In the cutthroat airline industry, few things can boost a company's reputation more than getting passengers to their destinations on time.

Now, Mexico's largest airline, Aeromexico, can boast that last year it was the best in the world when it comes to timeliness, according to the results of an annual study by aviation analytics firm Cirium. ...Read more

Boeing Co. and U.S. prosecutors said they’re working to hammer out a new deal to settle a criminal case stemming from two fatal 737 Max crashes after a federal judge blocked an earlier plan because it included race as a consideration for selecting a compliance monitor.

The Justice Department is working with Boeing “to include revisions to ...Read more

When Bally’s won the competitive bidding process nearly three years ago to build Chicago’s first casino, it pledged to give minority investors a piece of the action as part of its agreement with the city.

This week, Bally’s Chicago launched an initial public offering for women and minorities to buy a 25% equity stake in the fledgling ...Read more

Downers Grove, Illinois-based Hearthside Food Solutions will pay $4.5 million to settle an Illinois child labor probe after a Texas bankruptcy judge approved a settlement between the company and the Illinois Department of Labor and attorney general Friday.

The Illinois agencies opened their child labor probe into Hearthside, which was named in ...Read more

A year after a panel blew off a 737 Max midflight, Boeing says mistakes like those leading up to the near-disaster on Jan. 5, 2024, won’t happen again.

The company has increased inspections, created new procedures to make sure airplane parts and airplane work are documented, and, it says, recommitted itself to the quality and safety of the ...Read more

Sales across General Motors Co.'s brands grew in 2024, with the automaker reporting Friday that it had the best overall U.S. sales total since prior to the pandemic in 2019.

GM's 2.7 million vehicles sold for the year in the U.S. was a 4% uptick from 2023 — still under 2019's nearly 2.9 million, but marking continued steady sales growth since...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales grew 4.2% year-over-year in 2024 to their highest level since pre-pandemic 2019, and it recorded a record year of electric vehicle deliveries, but fell behind crosstown rival General Motors Co. in sales of battery-powered models.

Even as affordability became an increasingly prominent issue for buyers in 2024 from ...Read more

Grand theft auto might be a problem for Metro Detroit dealers, but a growing concern among dealers nationally is fraudulent sales that appear like any other transaction.

Vehicle thefts done through identity theft, synthetic identities and similar schemes are on the rise as lucrative fraud opportunities elsewhere dry up and vehicle prices remain...Read more

The New Year’s celebrations are over and all the party-goers have left. Long-time Las Vegans know what that means — CES attendees are on their way to the city.

The city’s largest audited annual trade show, sponsored by the Consumer Technology Association, begins its four-day run Tuesday with media previews and pre-show events running ...Read more

Today, we suffer from delusions of Autobahn grandeur, where every automaker feels compelled to endow their car with chiropractor-inducing suspension tuning. Engineered for top speed on the Autobahn, not the reality of America’s clogged arteries, they rarely offer comfortable seats or the comfort we require.

Of course, there was a time when ...Read more

AUSTIN, Texas — The handsome 2025 Cadillac CT5 is here and it’s a stunner. Signature teardrop front and rear taillights, wide stance, coupe-like roofline, twin, 33-inch hoodless instrument display. Ohhhh. Alas, most buyers can’t afford its $50K-plus sticker price.

Happily, the CT5 has a $23K doppelganger called the 2025 Kia K4.

Teardrop ...Read more

Simply put, this is the luxury sports car of the Italian fleet. Produced by parent company Stellantis and Fiat Chrysler (FCA), Maserati does it again with their Italian stallion, the 2024 Maserati GranTurismo Trofeo. This beast not only looks amazing and rides and handles unbelievably well, but it also has power that sets it apart from the rest....Read more

Mecum Auctions is once again gearing up to bring its larger-than-life collector car auction in Kissimmee, Florida, with 4,500 vehicles.

Billed as the world’s largest collector car auction, Mecum Kissimmee kicks off Jan. 7 and goes through Jan. 19 with hundreds of cars crossing the auction block every day, including classic Corvettes, American...Read more

When JC Ojeda and Marlene Lopez Ibarra pitch products to prospective customers, they first talk about their own families — and bringing them home safely.

The technical specifications of 3M’s reflective pavement markings can wait.

“When I see what we’re doing on the road, when I see that we’re saving families, when I see the ...Read more

President Joe Biden has decided to block the sale of United States Steel Corp. to Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp., according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

The White House announcement of the decision is planned for Friday, some of the people said. The people requested anonymity to discuss a senstitive issue.

The Washington Post ...Read more

Paramount Global and Skydance Media responded to critics of their pending merger, saying in a regulatory filing that they fail to show they’ll be harmed by the deal, and instead make demands that threaten free speech rights.

The merger of Paramount, owner of CBS and MTV, with independent film producer Skydance Media had drawn criticism at the...Read more

U.S. President Joe Biden will make a decision as soon as Friday on whether to approve Nippon Steel Corp.’s acquisition of U.S. Steel Corp., CBS reported, citing people familiar with the process.

The president has indicated his opposition to the proposed $14.1 billion acquisition, though the White House has never said outright that he would ...Read more

The agencies that control mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac set out a roadmap for releasing the pair from government supervision, reinstating the U.S. Treasury’s power to approve any such plan in a bid to keep the process “orderly.”

“The agreement restores Treasury’s previous right to consent to a release of the GSEs from ...Read more

Amazon’s first day back in the office felt like any other Thursday. Which is to say, none too busy in downtown Seattle.

In Seattle’s South Lake Union and Denny Triangle neighborhoods — home to Amazon’s largest corporate campus with more than 50,000 employees — bundled-up Amazonians trickled into office towers throughout the morning ...Read more