The federal judge who will decide how to limit Google’s monopoly in search is considering its advantage in artificial intelligence too, and aiming to limit harm to the other players in the market with any resolution.

On Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington, attorneys for Alphabet Inc.’s Google and the Justice Department answered ...Read more

LinkedIn, the professional social network where people search for work, is shedding jobs.

The Microsoft-owned tech company has cut 281 workers in California, a notice filed this week to the California Employment Development Department shows.

Earlier this month, Microsoft said that it was terminating 3% of staff, or about 6,000 workers. The ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado municipal leaders will soon be able to temporarily take control of chronically dilapidated apartment buildings under new legislation signed into law this week that was inspired by a now infamous group of properties in Denver and Aurora.

Senate Bill 20 gives cities and counties explicit authority to pursue civil actions — ...Read more

Delaware leaders and residents cheered the arrival of Avelo Airlines two years ago as the only company scheduling passenger flights in and out of the state’s major airport, Wilmington (ILG).

The Texas-based company has added some routes since then, while cutting others. Avelo promotes its low-cost flights and on-time performance through ...Read more

Already weary from winter’s escalating utility bills, Maryland consumers face another round of energy cost hikes starting next week, this time from rising electricity supply prices.

The increases, which will show up mostly on the supply portion of customers’ electric bills, stem from an “unprecedented spike” in prices set by a “...Read more

Duke Energy has settled a class-action lawsuit over a data breach last year which exposed personal information to cybercriminals, according to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for Western North Carolina.

The May 2024 data breach impacted thousands of customers of the Charlotte-based company, The Charlotte Observer reported in ...Read more

A federal judge this week dismissed a lawsuit filed by the man who says he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.

Richard Montañez had sued Frito-Lay and its parent company PepsiCo last year, alleging they defamed him and hurt his career by denying his role in creating the popular snack.

Federal Judge John W. Holcomb of the U.S. District Court in ...Read more

U.S. consumers hit the brakes in April while goods imports plummeted by a record as companies adjusted to higher tariffs.

Inflation-adjusted personal spending rose 0.1% after rising 0.7% a month earlier, Bureau of Economic Analysis data showed Friday. Separate data showed an almost 20% slump in imports, leading to a massive narrowing in the U.S...Read more

In a world where car design is increasingly held hostage by angry, dissonant design language, Aston Martin is an abiding reminder that the finest cars are timelessly beautiful, exquisitely crafted and intelligently engineered. The thought occurred as I approached this week’s test car, a 2026 Aston Martin Vantage Roadster sheathed in carbon-...Read more

Needing no introduction, Toyota has done one heck of a job recently in the SUV and truck market. Providing an array of vehicles to consumers has been its strong suit, along with unmatched reliability, dependability and usability. With GMC and other manufacturers expanding their off-road lineups, the 2025 Toyota Tacoma Trailhunter is a strong ...Read more

Costco Wholesale Corp. posted better-than-expected earnings in the third quarter, a sign that the nation’s largest club chain is flexing its scale and devoted following to navigate tariffs and economic turbulence.

The retailer said it generated earnings per share of $4.28 for the quarter ended May 11, above what Wall Street analysts were ...Read more

At a time of great uncertainty for the automotive industry, one thing is certain: Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Co., says he plans to stay in his role for "a while."

"Everybody has a sell-by date," Ford told reporters after a panel at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference. "But I also feel like, in many ways, I...Read more

FRANKLIN, Michigan — With its raccoon-like black details, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 XRT is instantly recognizable as a new, 2025 off-road trim for the brand’s electric hatchback. It sports a black mask, black wheels, black wheel arches etched with “digital camouflage” graphic, and black mirrors. XRT for Xtra Raccoon Trim.

But what many ...Read more

The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge in Texas to dismiss its criminal case against Boeing Co. over two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jets more than six years ago, despite objections of family members of some crash victims.

The request, disclosed Thursday in a court filing, is part of a proposed settlement prosecutors reached with ...Read more

Northrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace have given a name to the future medium-lift rocket they plan to build: Eclipse.

The two companies are already partnered to help shepherd a new version of Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket, which has not flown since 2023 when the company used the last of its supply of Russian-made engines for the rocket�...Read more

ATLANTA — Business owners who have been caught in the crossfire of the Trump administration’s trade war welcomed a court ruling this week to block many of the president’s new tariffs.

Their relief lasted about 24 hours. On Thursday, a federal appeals court reinstated them, at least temporarily, leaving many business leaders uncertain ...Read more

Stock market investors don't have much to cheer about in the second Trump term, except perhaps for a new and almost flawless trading strategy — the TACO trade.

The acronym, coined by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong, stands for "Trump Always Chickens Out." ("Acronyms are very powerful, especially when they remind people of ...Read more

Federal Communications Commissioner Anna M. Gomez traveled to Los Angeles this week to sound an alarm that attacks on the media by President Trump and his lieutenants could fray the fabric of the 1st Amendment.

Gomez's appearance Wednesday at Cal State L.A. was designed to take feedback from community members about the changed media atmosphere ...Read more

Las Vegas’ jobless rate has improved over the past several months but remains one of the highest in the nation among big metro areas, new data shows.

The Las Vegas area’s unemployment rate was 5.2 percent last month, compared with 3.9 percent nationally, according to figures released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The ...Read more