The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday certified Boeing’s largest Max variant, the 737 Max 10, after years of manufacturing and regulatory hurdles.

The FAA’s decision clears the way for Boeing to begin delivering the Max 10 to customers and brings airlines one step closer to flying passengers on board the newest aircraft. It is ...Read more

Most blankets are meant to keep whatever is underneath warm and cozy. But the specialty blankets that one Colorado ski company used to cover piles of snow in the spring kept them cold enough to survive the state’s hottest summer on record.

Earlier this month, Aspen One unveiled collections of snow that it saved from last winter using ...Read more

Take two? Mayor Brandon Johnson will again propose Chicago hit big corporations with an employee head tax — with an exemption in less wealthy parts of the city — when he unveils his budget proposal Wednesday, sources said.

Johnson is also proposing the city borrow an eye-catching $480 million to pay for police-related lawsuit settlements ...Read more

Pending sales of existing U.S. homes fell to a record low in September as high mortgage rates continued to weigh on demand.

An index of contract signings from the National Association of Realtors tumbled 7.3% to 66 last month, its lowest reading since records began in 2001, according to data released Tuesday. The decline was sharper than any ...Read more

Wells Fargo gained a victory in a legal battle against former CEO Timothy Sloan, who claims the bank owes him $34 million in compensation following his 2019 departure, according to California state court records.

Sloan filed a lawsuit in 2023 against the San Francisco-based bank, which has its largest employment hub in the Charlotte region. ...Read more

Two artificial intelligence leaders have said they are ready to share some of the wealth the new technology is generating with the public.

Amid growing anxiety that AI could replace people in many jobs, leaders at Anthropic and SpaceX suggested their companies were ready to set aside billions of the success their technology is generating for ...Read more

MONTEVIDEO, Minnesota — A better-than-expected harvest may yield needed profits and financial relief for many farmers who need it this year, after rough results in 2025 fueled worries about a broader foreclosure crisis.

Higher crop prices are making some farmers more hopeful than they felt in the spring, when international conflict suddenly ...Read more

Elon Musk vowed to distribute a share of SpaceX to each child in the U.S., a multibillion-dollar pledge that adds to a string of sizable donations from the tech industry for the benefit of the American public.

“Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America,” the company’s chief executive officer wrote Monday on X,...Read more

The Oval Office announcement that an Iron Range mining company plans to build a colossal, $15 billion steel mill in Iowa rather than in Minnesota sparked two weeks of political finger-pointing about the latter state's business climate.

Minnnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth, a Republican candidate for governor, said the news shows the state is �...Read more

A judge, deferring to Mexico's authority over tequila regulation, dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that Costco’s Kirkland tequilas labeled 100% agave" are mixed with low-grade booze.

The law firm Hagens Berman filed the lawsuit in federal court in Seattle in November on behalf of 13 people who had purchased the Costco-brand ...Read more

DETROIT — Mortgage mogul Dan Gilbert has pledged $1 billion to establish a new nonprofit that will redevelop, own and operate the Renaissance Center and surrounding 35-acre east riverfront district, officials said Oct. 19.

The contribution comes as the $2 billion project with RenCen owner General Motors Co. moves forward with plans to ...Read more

For years, people have faithfully dropped money into church collection plates, supported their favorite charities or helped fund local nonprofits — only to discover their donations didn’t save them a dime in federal income taxes.

Now, a new tax law is changing that.

Starting with the 2026 tax year, taxpayers who take the standard deduction...Read more

The heart of Screenland is cozying up to artificial intelligence.

The open space in Culver Steps typically hosts community events and movie nights. But last Wednesday, it turned into a job fair for companies looking to hire talent for AI studios.

Companies showed off their life-like AI videos, urging emerging talent — and out-of-work ...Read more

A prediction market firm backed by actress Sydney Sweeney is asking a federal judge to block Missouri from classifying its business model as sports betting, which in Missouri carries taxes and regulations.

Last month, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway sent cease-and-desist letters to Novig and five of its prediction-market competitors...Read more

Confidence among U.S. homebuilders this month slumped to a 14-year low as mortgage rates above 7%, labor shortages and elevated supply costs batter the housing market.

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo gauge of housing market conditions fell 3 points to 29, the lowest since June 2012. The median estimate in a Bloomberg ...Read more

CoreWeave Inc. has become caught in a tug of war between investors who see rising bond yields as a potential rally killer for the AI trade and those who think demand for computing power will make those concerns seem passe before long.

The cloud-computing services provider’s shares plunged 20% in the first three sessions of the week, including...Read more

The U.S. federal budget deficit widened to nearly $2 trillion for the 2026 fiscal year, serving as a fresh reminder of the scale of government borrowing needs and leaving the nation on track for a record high debt burden in coming years.

For the fiscal year through September, the deficit widened to $1.99 trillion, Treasury Department figures ...Read more

Real estate heavyweight Redfin and its parent company, Rocket, face a potential class-action lawsuit over allegations that a data breach exposed private information of current and former employees.

Frankie Moreno, a former Redfin employee, argues that a security lapse with the companies' computer systems has led to fraud, financial losses and ...Read more