The line of cars and trucks stretched Wednesday afternoon all the way to the edge of the property and then out into the road. A man was running traffic control, waving drivers along and directing the flow of cars.

These drivers were not lining up to buy concert tickets or the new viral Hermès dupe handbag from Walmart, but another, more humble...Read more

Facebook’s parent company is building Minnesota’s first mega data center in Rosemount to house its fast-growing need for computing muscle.

Amazon and Microsoft bought land for large data centers near Xcel Energy’s soon-retiring coal plant in Becker. A Colorado company called Tract has advanced a project in Farmington and is eyeing ...Read more

An anti-affirmative action group has sued McDonald’s over a scholarship program for Hispanic and Latino students a week after the company said it was ending some of its corporate diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

The lawsuit, which alleges the scholarship program unlawfully discriminates against students of other races and ...Read more

The U.S. economy notched a welcome, if puzzling, milestone in 2024 when the labor force participation rate among prime-age women — 25 to 54 — rose to a record 78.4%, increasing about five percentage points from a decade earlier.

This is unambiguously good, as more workers equals a bigger economy. The reason it’s perplexing is that many ...Read more

Starbucks Corp. reversed a policy allowing anyone, even those who hadn’t purchased anything, to use its cafes, patios and restrooms.

The company issued a new code of conduct as part of its plan to make stores more welcoming and win back consumers, Starbucks said in an emailed statement.

Implementing such a code “is something most ...Read more

If we thought 2024 was bad for efforts to make schools and workplaces more inclusive, it’s looking even worse in 2025.

When I last wrote about attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion about a year ago, anti-DEI sentiment was definitely gaining steam, but we hadn’t yet seen widespread implementation of that sentiment as we did over the ...Read more

Bowen Kou came to the United States from China in 2009 to attend Michigan State University, eager to learn and ready to work.

As a 19-year-old, Kou started a business buying and selling used books to other students.

Three years later, according to the Spartan Newsroom student newspaper, he was “famous among Chinese MSU students” because he...Read more

A decision by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to ramp up tariffs gradually once he takes office would be “problematic” for the Federal Reserve as it battles the last-mile of inflation, according to Arend Kapteyn at UBS AG.

“We think of tariffs as a one-off price level shift and then it goes away a year later, and then provided it’s ...Read more

Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the U.S. operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according to people familiar with the matter.

Beijing officials strongly prefer that TikTok remains under the ownership of parent ByteDance Ltd., the ...Read more

A calf taught Laura Kuntz the power of investing.

Growing up on a Wisconsin dairy farm, she and her eight siblings each received a heifer when they reached sixth grade. They’d work to reimburse their parents for the price of the animal and to cover costs like lodging and feed, then build up savings from the milk revenue.

“The idea was that...Read more

The White House unveiled sweeping new limits on the sale of advanced AI chips by Nvidia Corp. and its peers, leaving the Trump administration to decide how and whether to implement curbs that have encountered fierce industry opposition.

The rules, which are set to take effect in one year, establish caps on the amount of computing power that can...Read more

Index funds are one of the most popular types of investments because of their simplicity, low cost and diversification benefits. In general, index funds seek to replicate the performance of an underlying index comprised of stocks or bonds, which means they aren’t managed by costly portfolio managers with teams of analysts.

There are various ...Read more

Key takeaways

— One of the easiest ways to save money daily is to cut unnecessary expenses, such as unused subscriptions.

— Save money by joining loyalty programs at stores you visit often and using cashback credit cards to earn rewards on your spending.

— Set up automatic bill payments to avoid late fees and switch to a fee-free bank ...Read more

Sonos Chief Executive Patrick Spence is stepping down and leaving the company’s board in a shake-up that comes as the wireless speaker maker tries to win back the trust of its customers.

Last year, the Santa Barbara-based company botched the overhaul of its phone app that customers use to control their speakers and other audio products. The ...Read more

DETROIT — The first all-electric vehicles from Dodge and Jeep are starting to reach U.S. dealers after the launches of both EVs faced delays to fix software problems, executives with the Stellantis NV brands said.

Around 100 Windsor-built Dodge Charger Daytona muscle cars had arrived at dealers as of Friday, brand CEO Matt McAlear said. Jeep ...Read more

Philadelphia-area business leaders' biggest struggles in 2024 were poor sales, a challenging hiring market, and uncertainty about regulations and government policies, a new report from the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia says.

For the State of the Economy report, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia surveyed 69 Chamber members ...Read more

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens struck a jovial tone from the podium as he prepared to cut the ribbon on 272 new solar panels on the roof of a fire station at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

The array at Fire Station No. 40 is one of more than three dozen installed across the city that the mayor said are expected to save taxpayers $8 ...Read more

Vanguard Group's founder, the late John C. Bogle, predicted that a day would come when the Malvern investment giant and its low-fee index funds, after years of trillion-dollar growth, could get too big.

The company's expanded agreement with a U.S. bank regulator not to interfere in corporate decisions — amid mounting claims that Vanguard and ...Read more

As electric cars get more popular, South Florida cities say they’ll be the ones paying the price.

Westlake Mayor JohnPaul O’Connor has urged the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation to push for a new state bill to find an alternative to pay for transportation funding as electric cars evade the gas tax, and the idea has the attention of ...Read more

Traders are bracing for one of the most volatile earnings periods in stock market history.

At least that’s what they are positioning for two days before big banks kick off the reporting cycle in the U.S. Options traders expect individual stocks in the S&P 500 Index to move 4.7% on average in either direction after reporting their results, the...Read more