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Boeing's financial recovery at stake with strike vote days away
Boeing Co. is seeking to avert a crippling strike by its largest labor union as the clock runs out on the existing accord.
Negotiations between the IAM District 751 union and the planemaker are always tense. This time though, the stakes are particularly high for Boeing, which make these contract talks particularly consequential. Here’s why:
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As strike looms, Boeing pushes 777 jets through chaotic production
For months, Boeing’s leadership has claimed repeatedly that slowing the pace of jet production and renewing the focus on inspections will ensure production quality. As a potential strike by 33,000 machinists looms next week, that’s not the reality mechanics see inside Boeing’s widebody jet plant in Everett, Washington.
Managers there are ...Read more
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US job growth improves in August; unemployment edges back down
Job growth picked up in August from the sluggish pace of hiring the previous month, providing a bit of relief after sharp declines earlier in the summer roiled financial markets and threatened to disrupt the momentum Vice President Kamala Harris and her campaign had built up.
The government said Friday that the American economy added 142,000 ...Read more
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Boycott of Beverly Hills hotels gets boost from Hollywood writers
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood writers, editors and producers have pledged to join a union-led boycott of two Los Angeles-area hotels mired in a labor dispute.
The boycott, which was launched last month by hospitality union Unite Here Local 11, targets Cameo Beverly Hills, which is a Hilton hotel, and the Beverly Hills Marriott. The union has been ...Read more
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UAW's tall task: Rebuilding its political power to boost Harris campaign
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
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Auto review: 2024 Revuelto: an electrifying raging bull from Lamborghini
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
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Auto review: 2025 Infiniti QX80 inspires luxury sticker shock
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
Michael Hiltzik: The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble
You only need to go back three months or so to find the peak of the AI frenzy on Wall Street. That was on June 18, when shares of Nvidia, the California company that dominates the market for AI-related hardware, peaked at $136.33.
Since then, shares of the maker the high-grade computer chips that AI laboratories use to power the development of ...Read more
Don't know what to do with your old clothes? California may require the fashion industry to take them back from you -- for free
In California, it’s relatively easy to recycle aluminum cans, newspapers or glass bottles. But for one of the most commonly used household products — clothes — options are few.
Every year, tons of unwanted shirts, jeans, dresses, jackets and other garments end up in landfills across the state. Almost none are recycled. Some are donated to...Read more
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Auto review: Affordable Jetta vast, fast, and (at last) fetching
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
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Future of Google search rests with judge who will strip away monopoly power
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
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Trump pushes back on Harris small business plan at Economic Club of New York
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
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How do stocks perform after the Fed cuts interest rates? Pretty well, actually
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
I've been in financial services for 14 years. Here's why I just opened a CD now
I’ve been in financial services for nearly 14 years and have helped customers with the most common deposit products, but this month was the first time I opened a certificate of deposit (CD) for myself.
A CD is an account that typically has a fixed annual percentage yield (APY) for a specific term. What’s more, there’s typically an early ...Read more
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Cargill grows national footprint, buying animal feed mills in Denver and Kansas City
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
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Target slows store theft, but at a cost to shopping experience
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
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Microsoft pays more than $300 million to buy its Silicon Valley campus
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
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Larry Ellison will control Paramount after deal, filing shows
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
Real estate Q&A: What should I do if a hurricane damages my home?
Q: With hurricane season heating up, I am concerned I will not know what to do if a storm damages our house. How can we be prepared and ensure that insurance will pay up? — Maritza
A: From the legal perspective, dealing with hurricanes is similar to other casualty losses, such as fires or floods. To best navigate these tragedies, you must be ...Read more
Why public EV chargers almost never work as fast as promised
For EV drivers traversing the great state of Wyoming, the Smith’s grocery store in Rock Springs is an oasis. It’s just off I-80, there’s a Petco across the street, and it has six plugs promising to charge at 350 kilowatts. At that rate, a Tesla Model 3 could go from empty to full in the time it takes to hit the bathroom and grab a Snickers...Read more
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