Ford Motor Co. is predicting a stronger 2026 after the automaker posted a net loss of $8.2 billion last year from special charges related to redeploying assets for its electric vehicle business.

Without those, the Dearborn automaker's adjusted operating profit was $6.8 billion. The company expects adjusted operating income of $8 billion to $10 ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it will pay profit-sharing bonuses of approximately $6,780 to hourly autoworkers in the United States for 2025.

The total amount for employees could be above or below that depending on compensated hours for the 56,300 eligible employees and another 1,490 workers who retired last year. The amount is down 34% from the ...Read more

Dollar Tree’s 9,000th store opened last year within a few miles of a Louis Vuitton, a steakhouse selling $525 Wagyu beef and Audi, Porsche and Ferrari dealerships, where the average car costs more than what a typical Dollar Tree shopper makes in a year.

Inside, while most everyone is looking for a deal — it’s not necessarily because they ...Read more

Moody’s Ratings downgraded Stellantis NV’s credit rating, citing the carmaker’s warning that a recovery in profitability will take longer than expected due to the costs of scaling back its electric vehicle plans.

The ratings company moved Stellantis down one notch to Baa3 from Baa2, according to a statement. Baa3 is the lowest level ...Read more

Boeing will open its fourth Max production line in Everett, Washington, this summer, setting a timeline that the Everett community has been waiting to hear for two years.

Boeing hopes to eventually reach a Max production rate of 63 planes per month, Katie Ringgold, Boeing’s 737 program manager said Tuesday, speaking at an annual conference ...Read more

Boeing delivered 46 airplanes in January, including 37 737 Maxes and five 787 Dreamliners.

That’s lower than Boeing’s December output of 63 planes, including 44 Maxes and 14 787s.

But it marks Boeing’s highest January delivery total since 2019, just before the second of two fatal 737 Max crashes grounded Boeing’s most popular plane and...Read more

In his second week as Target CEO, Michael Fiddelke shuffled his leadership team and consolidated store districts — moves that drew mixed reactions from retail experts.

After several quarters of lackluster performance, the actions addressed some of the loudest criticism of the Minneapolis-based retailer: the state of its stores and product ...Read more

The Las Vegas Valley has seen one of the biggest year-over-year jumps in home purchase agreement cancellations in the U.S., according to a new report from Redfin.

According to the report, 19% of all residential real estate transactions, a 3.5% jump, were canceled last December. This places the Las Vegas Valley as 8th in the country for largest ...Read more

YouTube TV will start offering customers lower-priced channel packages, including one aimed at sports fans.

The Google-owned pay-TV service announced Monday it will roll out more than 10 plans that will be priced below a full YouTube TV subscription that offers more than 100 channels.

The introduction, which will begin over the next few weeks,...Read more

Las Vegas Strip and downtown casinos closed out 2025 with a slight uptick in gambling revenue despite a significant drop in visitors and signs of pricing fatigue among customers, according to public data and industry analysts.

The Las Vegas gaming industry avoided a noteworthy downturn, and experts say the end-of-year numbers reflect a healthy ...Read more

Elon Musk recently announced what seemed like an odd pairing of his companies: SpaceX was acquiring xAI, the artificial intelligence firm that also owns the social media platform X.

The merger combines a highly profitable rocket company with an AI startup that is burning through billions of dollars as it competes with OpenAI and other rivals ...Read more

Paramount Skydance has sweetened its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, adding a $2.8-billion "break fee" for Netflix and a payment to shareholders set to increase for every quarter after Jan. 1, 2027, that the transaction does not close.

However, it's not clear the latest move will do much to sway Warner Bros. Discovery's board, which has ...Read more

Twin Cities home builders are falling behind schedule as the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota has fueled a shortage of roofing, drywall and other construction workers, according to developers and real estate agents.

People are not listing their existing homes as planned because their new-build homes are not ready, said Redfin real ...Read more

A new potential buyer has thrown its hat in the ring for the Daily Herald, a newspaper serving Chicago's northern, northwestern and western suburbs.

On Sunday, the Chicago Tribune took out a full-page ad in its own paper offering the employee owners of the Daily Herald a 30% premium over “anyone else” to acquire their newspaper.

The ...Read more

DEARBORN, Michigan — New pushes for anti-drunken driving policies have been underway as deadlines to set standards for technologies that monitor for impairment and distraction in future cars and trucks have come and gone. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, in December introduced a bill that would order car and truck makers to add alcohol ...Read more

Some federal workers aren’t leaving public service altogether. They’re landing jobs in local government.

A job-seeking platform managed by national nonprofit Work for America is helping some workers find those new roles. The service is relatively new but predates President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce in 2025.

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SEATTLE — Eddie Bauer's store operator plans to permanently shutter its headquarters in Seattle and lay off 60 workers in the process, according to a state filing.

The Seattle-based outdoor apparel brand's Sodo office at 2200 First Avenue South will close, and all 60 employees who work there will lose their jobs between April and June, per a ...Read more

A landmark civil trial that will ask jurors to decide whether social media companies can be held liable for pushing a product that they allegedly knew was harmful to children began Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, with attorneys sparring for more than four hours in combative opening arguments.

The closely watched test case could ...Read more

Sunday’s Super Bowl LX, featuring some 66 ads costing corporate brands an average $8 million for half a minute, shone a light on America’s snacking trends, tracked closely by Gopuff, the Philadelphia-based national delivery service.

The game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, also featuring Bad Bunny’s Spanish-...Read more