DETROIT — Consumers may be returning to dealer showrooms over the next couple of years to look at new vehicles that have few changes, as an electric vehicle "head fake" contributed to product delays, a former Bank of America Securities analyst said this week.

Profitability should pick up in the latter part of the decade, though, as new ...Read more

A proposed class-action lawsuit claims that Costco falsely advertised its Kirkland Signature Nature’s Domain grain-free dog food as healthy while hiding that it could cause heart disease.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the federal court for the Western District of Washington, California resident Taylor West claims he purchased the grain-free ...Read more

Let’s examine the VISTIQ, a new nameplate in Cadillac's EV fleet packed with 300 miles of fully electric range.

A smaller model of the successful Escalade IQ, our tester, a 2026 Cadillac VISTIQ AWD Sport, showed off its sportiness. Wrapped in Opulent Blue Metallic, a bright and formal version of Royal Blue, this Cadillac was a sight to behold...Read more

Companies that violate the Illinois Oil and Gas Act could face stiffer fines under a new bill aimed at reducing the thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells scattered throughout downstate Illinois.

Passed by the legislature late last month, the bill comes in response to a Chicago Tribune investigative series that exposed the myriad problems ...Read more

Teens to 20-somethings hanging out at the mall, maybe trying on clothes, meeting friends at the food court or a nearby restaurant, checking out the window displays.

The scene isn’t from an ’80s movie or a flashback moment shared by millennials or baby boomers. Many of the young people strolling while also scrolling for the latest fashion ...Read more

INDIANAPOLIS — It's construction season in the Midwest, and there’s no better way to navigate it than in a mega-ute. Not in a sedan (WHUMP! Those road seams are harsh). Not in a compact SUV (YIKES! Those semis are huge!). Not in a sport scar (YIKES! Those road seams are harsh and those semis are huuuuge!).

In a mega-ute. Like my 2026 ...Read more

For decades, Detroit has operated on a simple premise: bigger vehicles, more features, higher prices. Trucks and SUVs that once prioritized utility have steadily evolved into rolling luxury suites packed with screens, software, and ever-expanding sticker prices. Affordability, meanwhile, has become increasingly elusive.

Which is what makes ...Read more

Steve Otteson wasn’t planning to retire.

The 55-year-old software engineer had been working at Microsoft for almost three decades, and he figured he still had a few more years in him.

Then, this spring, the tech company made him a surprising offer: Quit and get nine months of pay.

Suddenly, Otteson found himself confronted with the choice ...Read more

The NYC Rent Guidelines Board approved a rent freeze for the city’s one million rent stabilized units on Thursday — in a major win for Mayor Mamdani.

The freeze marks the first complete fulfillment of one of Mamdani’s core campaign promises, and it comes just days after candidates he backed swept their primary elections. A legal challenge...Read more

The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to stagger the release of an upcoming powerful artificial intelligence model, according to a person familiar with the matter, nearly two weeks after rival Anthropic PBC suspended its most capable offerings from the market under regulatory pressure.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman told ...Read more

The largest verdict issued by a Philadelphia jury in recent years came out of a trial in which a man accused against agricultural giant Monsanto’s weedkiller, Roundup, of causing his blood cancer.

The jury awarded John McKivison $2.25 billion in 2024.

The Lycoming County man wasn’t the only one who has sued the German company. Thousands of...Read more

Passing "Go" has become especially lucrative for mobile game publisher Scopely.

The Culver City-based firm launched "Monopoly Go!" in 2023, betting fans of the classic board game would flock to a mobile version aimed at casual gamers.

By 2025, "Monopoly Go!" had accrued $6 billion in lifetime in-app purchase revenue, becoming the fastest ...Read more

Five years ago, Florida’s millions of condo dwellers awoke to a new reality.

The Champlain Towers South building in Surfside had collapsed in the pre-dawn hours of June 24, 2021 — a generational tragedy that claimed 98 lives and forced anyone living in a large condo building to confront an existential question: What if mine’s next?

Such ...Read more

A member of the NYC Rent Guidelines Board resigned hours before the board was scheduled to vote on Mayor Mamdani’s promise of a rent freeze for stabilized tenants, saying the panel’s work had become corrupted as it pursued a preordained political outcome.

Christina Smyth, a landlord representative on the board reappointed by ex-Mayor Adams ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court shielded Bayer AG from tens of thousands of claims that its Roundup herbicide should have been labeled as a cancer risk in a ruling that will help end a decade-long flood of lawsuits that have cost the company more than $10 billion.

Voting 7-2, the justices threw out a $1.25 million jury verdict won by a Missouri man who ...Read more

Two former Alaska Airlines’ flight attendants can move forward with a lawsuit accusing the airline and the flight attendants’ union of discriminating against them for their religious beliefs, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The two former Alaska employees — Lacey Smith and Marli Brown — alleged in a May 2022 lawsuit they were ...Read more

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has exhibited a "recurring pattern of retaliation" and "abused the authority of his office" with matters involving his fiancée and her sister, according a new report from the union's court-appointed watchdog, who Fain in response accused of "playing political games and abusing his power."

Neil Barofsky,...Read more

U.S. consumer spending accelerated in May even as prices rose at the fastest pace in more than three years, suggesting Americans are powering through the fallout from the Iran war.

The personal consumption expenditures price index rose 4.1% from a year earlier, the most since April 2023, Bureau of Economic Analysis data out Thursday showed. ...Read more

Ford was the mainstream auto brand with the highest initial quality in J.D. Power's latest study, a milestone for the Dearborn automaker's years-long effort to turn around its quality issues whose warranty and recall costs weighed on its balance sheets and reputation.

Ford jumped from below average last year to third overall in the survey ...Read more