HIBBING, Minn. -- The taconite mines are back in action, factories are expanding and new stores and restaurants are popping up from Grand Rapids to Silver Bay.

Minnesota's Iron Range is experiencing an economic revival that seemed unlikely as recently as two years ago, when idled mines and job losses battered the region.

"Obviously the entire ...Read more

Television advertising is caught in the crossfire of the country's political battles.

When TV stars such as Roseanne Barr, Samantha Bee and Laura Ingraham get into trouble, advertisers retreat rather than risk having their brand names become collateral damage in the highly charged partisan atmosphere enveloping the media landscape.

By the time...Read more

A key milestone in Qualcomm's punishing legal war with Apple kicked off last week with testimony in the San Diego's company's bid to block certain iPhones from being imported into the U.S.

Opening arguments started Friday in the first of two patent infringement cases that Qualcomm has brought against Apple at the U.S. International Trade ...Read more

Q: Lately I have been feeling very insecure and lacking in confidence. It started when I moved to a different city to take a challenging new job. It's been a few months and I just can't seem to get my feet under me. What should I do?

--Celia, 31, graphic designer

A: Build multiple platforms to support you in your new setting to get the best ...Read more

Q: The head of our department is not a good manager. "Dave" has a very short attention span, so our attempts to communicate with him, both verbal and written, often go nowhere.

For example, we have tried to advise Dave about problems with the administrative staff. Our clerical employees ignore proper procedures and show little concern for ...Read more

Tronc completed its $500 million sale of the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune to biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Monday, ushering in a new era for both the Chicago-based newspaper chain and its former California holdings.

Tronc also is looking to shed its much derided corporate moniker, and bring the Tribune name back in...Read more

Florida stands to lose more homes -- and real estate value -- to sea-rise damage than any other state in the nation this century, according to a new study.

That conclusion, in a report compiled by the Union of Concerned Scientists, was reached using housing information from Zillow and a flood model from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Norman Pearlstine, who has spent 50 years in journalism helping shape some of the nation's most prominent publications -- including Time Inc. magazines, Bloomberg News, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal -- on Monday was named executive editor of the Los Angeles Times.

It was the first major move by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who ...Read more

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo amplified President Donald Trump's tough line in a brewing trade war with China in a speech on Monday, saying U.S. action was long overdue and calling Chinese appeals for greater economic openness "a joke."

"Chinese leaders over these past few weeks have been claiming openness and globalization, but it's a joke," ...Read more

As if bitcoin fans didn't have enough to worry about these days, a widely respected international bank has just published a scathing analysis of the cryptocurrency questioning whether it ever will be more than a fad -- and a costly fad for its adherents.

The report by the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements doesn't present any ...Read more

The U.S. consumer can be forgiven any Foodborne Illness Outbreak Confusion and Fatigue.

As spring's romaine lettuce-E. coli and shell egg-salmonella outbreaks faded after causing, respectively, five deaths and a record recall, news of three more foodborne illness outbreaks within a week drenched consumers.

These aren't just preventive ...Read more