Amazon.com Inc. merchants have found themselves caught in an economic vice.

Earlier this year, the e-commerce giant rolled out changes to the fees its charges them — essentially shifting more of its operating costs onto the small businesses that account for most of the products sold on the site. Making matters worse for merchants, shoppers ...Read more

SANTA BARBARA, California — I pulled to the brief left passing lane on California Route 154 and — ZOT! — my 2024 Acura ZDX Type S tester exploded past a line of slower traffic down the Santa Ynez Mountains north of Santa Barbara. Merging into heavy Route 101 traffic along the coast, the ZDX’s Hands-Free Cruise system took over and I ...Read more

Cloaked in Radiant Red Tintcoat, the Cadillac XT4 Sport AWD effortlessly pleases drivers, as it stands ready to tackle nearly any task. Whether it's grocery shopping or daily commuting, the XT4 meets a wide array of consumer needs and desires. Its comfort, design and commanding presence continue to stand out, upholding Cadillac's substantial ...Read more

If you’re a parent, I don’t need to tell you that raising children is demanding. It’s a job that constantly surprises, stresses and — occasionally — delights. It also demands a spacious vehicle, as the hectare of baby gear, grade school friends and their piles of sports gear or, for that matter, high-schoolers with their gaggle of ...Read more

President Joe Biden weighed in on a labor dispute underway at Boeing Co., urging the planemaker to restart stalled contract talks with a union representing 160 of its firefighters.

“Collective bargaining is a right that helps employers and employees,” Biden said in a post on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter. He said he was...Read more

Microsoft Corp. will launch its own online store for mobile-game consumables in July, creating an alternative to Apple Inc. and Google’s app stores and their fees.

The browser-based store will debut with Microsoft’s own games, offering discounts on in-game items associated with titles like Candy Crush Saga. Xbox President Sarah Bond ...Read more

Target has Pride merchandise in fewer stores this year after backlash it received after pulling some items from last year's collection.

Officials at the Minneapolis-based company acknowledged later in the summer that the controvery had hurt Target's reputation.

Last year, Target sold an assortment of Pride products at all of its more than 1,...Read more

Twenty-five Republican-led states, including Georgia, filed a legal challenge Thursday to new federal regulations on air pollution from power plants that generate electricity.

The new rule, announced in April, would likely end coal-burning for power in the U.S. over the next 15 years and make it significantly harder for utilities to continue ...Read more

The vast majority of low-income renters in San Diego County are spending more than half of their income on rent, said a new study.

San Diego's Affordable Housing Needs Report, released Thursday by the nonprofit California Housing Partnership, gave the region poor marks across the board for everything from homeless housing to subsidized rentals ...Read more

An activist investor group that seeks to reform Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern got three new board members elected to the railroad’s board — but failed to gain majority control of the board and effect a plan to replace the company’s CEO Alan Shaw, according to preliminary results of a shareholder vote Thursday.

Norfolk Southern, ...Read more

In the 130 years Lawton Pearson’s family has been growing peaches in Middle Georgia, few harvests have been as disappointing as last year’s, when his crop — and most others in the state — were almost entirely wiped out by two March cold snaps.

Trees covered with quarter-sized fruit and delicate pink flowers were blasted by last year’s...Read more

Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley on Thursday said semi-solid state batteries are "looking very promising for production," as the automaker has emphasized the need for breakthroughs in electric vehicle technology to improve affordability.

"We're getting more and more excited about the potential," Farley said in response to a shareholder question ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Beer sales in North America are still down for Anheuser-Busch InBev while its spirits brands are growing, the Belgium-based brewer shared with investors during its most recent earnings call Wednesday.

The first quarter report of 2024 comes over a year after A-B sent transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney a can featuring her face, ...Read more

Oceanwide Plaza, the bankrupt, unfinished development in downtown Los Angeles that became a canvas for trespassing graffiti artists, is officially on the market.

The Chinese owners of the stalled residential, hotel and retail complex towering over Crypto.com Arena have hired real estate brokers to sell the property to buyers who could restart ...Read more

The shot clock is ticking down on Warner Bros. Discovery in its effort to land a new media rights deal for the NBA.

Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav said Thursday the company continues negotiating with the league to retain its package of NBA contests, a marquee attraction for its TNT cable channel, but offered no clue on ...Read more

By many measures, downtown Los Angeles’ newest apartment tower is over the top with such gilded flourishes as stone tiles from Spain lining the elevator cabs and hand-troweled Italian plaster on interior walls. Hummingbirds have somehow found the fruit-laden trees decorating the outdoor lounge on the 41st floor.

For Stuart Morkun, the ...Read more

As Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump navigates multiple criminal and civil trials levied against him, his professional net worth and assets have come into the spotlight.

In Las Vegas, Trump — along with business partner Phil Ruffin — is the co-owner of Trump International Hotel, a 64-story, 1,282-room ...Read more

Score a victory for Mayberry. America’s small towns, like the iconic setting of television’s The Andy Griffith Show from the 1960s, saw more in-migration in 2023 than larger areas for the first time in decades.

The remote work boom that prompted Americans to flee urban areas for mountain hamlets and seaside towns during the pandemic ...Read more