Mercedes-Benz has named a new leader for its U.S. division, which is based in Sandy Springs.

Adam Chamberlain will become CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA and the automaker’s head of sales and marketing in North America starting July 1, the company said in a news release. He succeeds Dimitris Psillakis, who the company said will become a senior ...Read more

The United States’ escalating trade war with China could hit Boeing’s future orders and deliveries, according to new reports Tuesday.

China has reportedly ordered its airlines not to take future deliveries of Boeing planes or purchase aircraft-related equipment and parts from U.S. companies, according to a Bloomberg article Tuesday, citing ...Read more

It is getting to be time for gift-giving for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and graduations. Today I have a few gift ideas that I’ve been trying out for a few weeks and I think they’d make anyone happy.

Cuktech 15 Ultra Power Bank

Batteries have advanced in recent years and it is great to able to carry your own power when there might not ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mount Sinai Hospital ranks the fourth highest among hospitals across 20 states for spending far more money on charity care and helping its community than what it saves through tax exemptions, according to a new report from the Lown Institute.

The hospital on Chicago's West Side spent an average of $78 million more a year on charity ...Read more

Abbott Laboratories plans to hire as many as 200 more people over the next few years to expand production in the northern suburbs of Chicago — news that comes as the company prepares to deal with the impact of tariffs.

The company is adding the jobs and expanding production at a facility at its Abbott Park campus, said spokesperson Kate Dyer ...Read more

During his lifetime, David Packard was a Silicon Valley pioneer, starting one of the nation’s leading tech companies, Hewlett Packard, in his Palo Alto, California, garage with his friend Bill Hewlett and $538, and then using the fortune he earned to explore and preserve the world’s oceans.

Although Packard died in 1996, the latest of his ...Read more

San Diego voted Tuesday to ban software that it says is being used to illegally raise residential rents.

The city council targeted software used by Texas company RealPage, which has been in federal crosshairs since August when the Biden administration filed an antitrust lawsuit against it. The Justice Department claimed the software’s ...Read more

Audio streaming platform Spotify was down Wednesday with outages reported around the world.

Thousands reported being unable to access the service around 8 a.m. EST, according to Down Detector.

Users of the app reported an unending loading screen while the website featured a 502 error message.

About an hour after the first reports were made, ...Read more

A San Diego small business owner sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over a new financial reporting requirement, arguing that an order the government says will help crack down on money laundering by Mexican cartels instead violates the Fourth Amendment and will financially ruin money services businesses like hers.

Money services businesses...Read more

Years ago, Robyn Munsch would wander hungrily around the grocery store and leave with calorie-dense foods like a frozen pizza, cookies and frosting. That was before she started taking Wegovy and lost 85 pounds.

“I no longer buy chips, sweets or other junk foods,” the Rochester, Minnesota, woman said. “I just don’t crave it. It’s life-...Read more

Dillman Clinic & Lab was finally at a point where the one-doctor practice in Lakeville, Minnesota, could start thinking about hiring another physician.

Then, all of a sudden, the clinic was walloped by the aftermath of a major cyberattack at Change Healthcare, the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that was hacked in February 2024.

The incident, ...Read more

How fast is your internet?

For Comcast customers in Philadelphia, the ceiling for speed just got higher.

And it's made possible by what goes on inside a dull-looking Northeast Philadelphia office building where state-of-the-art technology is powering the network 24/7.

In recent months, the majority of Comcast's residential and business ...Read more

The green apron worn by Starbucks employees is so iconic that it has its own coffee blend named after it.

Now, the company is streamlining its dress code for employees so that the green apron can "shine and create a sense of familiarity" for customers, no matter which store they visit.

Starting on May 12, the company will require that its ...Read more

Popular Gen Z retailer Revolve is facing a $50 million lawsuit alleging that the brand's social media marketing tactics deceived at least a million consumers.

A class-action lawsuit, filed Friday in California Central District Court, accuses the Cerritos-based online retailer of violating federal trade law by operating an advertising "scheme" ...Read more

Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram into a separate company in 2018 as he increasingly became concerned that the photo and video app’s success was hurting the Facebook social network.

Zuckerberg, who is testifying for the second straight day in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial, wondered whether Meta ...Read more

A Los Angeles consumer group has sued California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to block potential surcharges on home insurance policies statewide as a result of the heavy losses suffered by the California Fair Plan after the Pacific Palisades and Altadena fires.

In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, Consumer ...Read more

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg returned to Washington this week, testifying in a landmark trial that could force the world’s largest social network to break off Instagram and WhatsApp.

The outcome of the high-stakes case between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission could unwind some of the company’s most lucrative acquisitions, ...Read more