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The app-based cash advance business Brigit is in the state’s crosshairs over small loans that officials say carry super-sized interest rates of more than 700% in some cases.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued...Read more

The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed eliminating a rule that aims to ensure investors get better prices for their transactions.

The current version of the so-called trade-through rule has been in place since ...Read more

A recent committee hearing in Sacramento about gasoline prices offered more specifics about something many California drivers know all too well — that prices vary widely from one gas station to the next.

It’s not ...Read more

SpaceX is poised to make history on Friday with a record-setting IPO that will catapult the once fledgling aerospace startup into one of the most valuable companies on Earth.

The company, founded in El Segundo in 2002, is...Read more

For years, headlines have warned of downtown “doom loops” and “death spirals,” focusing on the office vacancies that have piled up since the pandemic. Take a walk through downtown San Jose, for instance, and you’...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — Sharon Gardner was paying her rent. But her Hanover Park apartment owner continued to pile up charges against her.

With eviction threats mounting, Gardner was told she owed more than $3,300 in ...Read more

On a stroll down University Avenue in Palo Alto, California, on a spring Saturday evening, one can see parklets that were once parking spaces packed with well-heeled diners elegantly swirling wine glasses or digging into ...Read more

Cemal Clik was rinsing some strawberries for lunch when he felt a gun on his temple.

The 61-year-old was sitting near his gift shop in downtown Los Angeles this month when two men threatened to kill him if he didn’t ...Read more

In a city infamous for its high housing costs, Seattle’s ultrawealthy will soon be able to buy condos for their luxury cars and yachts.

Nearly 9 acres of a former industrial fuel terminal on Salmon Bay waterfront near ...Read more

A pest that is considered a major threat to California’s vineyards and its $73-billion wine industry has been found on grapevines sold at Northern and Central California Costco stores between April 21 and May 21, ...Read more

Many people thought the long fight over whether the city can or should build housing near the baseball stadium was done in May. But it will now stretch out even longer, after an appeal filed last month that could also ...Read more

The United Auto Workers union on Wednesday said it had struck a tentative contract agreement with Dauch Corp. to end a 10-day strike at the axle supplier's Three Rivers plant that had threatened to disrupt General Motors ...Read more

The city of Mackinac Island, Michigan, Hoffmann Family of Companies' Arnold Transit Company and Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry have agreed to enter mediation regarding ferry service in 2027 and beyond, according to the ...Read more

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission unveiled a proposal for prediction markets Wednesday that would crack down on bets related to war, terrorism and assassination.

The CFTC plan also proposed narrowly defining some ...Read more

Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei said the government should have the power to block artificial intelligence developers from deploying new AI models if they present certain risks.

In a lengthy essay on ...Read more

Thousands of Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivans are being recalled because of a battery that can catch fire even when the minivan is turned off.

The recall affects 17,277 Pacificas made between Aug. 5, 2020 and May...Read more

One injury and 72 fires have been linked to a recall of more than 1 million of Jeep's best-selling Wrangler and Gladiator models, according to the automaker and national safety officials.

Owners of Wrangler and Gladiators...Read more

WHITING, Indiana — United Steelworkers Local 7-1 workers will have to spend more time without work at the BP Whiting refinery after an unsuccessful return to negotiations Wednesday.

However, union members are prepared ...Read more