The company, headquartered in El Segundo, California, is planning to move its studio operations to a recently renovated 60,000-square-foot building by 2025. Mattel signed ...Read more

A couple of years ago, life science companies were fighting for office leases and developers couldn’t meet the demand fast enough. But now, that hunger for square footage has diminished, and the region’s available office and lab buildings have swelled to an all-time high.

The county’s total vacancy rate climbed to 20.4%, according to a ...Read more

Miso Robotics' lab in downtown Pasadena, California, is filled with robots of the past and present.

There's Sippy, Chippy and Drippy. The star of the lab: an updated robot named Flippy that can fry French fries and chicken nuggets much faster than humans.

Miso Robotics has a lot riding on its ability to convince fast-food chains to incorporate...Read more

For the past two decades Javier Torres has steadied himself on the high scaffolding of countless buildings to apply the paint jobs that protect them from South Florida’s harsh sun and soaking rains.

The Colombian man, 64, is proud of his profession. It’s how he’s put his youngest son through college. But the work has also come at great ...Read more

Casual-dining chain TGI Fridays has abruptly closed a slew of restaurants across the country, according to numerous reports.

The inventor of the fern bar, known for its hearty menu and rich, chocolatey desserts, is now reportedly on the verge of filing for bankruptcy, trade publication Restaurant Business reported.

New York State saw closures ...Read more

Volkswagen Group is using metro Atlanta as the starting line for a new subscription service that’s intended to offer an alternative to car leasing and vehicle ownership.

Volkswagen Financial Services, the German automaker’s finance arm, announced Wednesday it will launch its subscription service called VW Flex at select dealerships in the ...Read more

When Jung Yoonseok was looking for an assembly partner for his AI chip startup, he had his pick of almost any country in Asia, including his native South Korea. Instead, the Rebellions strategy chief opted for Taiwan because of what he sees as an unparalleled combination of talent, cost and speed.

“Taiwan is small, and Taipei is small, and in...Read more

The new head of Amazon’s cloud-computing division Matt Garman hopes to keep a lot of things at the company the same.

“The business is doing well…There’s not a desire to massively change anything,” Garman said in an interview with The Seattle Times last week, five months after he took the reins at Amazon Web Services, one of the tech ...Read more

Former S-Ray CEO Stephen Baird was found dead after missing his sentencing hearing for wire fraud last week, the Department of Justice said in a news release on Wednesday.

Baird, 69, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in May after an investigation into his misuse of investor money while leading S-Ray, a medical device startup. ...Read more

After a fuselage panel blew off a 737 in January, Boeing found itself in a familiar place — on Capitol Hill, under Congress’s microscope.

In 2008, Congress had found that nearly 60,000 Southwest flights in 2006 and 2007 were allowed even though the airline knew the Boeing planes were out of compliance with Federal Aviation Administration ...Read more

The last and most consequential report on the nation's economic health before next week's election provided more evidence of America's resilient growth. Whether it will make a difference to voters is an open question.

The Commerce Department said Wednesday that U.S. gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic output, expanded at a ...Read more

Miso Robotics' lab in downtown Pasadena, California, is filled with robots of the past and present.

There's Sippy, Chippy and Drippy. The star of the lab: an updated robot named Flippy that can fry French fries and chicken nuggets much faster than humans.

Miso Robotics has a lot riding on its ability to convince fast-food chains to incorporate...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On a Saturday night at North Hollywood's Club Cobra, a drag queen dressed as Miley Cyrus lip-synced to "Zombie" by the Cranberries, with Halloween decor and disco balls dangling from the ceiling. Muscular go-go dancers grooved in a cloud of rainbow fog while patrons vibed to hits by Selena and Bad Bunny.

It wasn't easy for the ...Read more

Stellantis NV continued to slash vehicle production and cut jobs in the United States this week, including at the automaker's Detroit Assembly Complex where the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVs are built.

Vehicle production at both the Mack and Jefferson sides of the east-side complex is paused this week, with workers temporarily laid...Read more

I’ve been working with a laptop as my main computer for more than a decade.

I used to travel quite a bit for work, and being able to take my main computer with me on the road was very helpful.

At my desk, I’d connect that laptop to a full-size keyboard and mouse and one or more monitors so I’d be more comfortable and productive. When I ...Read more

Nearly two years after ChatGPT brought generative AI to everyone’s fingertips, the buzzy technology remains a bright spot for Seattle-area companies.

But landing an AI job isn’t as easy as the hype would lead you to believe.

After years of rolling layoffs and cost-cutting efforts, Big Tech is reluctant to expand its head count, even when ...Read more