SEATTLE — The major Boeing layoffs announced last week will all be involuntary, meaning the company won’t offer severance packages to encourage employees to exit.

And according to the “Reduction In Force” plan presented to Boeing Commercial Airplanes managers Monday, members of the Machinists union will, for now, not be among the 10% of...Read more

Stellantis NV CEO Carlos Tavares' message to dealers and suppliers struggling over profitability on a bumpy road to increasing adoption of electric vehicles is: "Deal with it."

Tavares' remarks on Monday during a media roundtable at the Paris Motor Show came mostly in the context of the European market, where Stellantis will have 40 all-...Read more

NASCAR’s second year in Chicago came with slightly sunnier skies, slightly fewer critics and an ad hoc deal that helped the city’s bottom line improve slightly, ending the big downtown race weekend a few hundred thousand dollars in the black.

That was an improvement over 2023, when critics not only ripped the inconvenience of closed roads ...Read more

An economic study commissioned to gauge the impact of building a film and TV studio suggests one studio project could create 16,000 jobs and contribute about $1.2 billion to Nevada’s state economic output.

Warner Bros. Discovery said their proposal to build a 34-acre campus – called Warner Bros. Studios Nevada – in partnership with ...Read more

Energy company Constellation announced last month it aims to restart the nuclear plant at Three Mile Island amid growing energy demand.

Three Mile Island, home of the infamous 1979 partial meltdown, is not the only nuclear site with a possible second life. Holtec International, an energy technology company, bought the closed Palisades nuclear ...Read more

Fisker Inc. will wind down operations under a bankruptcy plan approved Friday that should allow car owners to drive their cars for years — while not paying anything to shareholders who were wiped out investing in the defunct Southern California electric-vehicle maker.

The plan approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Thomas Horan in Delaware ...Read more

BERKELEY, Missouri — The Boeing Co. has cut a deal with St. Louis County to build a new manufacturing facility, add hundreds of jobs and keep thousands more in the region. In exchange, the company will get tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks.

Construction has already begun. And as that project begins, another is winding down. Ten years ...Read more

Federal prosecutors hinted at a breakup of Google in proposals to a federal judge set on stripping the Mountain View technology giant of its monopoly over internet search, but analysts believe court-ordered fixes will stop short of splitting up the company.

Google, officially deemed an illegal monopoly in August by the judge overseeing the U.S....Read more

Adobe Inc. unveiled artificial intelligence tools that can create and modify videos, joining Big Tech companies and startups in trying to capitalize on demand for the emerging technology.

One feature, integrated into Adobe’s video-editing software, Premiere, will let users extend video clips using generative AI, the company announced Monday ...Read more

Despite warnings from two leading insurance rating agencies that Hurricane Milton weakened or threatened Florida’s troubled home insurance market, local experts say the market can manage losses from Milton and are ready to cover yet another hurricane, if one should come.

AM Best and Fitch Ratings each issued reports last week warning that ...Read more

While growing up in the Bay Area, Michelle Hailey never imagined leaving it. But these days, as the West Oakland property manager grapples with increases in taxes and living expenses, and passes homeless encampments almost daily, she feels differently.

“I sometimes have dreams of the moving truck pulling up to get me out of here,” said ...Read more

Q: I like to purchase cars new and hold them for 15 years. For my next purchase, I am contemplating a gas-electric hybrid vehicle. What is the probability that the battery pack will last 15 years? If it has to be replaced before 15 years, what is today's average replacement cost?

K.A., Syracuse, New York

A: The U.S. Department of Energy says ...Read more

California is on track to lose fewer employees to retirement than previous years, according to data for the first six months of 2024.

Preliminary numbers from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System showed that fewer state workers retired from civil service each month from January to June this year compared to the first half of ...Read more

The former CEO of Loretto Hospital has been charged in an embezzlement scheme that allegedly bilked millions of dollars from the small West Side safety-net hospital, even as the COVID-19 pandemic was raging.

George Miller, 73, was charged in a superseding indictment made public Friday with a single count of bribery conspiracy. An arraignment ...Read more

Boeing will lay off 10% of its workforce in the coming months and cut its production amid a month-old strike that has left the company burning through cash as its factories sit idle.

The company said Friday it would end production of its Everett-built 767 freighter in 2027, after it completed current orders for 29 jets. It also delayed the ...Read more

Toy brand Fisher-Price has recalled more than 2 million Snuga infant swings after five suffocations deaths of babies ages 1-3 months were reported.

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Snuga swings should never be used for sleeping and should never have beddings materials added tothem, because the headrest and body ...Read more

A Florida-based property insurer that was recently eliminating coverage for non-weather-related water damage from policies taken out of state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has told agents and executives of Citizens that it will provide limited water damage coverage in planned takeouts in October and November.

In a phone call with a ...Read more

As Lexus continues to maximize Toyota Motor Co.’s excellent hybrid technology, it's not surprising that a smaller, more luxury-hybrid based SUV was in the cards.

Meet the 2025 Lexus UX300h Premium AWD. Wrapped in Copper Crest, an exquisite exterior color that glimmers in the sun, our test vehicle stood out with nice exterior curves. The UX300...Read more