A group of five consumers have filed a lawsuit against Paramount Skydance seeking to block its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and unwind the earlier merger that joined the storied Melrose Avenue studio with David Ellison's Skydance Media, alleging that both deals reduce marketplace competition.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. ...Read more

United Airlines plans to cut more than 100 daily departures out of O’Hare International Airport in June, according to a letter sent to airline employees Thursday. The flight cuts come after the Federal Aviation Administration brought the hammer down on the flying frenzy at Chicago’s largest airport earlier this month.

United and its main ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. customers can save up to thousands of dollars on select vehicles with Ford bringing back employee pricing this summer to mark the 250th anniversary of America's founding.

The "American Value for American Values" promotion will run Friday through July 6 on select new 2025 and 2026 model-year Ford and Lincoln trucks and SUVs, ...Read more

Eight technology companies, including Google, Nvidia and SpaceX, have struck deals with the Pentagon to help the U.S. military gain an edge on the battlefield.

"These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen our warfighters' ability to maintain ...Read more

The United Auto Workers' court-appointed watchdog determined "significant dysfunction" with the processes governing the union's Strike Trust investments but found allegations from President Shawn Fain's office against the union's secretary-treasurer were false and retaliatory.

Monitor Neil Barofsky, a lawyer at Chicago-based law firm Jenner & ...Read more

Spirit Airlines, the Florida-based carrier that helped popularize low-cost airfare in the U.S., could shut down operations if a deal isn't reached soon with the Trump administration.

Several media outlets including Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Spirit is preparing to shutter, citing people familiar with the ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he was raising tariffs on cars and trucks from the European Union to 25%, claiming that the bloc had failed to fully comply with a trade agreement negotiated with the U.S.

“I am pleased to announce that, based on the fact the European Union is not complying with our fully agreed to Trade Deal, next week I will be ...Read more

For more than five decades, OPEC has been one of the pillars of the global system. It decides how much the rest of us pay for energy — and that price-setting power has made many of its members, especially the United Arab Emirates, extraordinarily rich. Why, then, would the UAE choose to exit, and possibly destroy, the world’s most profitable...Read more

If you are the type who looks at hybrids the way you look at kombucha (suspiciously, with the faint hope that someone will admit it tastes like fermented sadness), you’re in for a rude awakening. The 2026 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray hybrid is a slap in the face to everything your sensible mind holds dear.

For it will rip your face off faster ...Read more

ROMULUS, Mich. — With the I-94 interchange underwater, I exited Detroit Metro Airport and waded through the flood waters in my 2026 GMC Acadia Denalia. With a GMC truck-like 7.3 inches of ground clearance and all-wheel drive, the big three-ton, three-row ute shrugged off the hazard while smaller cars turned around.

After churning through the...Read more

Long-time Grasso’s Garage readers know Volvo reigns supreme in the luxury category, and this week, the proof is in the pudding.

With an Aurora Silver exterior, great sight lines and fantastic comfort, the 2026 Volvo XC90 T8 AWD PHEV Ultra delivers a statement as it enters our garage.

The XC90 is powered by the illustrious 2.0L Turbo charged ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- The country’s newest real estate specialist is Mae (short for Maestro), and she was just born this year.

The “synth human” is really part of a new AI-powered platform that will put a (digital) face on Minneapolis-based HomeServices of America, which owns mortgage, title, insurance and escrow companies, among others. The ...Read more

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has enlisted new allies in his legal battle to unravel Nexstar Media Group's takeover of rival television station group Tegna Inc.

Late Thursday, Bonta announced that five additional states have joined his coalition that is suing to block the $6.2-billion merger. With the additional plaintiffs, the group ...Read more

Signs of strength in the world’s largest economy fueled investor optimism about the outlook for Corporate America’s earnings, driving stocks to their best month since late 2020.

Equities hit fresh highs, with the S&P 500 extending its April surge to 10% as data showed US growth accelerated amid an AI-driven upswing in business investment. A...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs in February, companies swiftly lined up to demand a refund.

And Ikea shoppers want their money back too.

A proposed class-action lawsuit filed this week in federal court in Philadelphia asks a judge to order the furniture company to pay back ...Read more

CANNON FALLS, Minn. — Consumers hungry for protein are still buying beef, but the meat’s producers from the farm to the butcher shop know it’s too expensive.

At Everett’s Foods in southeastern Minnesota, some customers are starting to pick the store’s signature sausages over pricier cuts of beef, employees said. Cannon Falls rancher ...Read more