Hiring in the U.S. health care sector is looking increasingly shaky, raising a warning flag for the economy given its importance as a key driver of job growth over the last three years.

Health care and social assistance companies added about 47,000 employees to payrolls in August, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report published ...Read more

Alphabet Inc.’s Google was sued by advertising exchange PubMatic Inc., which is seeking billions of dollars over its claim that the search giant has illegally monopolized the ad technology market.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Virginia, is the second by an advertising exchange to take aim at the tech giant since a federal ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The Boeing Co. on Thursday said it would hire permanent replacements for workers who have been on strike for a month.

Dan Gillian, vice president of air dominance for Boeing, said in a letter to employees that the company started the process on Thursday.

“This will ensure we’re properly staffed to keep supporting our ...Read more

President Donald Trump threatened a probe that could prompt fresh tariffs in response to the European Union fining Alphabet Inc.’s Google over findings the company abused its dominance by giving its own ad exchanges a competitive advantage.

The president made his warning in a social media post Friday after the EU announced it was fining ...Read more

Tesla Inc. proposed a new compensation agreement for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk potentially worth around $1 trillion, a massive package without precedent in corporate America.

The long-awaited proposal, designed to incentivize Musk to lead Tesla for years to come, sets a series of ambitious benchmarks he must meet to earn the full payout...Read more

A federal judge has rejected Newsmax's lawsuit alleging Fox News violated U.S. antitrust laws by squeezing out rival conservative news networks.

The court's decision came two days after the case was filed.

However, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen M. Cannon said she would give Newsmax a do-over. The Boca Raton, Fla.-based network has until ...Read more

ROCKFORD, Illinois — One year after launching its $300 million permanent casino, the Hard Rock Casino Rockford is looking to add a hotel and other amenities to defend its turf against the Ho-Chunk Nation, which is building a casino complex 18 miles away in Beloit, Wisconsin.

The casino border war could see millions of dollars in play across ...Read more

Spirit Airlines is canceling flight services in 12 U.S. cities, including all airports in Northern California.

After filing for bankruptcy protection for the second time this year, the low-cost airline is actively seeking to cut flight routes where they are losing money.

As of Oct. 2, Spirit will no longer fly to Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose ...Read more

Land O’Lakes is folding its Truterra division into other business units and laying off some employees as the sustainability arm of the Minnesota cooperative grapples with the loss of a major federal grant and other difficulties.

Truterra laid off about 30 workers last week, according to several sources familiar with the situation. Employees ...Read more

As many car manufacturers have emphasized futuristic aesthetics in their new model releases, comfort has often taken a back seat. In 2025, Genesis took a different tack, making comfort its top priority. While exterior and interior aesthetics have been key qualities defining the brand, the new emphasis on comfort can be fully appreciated in ...Read more

In the world of high-octane, testosterone-fueled racing, the question arises: Can a race car have a back seat? Is there room for comfort and passengers in a finely tuned instrument of speed?

The thought came to mind while piloting the latest gestation of the Mercedes-Benz SL. Although the first-generation SL changed minimally from its racing ...Read more

U.S. job growth cooled notably last month while the unemployment rate rose to the highest since 2021, fanning concerns the labor market may be on the cusp of a more significant deterioration.

Nonfarm payrolls increased 22,000 in August, and revisions showed employment shrank in June for the first time since 2020. The jobless rate ticked up to ...Read more

CHELSEA, Michigan — Corporate branding fails are legend. Coca Cola’s New Coke debacle. Bud Light’s Dylan Mulvaney detour. Cracker Barrel’s generic logo remake.

Ram and Dodge ditching V-8s.

The Stellantis brands’ epic, head-scratching decision has been the poster child of a bizarre few years in which automakers, reeling from billions ...Read more

WASHINGTON — UnitedHealth Group, under fire for its Medicare billing practices, is on pace to spend a record amount of money to lobby the federal government in 2025.

The nation’s largest health insurer is muscling up its lobbying as it faces a Department of Justice investigation into those practices. The company is also working to beat back...Read more

In a giant Long Beach, California, warehouse near where Boeing used to build the C-17 cargo jet, Vast is fabricating what could be the first commercial space station to circle Earth.

Just up the road in El Segundo, Varda Space Industries has grown molecular crystals in microgravity with few impurities for pharmaceuticals that one day could be ...Read more

Warner Bros. Discovery has joined a key copyright infringement case that could test the legal bounds of using artificial intelligence to create digital replicas of well-known characters.

The company on Thursday filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court against AI company Midjourney Inc., alleging its image generator ...Read more

Warner Bros. Discovery has joined a key copyright infringement case that could test the legal bounds of using artificial intelligence to create digital replicas of well-known characters.

The company on Thursday filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court against AI company Midjourney Inc., alleging its image generator ...Read more

In one of his first company-wide directives, Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison announced that employees must work in the office five days a week, beginning in January.

In a Thursday email, Ellison outlined the company's phased-in approach for office attendance — including offering a severance package to Los Angeles- and New York-based ...Read more