After decades of being stripped of many of their rights for leaving the country, Cubans living in Miami and elsewhere will be able to invest and own private businesses on the island, the country’s deputy prime minister said Monday, confirming earlier reporting by the Miami Herald.

Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga told NBC News Monday morning that �...Read more

Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick said he moved to Texas in December, adding to the list of billionaires who have left California ahead of a proposed wealth tax.

In an interview on tech talk show TBPN, Kalanick said he moved to Texas on December 18. He didn’t explain the reasoning behind the move, but suggested he was motivated to do it before ...Read more

Honda Motor Co. invested too much and too late into a short-lived electric vehicle boom, and now finds itself saddled with an aging line-up and questions about its future as an automaker.

The Japanese company stunned investors by dropping a ¥2.5 trillion ($15.7 billion) impairment charge bomb last week stemming largely from its ill-timed bet ...Read more

Meta Platforms Inc. will pay as much as $27 billion over the next five years for access to artificial intelligence infrastructure from cloud provider Nebius Group NV as it spends aggressively to compete with the industry’s top frontier models.

Nebius, a so-called neocloud that operates data centers and has a strategic partnership with Nvidia ...Read more

GREELEY, Colorado — Thousands of workers at the JBS meatpacking plant walked off the job Monday morning for what’s planned to be a two-week strike as they seek a new contract with higher pay and better workplace protections.

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, the union representing 3,800 JBS workers in Greeley, has been negotiating...Read more

A new Ford Motor Co. notice is recalling tens of thousands of vehicles like the Explorer, Maverick, Bronco and Mustang for an issue with its EcoBoost engines that can result in a loss of power.

The recall affects 47,804 vehicles in the United States and its territories with 1.5-, 2.0- or 2.3-liter engines and also includes Escapes, Rangers and ...Read more

Cubans living in Miami and elsewhere will be able to invest and own private businesses on the island, the country’s deputy prime minister said Monday, confirming earlier reporting by the Miami Herald.

Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga told NBC News on Monday morning that “Cuba is open to having a fluid commercial relationship with U.S. companies”...Read more

LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. — Weekends used to start in Manuel Tejeda-Mendez’ barber chair, customers stopping in for an after-work haircut before heading out to enjoy their Friday night.

The weekly ritual brought those customers to Long Prairie’s Central Avenue, the main street in this rural Minnesota town. Along that corridor are about a dozen ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It has been nearly three years since Hollywood writers went on a historic strike that lasted 148 days and ushered in an extraordinary period of labor unrest that virtually shut down the film and TV business.

Now, writers are poised to commence another round of bargaining with the major studios on a new three-year film and TV ...Read more

CHICAGO — Five years after it began flying out of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, Southwest Airlines said Friday it will discontinue service from the airport later this year.

“Operating at Chicago O’Hare continues to be challenging, and we are confident we can serve Chicagoland through Chicago Midway,” a Southwest Airlines ...Read more

The city of Chicago is asking the federal government to reconsider plans to reduce flights at O’Hare International Airport, deeming those plans “regressive.”

Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration said flight cuts were necessary at O’Hare, citing planned schedules this summer that “will exceed the airport’s capacity.”

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U.S. auto lobbyists urged the Trump administration to keep Chinese carmakers out of the American market, sounding an alarm about the threats posed ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

China’s efforts to “dominate” the global auto industry and gain access to the U.S. “pose a direct threat...Read more

Southern California's El Pollo Loco, known for its flame-grilled chicken, is eyeing further national expansion after announcing surprisingly strong results for last year.

The Costa Mesa-based chain, which expanded to Washington and New Mexico last year, plans to open more locations in other states where customers have been lining up outside ...Read more

With crude oil topping $100 a barrel, and the average price of gas in the state approaching $5.50 a gallon, every touch of the nozzle is painful for California drivers.

Now, with the Iran war nearing its third week, the soaring costs of energy are rippling through the world's fourth-largest economy.

While economists say it's too early to gauge...Read more

Elon Musk’s use of the drug ketamine will be off limits to attorneys for OpenAI Inc. and its chief executive officer Sam Altman during an upcoming jury trial over claims that the generative AI company defrauded Musk by abandoning its nonprofit roots.

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers at a Friday hearing in Oakland, California, traced...Read more

In the golden age of the full-size American sedan, one could measure his worth by the length of his car. That was when Detroit understood that Americans required elbow room, not because we were all large, but because freedom demands acreage. The bench seat of a Chevrolet Caprice was a prairie; courtships were conducted on them. And fuel ...Read more

As Bellevue, Washington-based TerraPower seeks to revive nuclear energy, the company is facing questions from employees over the ties between its founder and accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

In an all-hands meeting Thursday, CEO Chris Levesque sought to dispel notions that TerraPower had any connection with Epstein or his money. ...Read more

U.S. job openings rose in January and layoffs fell, signaling that demand for workers was improving before the labor market showed fresh signs of weakness.

Available positions increased to 6.95 million from 6.55 million in December, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data out Friday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists ...Read more

One drive of the three-row GMC Acadia Denali Ultimate proves that nobody needs ostentation to get grace and pace in a vehicle that fits the entire family.

GMC’s Denali nameplate has been described as signifying “stealth luxury.” It's a vehicle trim level for people who want comfort and style without pretension. These upscale drivers can ...Read more

As electric vehicle makers struggle to remain relevant, a new competitor is about to hit California's roads.

It is stuffed to the sunroof with speakers and screens, and it's a Sony.

Sony's joint venture with Honda, Sony Honda Mobility, will launch a luxury EV brand called Afeela just in California this year.

The sedan is a brash bet that the ...Read more