WASHINGTON — Just over a decade ago, the United Auto Workers union was instrumental in delivering a resounding Michigan victory for former President Barack Obama in his successful 2012 reelection bid.

UAW officials, then-union President Bob King recalled, received personal thanks for their organizing efforts by Obama and two of his key ...Read more

The 2024 Lamborghini Revuelto may be the supercar brand’s first hybrid — and a plug-in hybrid at that — but you’ll never mistake it for a Prius, thank goodness. For the 2024 Lamborghini Revuelto retains wildly classic Lamborghini traits, even as it takes its initial step toward electrification. And, being Lamborghini, it’s little ...Read more

When Infiniti entered Grasso’s Garage in the past, we were excited that the brand’s models exceeded expectations while still maintaining an appropriate price point. With traces of Nissan design are still evident in the 2025 Infiniti QX80 Autograph, we recognized nicely apportioned accouterments. But brace yourself, this one is going to hit ...Read more

HELL, Michigan — The VW Jetta GLI has long lived in the shadow of its sibling, the OG hot hatch Golf GTI. No more.

With a dramatic refresh for the 2025 model year, the once-frumpy GLI is now a lean, mean, fighting machine.

A lean Golf-like fascia has replaced the previous bulbous, Shrek-like nose. The lower red front lip curls with a sense ...Read more

Google’s future as provider of the world’s most dominant search engine rests in the hands of a federal court judge who last month ruled the company has a monopoly on internet search.

In a hearing Friday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Amit Mehta will start to strip Google of its monopoly power after previously ...Read more

Just a day after Vice President Kamala Harris announced her plan for a tenfold increase to the start-up tax credit, former President Donald Trump said a second term would allow him to decrease regulations by just as much.

Trump, in an afternoon address to the Economic Club of New York, said that for every new regulation that comes across his ...Read more

The stock market has had a nice run in 2024, but investors have been nervous lately, because many are concerned that a slowing economy may tip over into an outright recession. To thwart that possibility, the Federal Reserve stands poised to lower interest rates, providing stimulus to consumers and businesses, some of whom have been reeling ...Read more

Cargill is buying feed mills in Denver and Kansas City to expand its animal nutrition business across central and western states.

The Minnetonka-based agribusiness paid an undisclosed sum to Compana Pet Brands for the plants, which make food for animals large and small.

Mariano Berdegue, senior vice president for Cargill’s animal nutrition ...Read more

That quick Target run isn’t as speedy as it used to be with everything from deodorant to boxer briefs under lock and key at a growing number of stores as retailers take a more forceful approach to stymieing shoplifting.

In many ways, the lockdown — including wheel-locking carts if shoppers venture too far from the store — has worked. ...Read more

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Microsoft has paid well over $300 million to buy a huge Mountain View tech campus the company occupies, a fresh sign of how the software leviathan has established its roots in Silicon Valley.

In a $330 million deal, Microsoft bought an office and research hub at 1045 La Avenida Street in Mountain View where it now ...Read more

Paramount Global, the parent of CBS, will be controlled by software billionaire Larry Ellison after a group led by his son David completes its purchase of the Redstone family’s interest in the film and TV company, according to a regulatory filing.

Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle Corp., is backing his son’s proposal to buy the Redstone’s...Read more

Before Arian Simone stepped on stage, before the announcer said her name, the crowd knew she was coming.

When Simone, CEO and co-founder of Atlanta-based venture capital firm Fearless Fund, finally came out, 200 or so Black businesswomen were already on their feet, cheering and clapping for a woman that for them has become a symbol of the fight...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As members of Disney's exclusive Club 33, Scott and Diana Anderson visited the two Anaheim theme parks 60 to 80 times a year.

The private club, with its wood-paneled trophy room and other amenities, was the center of their social life. They brought friends, acquaintances and business associates. As a couple, they went on the ...Read more

Massachusetts’ and 13 other states’ attorneys general support a proposed federal rule that would treat new-fangled paycheck advance products as consumer loans — a move that would add additional oversight to protect consumers.

“Without adequate consumer protections, paycheck advance products have the ability to harm vulnerable consumers ...Read more

U.S. President Joe Biden is preparing to block Nippon Steel Corp.’s $14.1 billion takeover of United States Steel Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.

The proposed deal has been subject to a review by the secretive Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and Biden plans to kill it as soon as the CFIUS referral ...Read more