Amazon will pay $145,000 and institute various safety measures to settle a series of cases — including two in Colorado — brought by the U.S. Department of Labor over hazardous working conditions.

The federal investigation marks the first major multi-site probe brought by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in more than a ...Read more

The Chicago Transit Authority is set to formally lock in needed federal money for the extension of the Red Line before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, paving the way for the long-planned addition through Chicago’s Far South Side to move forward.

A large, nearly $2 billion federal grant, key to moving the $5.3 billion project ...Read more

DETROIT — Ram on Tuesday unveiled its updated 2025 heavy-duty pickups that offer more powerful and efficient Cummins turbo diesel engines, refreshed front ends and more interior screen space.

But the bigger recent news for the Stellantis NV truck maker is popular former CEO Tim Kuniskis coming out of retirement.

A day after the automaker ...Read more

Toyota Motor Corp. is investing in a Japanese startup that aims to mass produce lightweight rockets and someday vie with big players for a slice of the growing commercial space industry.

Interstellar Technologies Inc. announced Tuesday that Toyota is contributing ¥7 billion ($44 million) through its subsidiary and research unit, Woven by ...Read more

Affordability will be one of the largest challenges in 2025 for Detroit's automakers after General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. posted their best sales year in the United States since 2019, and as Stellantis NV's declines eased somewhat in the final months of the year.

Inventories swelled in 2024 following the end of pandemic-induced vehicle ...Read more

Judy Simon noticed something strange during her Thursday evening grocery trip in Redmond, Washington. The shelves held no chicken eggs, only a few cartons of quail eggs.

Limited and increasingly expensive egg options for grocery shoppers across the region and the nation are becoming common amid the ongoing avian influenza outbreak. The Consumer...Read more

Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A has been catching a little heat online following a “slight” change to one of its most beloved menu items. The waffle fries have a new recipe, and some social media commenters are letting their thoughts be heard.

Chick-fil-A announced the recipe change online, disclosing the menu favorite has a new ingredient.

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The number of foreign workers newly employed in Minnesota under the H-1B program has nearly doubled in the past decade, with some of the state’s largest businesses relying on the skilled worker visas more than ever.

They are working as software developers and engineers, experts say, at such organizations as U.S. Bank, UnitedHealth Group’s ...Read more

Nippon Steel Corp.’s thwarted bid to expand in the U.S. could mean tougher competition for Chinese mills in an already saturated global market.

Creating an entity to compete more effectively with China, the world’s biggest producer and consumer of steel, was touted as a key rationale behind the Japanese firm’s proposal to purchase United...Read more

Is reliable Wi-Fi at 30,000 feet on the horizon?

United Airlines announced over the weekend that it will outfit much of its fleet with Wi-Fi provided by Elon Musk's Starlink company and plans to fly its first commercial flight with the service this spring.

The service, which will be offered for free to members of the carrier's loyalty program,...Read more

Fears that the U.S. auto industry could face monopolistic pricing and dwindling investment into its preferred steel production are mounting after President Joe Biden on Friday blocked a Japanese company from acquiring U.S. Steel Corp.

Although automakers didn't explicitly endorse Nippon Steel Corp.'s $14.9 billion cash-and-debt deal to acquire ...Read more

Nippon Steel Corp. and United States Steel Corp. jointly filed a pair of lawsuits in a last-ditch effort to preserve their planned merger, which was blocked last week by President Joe Biden.

The companies said Monday in a joint statement that they had filed a petition with the federal appeals court in Washington, arguing that the Committee on ...Read more

TikTok creators are posting videos promoting ways to get around a looming shutdown of the app in the U.S., which could spell trouble for Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and other American tech companies required by law to enforce the ban or risk potentially billions in fines.

With less than two weeks to go before the ban kicks in, many ...Read more

The Detroit auto circus is back to its January roots — a new show for a new era.

After an epic, media-stuffed, celebrity-encrusted, 30-year run as the world-renowned North American International Auto Show, Motown’s auto-palooza is dropping its international marketing theme and now is simply called the Detroit Auto Show. Its Detroit Autos ...Read more

The idea of investing can be intimidating if you’re just starting out, but it’s an important part of saving for various financial goals and building wealth. You’ll encounter many different market environments throughout your investing life, so don’t get too caught up in whether now is the perfect time to get started.

But before making ...Read more

United Airlines is speeding up its timeline for connecting its fleet to Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite network that provides high-speed internet around the globe.

The airline expects to begin testing Starlink in February with the first commercial flight anticipated in the spring on a United Embraer E-175 aircraft, used for regional flights. ...Read more

California lawmakers, by and large, are a labor-friendly bunch and, as in past years, they passed a host of new workplace protections that took effect when the new year struck.

Instead of breaking new ground, many of the changes represent expansions of existing protections, such as family leave and enforcement of workplace anti-discrimination ...Read more

A Roth IRA is considered by many financial experts to be the best retirement plan out there. Workers can invest money on an after-tax basis and then withdraw their funds in retirement (after age 59 1/2) tax-free. They can enjoy decades of compounding growth and never owe the taxman a cent as long as they follow the plan’s rules. No wonder it�...Read more

Sports streaming service FuboTV Inc. is set to be merged with Walt Disney Co.'s Hulu live TV service, the companies announced Monday.

The agreement ends New York-based Fubo's legal action against Venu Sports, the joint service announced last year by Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery. In a suit filed in U.S. District Court, Fubo had ...Read more