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India's regulator says grounded Boeing 787's switch 'satisfactory'
India’s aviation regulator said Tuesday it found no problems with an Air India Boeing 787 plane grounded the day before following a concern with the same fuel control switches tied to a deadly June crash.
India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a statement Tuesday that the switches – two toggles that pilots use to control the ...Read more
Netflix, Warner Bros. defend deal before skeptical senators
Netflix Inc. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. faced a skeptical Senate panel Tuesday as their executives defended their $82.7 billion media merger against lawmakers’ concerns about the proposed tie-up and its impact on streaming consumers and Hollywood workers.
“We will give consumers more content for less,” Netflix co-Chief Executive ...Read more
Anthropic AI tool sparks selloff from software to broader market
Once again, artificial intelligence is dominating investors’ attention in the stock market. These days, however, the focus is turning more and more toward companies that may get disrupted by the new technology rather than those who stand to profit from it.
A Goldman Sachs basket of U.S. software stocks sank 6% on Tuesday, its biggest one-day...Read more
The UAW organized two southern auto plants but its progress has slowed
Two years ago, the United Auto Workers launched an ambitious campaign to organize transplant auto factories in the South, planning to use the record contracts it had just achieved with the Detroit Three automakers to add up to 150,000 members to its ranks.
The Detroit union quickly collected worker signatures across several plants, and by April...Read more
Some AI gig workers make $1,000 an hour. Can that last?
A common proclamation made by tech leaders is that while artificial intelligence will destroy jobs, it will also create many new ones. But what kinds of new careers will AI spark? And, more importantly, will they last?
Few spell out what will replace the swathes of white-collar roles that could be automated out of existence in the coming years...Read more
New Target CEO takes over amid political scrutiny, shaky financial performance
Target officially has a new CEO.
Michael Fiddelke, who was named to the role in August, took over Sunday as Target Corp.’s fourth-ever chief executive. He succeeds longtime CEO Brian Cornell amid shaky financial performance and unrest in the company’s hometown.
Already, Fiddelke has been leading many of the company’s turnaround efforts. ...Read more
Amazon cuts thousands of jobs, leaving workers feeling 'expendable'
Amazon laid off about 16,000 employees last week, including 2,198 in the Seattle area, part of a companywide wave of cuts to the tech giant's corporate workforce.
The layoffs last week followed a round in October in which more than 14,000 employees were laid off, more than 2,300 of whom were based in the Puget Sound region.
The layoffs in ...Read more
Disney names theme parks head Josh D'Amaro as new CEO
Walt Disney Co. selected theme parks chief Josh D’Amaro to be the company’s next chief executive, culminating the most closely-watched succession drama in Hollywood.
D’Amaro, who has run the company’s pivotal parks and experiences division for six years, will be charged with steering the Burbank entertainment giant through increasingly ...Read more
T-Mobile lays off 393 in WA as it ensures 'right focus'
T-Mobile will lay off hundreds of Washington-based employees in April, according to a recent state filing.
The Bellevue, Washington-based wireless network operator plans to permanently eliminate the jobs of 393 workers at its headquarters and other offices, per a worker adjustment and retraining notification received Monday.
The layoffs, set ...Read more
Zillow cuts 200 jobs
Think the real estate market is tough? Working for a real estate giant could be tougher.
The Seattle-based real estate giant Zillow terminated around 200 employees last month for failing to meet performance expectations.
The cuts coincided with widespread layoffs at several Seattle-area companies that sent shock waves through the local job ...Read more
Air India grounds a Boeing 787 over worry about switches tied to crash
Air India grounded one of its Boeing 787 planes Monday after a pilot reported a possible problem with the engine fuel control switches, the same mechanism at the center of the investigation into a fatal Air India 787 crash in June.
On Monday, Air India said one of its pilots reported a “possible defect” on the fuel control switch of a ...Read more
Chicago's Metropolitan Capital Bank becomes first US bank failure of 2026
For the second year in a row, a Chicago bank became the first in the nation to fail.
Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust, a so-called Universal Bank that focused on small- to medium-sized businesses, was closed Friday by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, citing “unsafe and unsound conditions and an impaired ...Read more
Ford declares quarterly dividend ahead of annual earnings report
Ford Motor Co.'s board of directors on Monday declared a first-quarter regular dividend of 15 cents per share.
The dividend is payable on March 2 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 13. The Dearborn automaker is scheduled to report 2025 annual and fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 10, though Ford in December said a majority...Read more
Eddie Bauer to close all North American stores, file for bankruptcy
Outdoor apparel retailer Eddie Bauer is expected to close its stores in North America and file for bankruptcy.
The company, whose namesake opened its first store in Seattle in 1920, operates more than 200 stores in North America currently — down from more than 600 international locations in the 1990s. Locations outside of North America would ...Read more
California's Teamsters call for Waymo ban, saying driverless cars threaten safety and jobs
The Teamsters of California is calling for the suspension of Waymo's operations in the state amid growing safety and job security concerns.
The union, which has 250,000 members across dozens of industries, called on the California Public Utilities Commission on Monday to indefinitely suspend the driverless car company's license to operate. The ...Read more
Waymo-backed bill could make self-driving cars legal in Illinois in three years
Self-driving cars such as Waymos could soon roam the streets of Chicago under new legislation proposed in Springfield.
A bill filed last week would authorize autonomous vehicle pilot programs in a handful of Illinois counties, including Cook, before opening the door to statewide legalization of self-driving cars in three years.
The proposal ...Read more
Fifth Third completes merger with Comerica, becomes 9th largest bank
Fifth Third Bancorp said Monday it has completed its merger with Comerica Inc., creating the nation’s ninth-largest bank.
In the fall, Cincinnati-based Fifth Third had agreed to acquire Detroit-founded Comerica in an all-stock deal valued at $10.9 billion. The merger creates a bank with about $294 billion in assets, officials said.
“We are...Read more
Californian tech company to move headquarters to Florida
California quantum computing company D-Wave is moving its headquarters to Boca Raton, Florida, and opening a new research and development facility.
In an announcement last week, the Palo Alto company said its new office will be housed in the Boca Raton Innovation Campus before the end of this year. The 1.7-million-square-foot office facility, ...Read more
Eviction levels hit an all-time high in WA, especially in Seattle area
Washington state and King County recorded more evictions in 2025 than ever before — a sign that the affordability crisis is deepening.
The number of eviction cases filed in Washington courts rose to 23,965 in 2025, a 3% increase from 2024. The increase was significantly greater in the Seattle area.
Eviction cases grew by 12% to 8,732 in King...Read more
Amazon lays off almost 2,200 Seattle-area employees
Amazon laid off 2,198 Seattle-area employees last week, according to a state regulatory filing.
The layoffs are part of the 16,000 jobs the company cut amid corporate restructuring. They also follow a round from October, which saw more than 2,300 Amazon employees in the Puget Sound region lose their jobs.
Of the almost 2,200 employees laid off...Read more
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- T-Mobile lays off 393 in WA as it ensures 'right focus'
- Disney names theme parks head Josh D'Amaro as new CEO
- Amazon cuts thousands of jobs, leaving workers feeling 'expendable'
- New Target CEO takes over amid political scrutiny, shaky financial performance
- Anthropic AI tool sparks selloff from software to broader market









