Qualcomm's stock continued to rally following its surprise settlement with Apple last week, gaining nearly 6 percent in trading on Tuesday.

The San Diego cellular technology supplier got a boost from a price upgrade from Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette, who raised his price target for the shares to $95.

That's higher than many other ...Read more

Surgical staplers, including those made by Minnesota-run Medtronic PLC, have been associated with such high numbers of deaths, injuries and malfunctions that the Food and Drug Administration is considering moving them to a higher-risk category that would give the regulator more control over the commonly used devices.

"As part of our public ...Read more

DETROIT -- Waymo has picked Detroit for final assembly of its self-driving vehicles.

The company, once known as Google's self-driving car project and now a leader in the push to develop autonomous vehicles, had previously said it was scouting locations in southeast Michigan but did not name a specific city.

CEO John Krafcik revealed Detroit as...Read more

Kohl's department stores, which have had an agreement with online retail juggernaut Amazon since 2017, announced Tuesday that it will accept Amazon-purchased returns at all stores nationwide starting in July.

"This unique partnership combines Kohl's strong nationwide store footprint and omnichannel capabilities with Amazon's reach and customer ...Read more

CBS Corp. has suspended its search for a chief executive and extended acting Chief Executive Joseph Ianniello's contract through the end of the year as the company weighs whether to merge with Viacom Inc. or plot its own course.

CBS had planned to hire a new chief executive by the end of March, but the search was complicated by thorny questions...Read more

Northern Oil and Gas has agreed to purchase a portfolio of North Dakota oil properties for $295 million plus stock, its largest deal yet.

The Minnetonka, Minn.-based company said it would buy approximately 18,000 net acres containing 86.9 net producing oil wells; 2.7 wells in process; and 47.5 undrilled locations in the core of North Dakota's ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk's initial proposal for a high-speed, 35-mile "Loop" tunnel between Baltimore and Washington took a step forward in the process toward government approval with the release of a environmental assessment by federal regulators.

But the "Loop" in the draft environmental impact statement released ...Read more

During the Apollo era, NASA astronauts relied on a rocket tower at the top of the capsule to pull them safely away in case of an emergency. If it wasn't used, the tower was jettisoned after the Saturn V rocket had reached about 295,000 feet.

But when SpaceX and Boeing Co. set out to build a new capsule, NASA decided to maintain the escape ...Read more

California's major monopoly utilities asked regulators Monday to approve higher profits for their shareholders amid a growing risk of destructive fires. The biggest request came from Southern California Edison, where the average household customers could see an annual bill increase of more than $170.

In separate filings to the California Public...Read more

CHICAGO -- Garrett Popcorn Shops says it guards its recipes so closely that only three employees have access to the information, by verifying their identity via thumbprint.

On Monday, the company, whose formal name is Caramel Crisp, filed a federal lawsuit against one of those three people who it says was fired in early March, alleging that ...Read more

Even as Boeing inches closer to a fix for its grounded 737 MAX, industry analysts say the aircraft may not fly until October, a delay that could cost the company nearly three fifths of the cash it expected to generate in 2019.

On Wednesday morning, investors and analysts will get their first look at the financial impacts of the grounding when ...Read more

Attorney General William Tong has expanded the state's lawsuit against Stamford opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma, laying out new details of the company's aggressive efforts to boost sales in Connecticut while at the same time downplaying concerns about addiction.

The amended complaint also takes aim at news Purdue is considering bankruptcy as ...Read more

Q: My role at work is being revised following some reassignments and additional hiring by other teams. Assistance that I have been providing to those groups for the past couple of years will no longer be needed so I'll be able to focus more on my official position. This should be good news, but I'm feeling a lot of loss and anxiety. What should ...Read more

Sinclair Broadcast Group is reportedly poised to buy a group of 21 Fox regional sports networks from Disney in a deal to be announced perhaps as early as this week.

Sinclair, the Hunt Valley-based broadcaster, has emerged as the front-runner in the auction for the sports networks, according to a Fox Business report.

Disney is selling the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The eyewear industry, dominated by a handful of major players bent on stifling competition, is ripe for disruption.

It turns out that a number of ambitious start-ups are seeking to do just that, with California being a particularly fertile breeding ground for innovative approaches.

As part of a series of columns looking at the ...Read more

Tesla, under pressure to show it can generate profits on its main business of making electric cars, on Monday trumpeted a custom-designed computer chip to let its vehicles drive themselves.

Even with the new chip -- which comes with all new vehicles and can be installed in older ones -- Teslas still aren't yet fully capable of driving without ...Read more