WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department said it's investigating whether technology giants are harming competition, stepping up its scrutiny of the industry's biggest companies.

The department's antitrust division will look at concerns that consumers, businesses and entrepreneurs have expressed about search, social media, and online retail, ...Read more

Google has settled for $11 million a long-running class-action lawsuit claiming that it discriminated against hundreds of older workers by failing to hire them because of their age.

The workers argued in their lawsuit that between 2007 and 2013, Google's workforce grew to nearly 30,000 people and that the median age of its workers as of 2013 ...Read more

Under pressure from a federal antitrust lawsuit, two rival printing giants, Chicago-based LSC Communications and Quad/Graphics, have agreed to terminate their proposed $1.4 billion merger.

The announcement Tuesday ends the deal to put the nation's two largest printers under one corporate banner, and a potentially lengthy court battle to ...Read more

Adversaries of Medicaid expansion have always pointed to the lack of evidence that enrollment in Medicaid improves health and saves lives, and therefore the expansion is a waste.

A new study should put that argument to rest, permanently. The researchers found not only that the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act brought ...Read more

U.S. Bank is adding some luxury luster to its credit card lineup.

The nation's fifth-largest bank said Monday it agreed with BMW Financial Services to issue credit cards that provide rewards for BMW products and services.

U.S. Bank also acquired an existing credit card portfolio from BMW Bank of North America, which provides loans and other ...Read more

Reader Wayne King had a simple enough question: How do prescription drugs get named?

My initial guess was there must be some blue-ribbon panel of experts involved, or maybe a fancy computer algorithm.

I couldn't have been more wrong.

King, 80, made clear that he wasn't so interested in brand names, which drug companies typically struggle to ...Read more

DETROIT -- Drivers of the nation's top-selling vehicle, the 2018 or 2019 Ford F-150 pickup, could be spending an extra $2,000 in fuel because Ford Motor Co. falsified fuel economy tests.

That's the accusation in a lawsuit that seeks to be certified as a class action filed Monday by Seattle law firm Hagens Berman on behalf of truck consumers. ...Read more

Organic Valley, seeking to respond to demand for nutrient-dense beverages, on Monday unveiled the first organic, ultrafiltered milk available nationwide.

Ultrafiltered milk boasts 50% more protein and 50% less sugar than regular milk.

As people experiment with plant-based alternatives or are restricting traditional milk and cheese for health ...Read more

Q: People at my company have change fatigue, and I've been asked to lead yet another change. Teams will get reorganized somewhat and processes will change. How can I help people get energized around our new approach?

-- Bryan, 50, VP, product delivery

A: You will have a lot to do, from redesigning processes to figuring out new staffing models....Read more

Bartenders, ticket sales representatives and journalists are among the nation's worst drivers, while postmasters and music composers are among the best, according to an insurance industry study.

The study of 1.6 million car insurance applications by Insurify, an auto insurance comparison website, looked at what professions were the most likely ...Read more

In the middle of a work project at a global corporate consulting firm, Katherine Switz was gripped with a debilitating bout of anxiety. Her body froze, her heart raced, her chest tightened, and her mind went blank, which made it nearly impossible for her to concentrate on a computer screen and do her work.

The anxiety lasted three months, ...Read more

Marissa Federspiel has a full-time day job at a hardware store. The 31-year-old also has a night job as a paid caregiver for her elderly uncle, who lives with her. When she tries to get some sleep, she often is awakened by her 16-month-old. Now she's thinking about taking on a third gig.

"Most days I'm a walking zombie," says Federspiel, who ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Ford announced Monday it is hiring 450 workers at its Chicago assembly plant to build its police vehicles and hybrid SUVs.

The automaker, which recently completed a $1 billion renovation of the Torrence Avenue facility on the Southeast Side, will spend $50 million to convert a nearby facility that modified vehicles for police use ...Read more

Incredibly, the company that has near-monopoly control over the eyewear industry may be about to get bigger, this time swallowing the business that owns the For Eyes glasses chain with stores throughout Southern California.

EssilorLuxottica, the world's largest maker of frames and lenses, owner of LensCrafters and Pearle Vision, is making a ...Read more

No advocates for workers' rights or labor were especially surprised last week when President Trump nominated Eugene Scalia for secretary of Labor, succeeding the utterly discredited Alex Acosta.

Scalia -- son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia -- had made his reputation in Washington as a lawyer for big corporations resisting ...Read more

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. reportedly helped build North Korea's commercial wireless network, a revelation sure to increase scrutiny on a company already banned from doing business in the U.S.

According to unnamed sources and documents obtained by the Washington Post, Huawei worked with a Chinese state-owned firm ...Read more

What harm did consumers suffer from the massive Equifax data breach? Some may have had their identities stolen because their personal information was exposed. Many may have spent time and money on credit monitoring or freezes. Either way, they may be eligible for some compensation.

The fine against Equifax over the 2017 breach that affected ...Read more

Successful Silicon Valley venture capital companies have turned Sand Hill Road, a Menlo Park boulevard lined with VC firms, into an icon of wealth, and sprinkled the region with palatial homes and gleaming Maseratis.

But there's a growing movement called "impact investing" that looks beyond financial returns to also deliver positive effects on ...Read more