President Joe Biden’s administration plans one additional round of restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence chips from the likes of Nvidia Corp. just days before leaving office, a final push in his effort to keep advanced technologies out of the hands of China and Russia.

The U.S. wants to curb the sale of AI chips used in data ...Read more

A U.S. dockworkers union reached a tentative deal on a new labor contract with a group of ocean carriers and terminal operators that, if ratified would avoid a shutdown of East and Gulf coast ports next week.

“We are pleased to announce that ILA and USMX have reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year ILA-USMX Master Contract, subject ...Read more

The Warner Bros. film studio has shaken up its senior ranks after the under-performance of several movies last year, which has put pressure on the film team to increase its performance and profitability.

Veteran marketing chief Josh Goldstine and international film distribution head Andrew Cripps announced their exits internally Wednesday ...Read more

The wildfires terrorizing Los Angeles this week have been like something out of a movie: vast, fast-moving, unpredictable, merciless. Their scope and nature have surprised even fire-jaded California.

They are also evidence of the sort of consequences that can be expected as the planet continues to heat up, consequences for which traditional ...Read more

The selloffs that keep flaring in the world’s bond markets are rapidly pushing yields toward key thresholds due to escalating worries about elevated inflation, tempestuous politics and swelling government debts.

In the U.S., the 10-year Treasury yield rose as high as 4.73% Wednesday, pushing it toward the 5% peak hit in October 2023, before ...Read more

The selloffs that keep flaring in the world’s bond markets are rapidly pushing yields toward key thresholds on escalating worries about elevated inflation, tempestuous politics and swelling government debts.

In the U.S., the 10-year Treasury yield rose as high as 4.73% Wednesday, pushing it toward the 5% peak hit in October 2023, before ...Read more

After a year spent tussling with its closest domestic rival, U.S. Steel may finally have the chance to publicly detail its frustrations with Cleveland-Cliffs, even as the Ohio steelmaker rejects allegations that it did anything inappropriate.

A lawsuit filed by the Pittsburgh steelmaker Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District...Read more

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms said Tuesday that it's ending a third-party fact-checking program in the United States, a controversial move that will change how the social media giant combats misinformation.

Instead, Meta said it would lean on its users to write "community notes" on potentially misleading posts. Meta's move toward crowd...Read more

Constellation Energy Corp. is nearing an acquisition of Calpine Corp., people familiar with the matter said, in what would be one of the biggest ever deals in the power generation sector.

Baltimore-based Constellation is in discussions with Calpine’s private equity owners about the terms of a transaction that could value the company at about ...Read more

REI is eliminating its outdoor classes, events and tours this month as it looks to prune unprofitable parts of its business while struggling to break even.

The Issaquah-based co-op will lay off 180 full-time and 248 part-time employees with the move, according to an email from CEO Eric Artz sent to employees Wednesday. Sixty-seven Washington-...Read more

The holiday season often includes gift-giving to loved ones and charitable causes, but authorities say the threat of scammers seeking to trick victims into giving them large sums of money and personal information persists year-round.

Here are some common scams and how to protect yourself from them:

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Royal Caribbean is facing more legal trouble after a former crew member admitted to spying on cruise passengers, including children, in their bathrooms and showers after planting small cameras in their cabins to record them in states of undress.

A dozen potential victims, represented by Coral Gables, Florida-headquartered Aronfeld Trial Lawyers...Read more

As California students’ math and English test scores continue to trail pre-pandemic scores and students struggle to recover from COVID-19 learning loss, one Bay Area innovator has turned to artificial intelligence for a solution.

This year’s test scores data revealed that only about 35% of K-12 students in the state met or exceeded the ...Read more

Here are some rough calculations of when some of America's richest individuals fulfilled their Social Security tax obligations for 2025: For Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, it was at about 2 p.m. on New Year's Day. For McDonald's CEO Christopher Kempczinski, sometime on the morning of Jan. 3. For Elon Musk, it was sometime around 12:31 a.m. New ...Read more

Soaring monthly electricity bills charged by PG&E and its utility siblings could hobble California’s quest for a green energy Holty Grail, a disquieting new state report shows.

PG&E, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison levy charges for monthly bills that are far higher than the national average, making California ...Read more

An investor from "Shark Tank" and a former owner of the Dodgers are teaming up to try to save TikTok before a nationwide ban is set to go into effect this month.

Kevin O'Leary, one of the venture capitalist "sharks" from the reality television show, said Monday that he had joined a group known as the People's Bid for TikTok that has been ...Read more

Experian, one of the nation's largest credit bureaus, was sued Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for allegedly improperly handling consumer disputes, which could lead to lower credit scores — one of a number of punitive actions the agency has taken in the waning days of the Biden administration.

The Costa Mesa-based company ...Read more

A cookware industry group is suing Minnesota in federal court over the state’s sweeping new PFAS ban, arguing the law is unconstitutional and discriminates against out-of-state manufacturers.

“Manufacturers will be forced to either keep their products out of the Minnesota market or treat Minnesota’s regulation as the national standard,”...Read more