WASHINGTON — The federal government has begun the process of exempting the nation’s first purpose-built robotaxi from certain safety standards so it can deploy commercially on American roads.

Amazon.com Inc. subsidiary Zoox petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in August for such exemptions so it could place up to 2,...Read more

Beyond Meat is changing its brand to just Beyond.

The El Segundo maker of plant-based proteins that look and taste like meat changed its website and social channels last week to reflect its new full name: Beyond the Plant Protein Co.

"We are not moving away from making plant-based meat. This is a strategic expansion of our portfolio into ...Read more

What a difference a year makes.

Last year at about this time, Elon Musk was boasting that his DOGE team could achieve $2 trillion in federal budget savings by paring down the government workforce. In November, President Trump announced plans to send $2,000 "tariff dividend checks" to all Americans "(not including high income people!)," he said....Read more

Honda will join other U.S. manufacturers Chevrolet, Cadillac, and Jeep in exporting vehicles to Japan.

Honda? Yes, Honda.

The Japan-based automaker produces over 1 million vehicles a year from its four U.S. assembly plants in Ohio, Indiana and Alabama. Honda announced this week that it will beginning exporting the performance-focused, Ohio-...Read more

A U.S. trade court has revived a challenge to President Donald Trump’s move to end a tariff exemption for low-dollar imports, resuming a legal fight with financial stakes for online retailers and small businesses as well as Americans who directly buy goods overseas.

Litigation over what’s known as the de minimis exemption was on hold while ...Read more

Chrysler's refreshed 2027 Pacifica minivan includes updated front-end styling, new safety features and other tweaks for a base price of about $45,000, the brand said Monday.

Chrysler said orders for the seven or eight-passenger van are open this week and it is scheduled to arrive in dealerships this summer.

The Pacifica was introduced for the ...Read more

Airfare prices are likely increasing, and soon, as the cost of jet fuel has risen dramatically since the start of the war in Iran on Feb. 28.

Travelers may see fuel prices impacting airfares “quickly,” United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said at an event in Boston last week, according to CNBC.

Airlines “will adjust their future ticket prices...Read more

Starbucks plans to shutter five coffeehouses, including four unionized stores, in Seattle next month.

The affected stores are located on First Hill, in the University District, in the Seattle Center Armory, in Seattle Children’s hospital and in the Metropolitan Park East building downtown.

Except for the Met Park East tower location, workers...Read more

Anthropic PBC sued the Defense Department for declaring that the artificial intelligence giant posed a risk to the U.S. supply chain, further ramping up a high-stakes dispute with the Pentagon over safeguards on the company’s technology.

San Francisco-based Anthropic is challenging a decision by the department and other federal agencies to ...Read more

Apple Inc.’s artificial intelligence struggles are rippling through its product plans, forcing the company to delay a long-in-the-works smart home display until later this year, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The product, code-named J490, was first scheduled for spring 2025 but was postponed to let the company finish work ...Read more

Netflix Inc.’s stock price is staging a dramatic reversal triggered by management’s decision to walk away from its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. late last month.

“The core business is phenomenal and they never needed that deal — it was a nice to have, not a must have,” Wedbush analyst Alicia Reese said. “It’...Read more

Thousands of workers at the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado, plan to go on strike March 16 amid stalled contract negotiations and accusations that the company is committing unfair labor practices.

United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7, the union representing 3,800 JBS laborers, announced Monday that its bargaining committee has ...Read more

A growing number of people say they’ve experienced some form of financial fraud over the past year, especially older, white Americans, despite taking a variety of precautions to protect themselves, Bankrate’s latest national survey has found.

Experts said scammers are getting increasingly crafty, using artificial intelligence to clone ...Read more

Detroit automakers say increasingly autonomous and software-defined vehicles will arrive in showrooms in the next couple of years, but how they're achieving that status and rolling out the technology follows two different approaches.

Both Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. have pegged 2028 for the launch of Level 3 automated driving systems,...Read more

When Illinois took the plunge and legalized medical marijuana in 2013, restaurateur George Archos decided he would get in on the ground floor.

Archos, who grew up in the family restaurant business, had already opened several successful Wildberry Pancake and Cafe locations in Chicago and the suburbs, and was convinced his hospitality experience ...Read more

Live Nation has reached a settlement with the Justice Department in an antitrust case that put the entertainment giant at risk of being separated from Ticketmaster.

Less than a week after the long-awaited trial began, the ticket vendor's settlement offer was announced, per a court hearing on Monday. With pending approval from the judge, Live ...Read more

Google's artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini encouraged a 36-year-old Florida man to embark on violent missions and to take his own life, a lawsuit alleges.

The man, Jonathan Gavalas, started using the chatbot in August 2025 to help write, plan travel and assist with shopping. But after he activated Google's most intelligent AI model, Gemini...Read more

Californians are feeling more pain at the pump than any other state as the conflict with Iran pushes up prices.

Spencer Shearer was filling up his Nissan Sentra on Friday morning at the Chevron station in Brentwood near San Vicente and Montana avenues and paying a rate higher than almost anywhere else in the country: $5.55 per gallon.

"It ...Read more

A lawsuit filed by a former girlfriend and business partner of tech billionaire Eric Schmidt accusing him of sexual assault was sent to arbitration this week by a Los Angeles judge.

Michelle Ritter, 32, of Los Angeles, alleged that a 2022 federal law inspired by the #MeToo movement intended to end forced arbitration of sexual assault and ...Read more

Pop Mart, the Chinese toymaker known for its collectible Labubu dolls, reportedly plans to open a new office building in Culver City as it seeks to expand its North American presence.

The 22,000-square-foot office will serve as Pop Mart's new U.S. headquarters, according to real estate data provider CoStar, which earlier reported the deal.

Pop...Read more