Carnival Cruise Line has announced it will try an app-based verification system for COVID-19 vaccines and negative tests for passengers sailing on the Mardi Gras cruise ship out of Port Canaveral.

The cruise line said it would use the product called VerifFLY by the company Daon, something already used in the airline industry, to allow ...Read more

Comcast has partnered with Nokia to sell businesses private 5G networks, the new high-speed wireless internet that could power ports, factories, and other large enterprises.

The cable giant's business services unit, Comcast Business, will deploy its first private 5G network at the Wells Fargo Center during the first quarter this year, company ...Read more

President Joe Biden pleaded Friday for Congress to pass $52 billion in funding for semiconductor chip production amid an ongoing shortage that's driving up prices of cars, tech and other consumer goods.

Earlier Friday, Intel Corp. announced it would spend $20 billion to build a new chip production facility near Columbus, Ohio. The company's CEO...Read more

The Biden administration is preparing to release an initial government-wide strategy for digital assets as soon as next month and task federal agencies with assessing the risks and opportunities that they pose, according to people familiar with the matter.

Senior administration officials have held multiple meetings on the plan, which is being ...Read more

Universal employees will not be required to undergo weekly COVID testing if they are not vaccinated, a decision made in response to a change in federal regulations, the company said.

The announcement reverses a policy Universal updated 10 days earlier.

On Jan. 10, Universal sent workers a message that they would either be required to be ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A voting technology company is suing MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell for defamation over his ongoing claims of election fraud in the last presidential election.

Smartmatic USA Corp. sued this week in federal court against Lindell and his company alleging that he falsely claimed that Smartmatic stole the 2020 election and ...Read more

General Motors is back at the bargaining table just two years after reaching a national contract agreement with the UAW amid a 40-day national strike.

This time, GM is trying to hammer out a local contract with workers at its Bowling Green Assembly plant in Kentucky where it builds its popular Corvette sportscar.

The 1,300 hourly workers at ...Read more

Federal Reserve officials will signal next week they’ll raise interest rates in March for the first time in more than three years and shrink their balance sheet soon after, economists surveyed by Bloomberg said.

A majority of the 45 economists in the poll predicted the U.S. central bank will use its Jan. 25-26 policy meeting to telegraph a 25...Read more

State lawmakers met with officials of Pennsylvania's public pension funds Thursday to vet reform measures that have been introduced to increase transparency and oversight of the pension system.

The measures are working their way through the legislative process and could be considered for passage this year. Thursday's hearing offered ...Read more

Parents are flooded with paperwork every single day of the year. But this year, they absolutely want to keep track of one key letter — Letter 6419, to be sent to you by none other than the Internal Revenue Service.

Do not throw this letter away. Keep this letter with all of your other important tax paperwork, including your W-2s. Repeat, keep...Read more

President Joe Biden’s promise to provide one billion free rapid Covid-19 tests to Americans is set to be a boon for test makers, as the highly contagious omicron variant has left pharmacies and clinics scrambling to find supplies.

The U.S. government has committed to spend at least $4.2 billion to develop, manufacture and produce rapid ...Read more

A former housekeeper with diabetes has sued Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, alleging the company unjustly fired him after he complained about being denied access to bathrooms and medication and enduring discrimination because he is a Black Jamaican.

Stevel Smith, 52, alleges his managers at the Yacht and Beach Club resorts violated the Americans...Read more

Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, a town once filled with low-rise, mid-century modern motels, is now awash in condo towers. But newest one promises to be one of the most alluring — at least for car enthusiasts.

It’s the Bentley Residences, the first Bentley-branded luxury residential tower. The 749-foot high, 60-story condominium is slated to be...Read more

Costco's shareholders are pushing the retail superstore to address its impact on the climate.

Tucked in amid reports on the number of rotisserie chickens sold (106 million) and the number of hot dog-and-soda combos customers consumed (122 million), Costco's shareholders voted Thursday to push the company to cut carbon emissions faster and more ...Read more

Having an advanced driver assistance system in your car, where cameras and sensors allow it to offer things like adaptive cruise control or lane centering, doesn't mean you have a self-driving vehicle.

Drivers still need to be alert and paying attention to what's up ahead.

But some manufacturers have oversold how much their systems can do, ...Read more

Michigan could do more to make its roadways safer for all users, according to a new report from a national safety group.

With 985 fatalities in 2019 and motor vehicle crashes costing an estimated $11.5 billion annually, not to mention the attendant misery, the Great Lakes State should do a better job of focusing on road safety, according to ...Read more

The price to buy a new or used car is increasing at a faster rate than the average wage growth in the nation, a study said.

On Thursday, Anderson Economic Group, an East Lansing-based economic consulting firm, released the results of a recent analysis comparing new and used vehicle price increases against wage growth in the U.S. private sector....Read more

With Southern California a global hub for cargo in this e-commerce age, train cars filled with valuable goods are crisscrossing hundreds of miles of track at all hours.

But amid the supply chain congestion at local ports and elsewhere, those trains sometimes sit idle, leaving them vulnerable to thieves in urban rail yards, according to supply ...Read more