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Stellantis sells stake in Windsor battery plant to Koreans for $100
Stellantis NV on Friday sold its 49% stake in a Canadian battery plant for $100 after the automaker behind brands including Jeep and Dodge announced $26.5 billion in electric vehicle-related losses amid a major pivot back ...Read more
Car dealers worry prices are getting out of hand as the economy wavers
LAS VEGAS — America's car dealers are coming to a stark realization: The new vehicles on their lots too often cost too much, and that could create trouble for their businesses in 2026.
As the economy enters a moment of ...Read more
'Full-scale migration of wealth': Rich California and Washington residents flocking to Las Vegas
Wealthy individuals from California and Washington are flocking to the Las Vegas Valley to escape tax policies and politics from their home states, according to several area real estate agents.
It a “full-scale ...Read more
California introduces a new ticketing bill with a price cap
California's ticketing industry could be undergoing some major changes.
On Thursday, state Assemblymember Matt Haney, D-San Francisco, introduced a new bill, the California Fans First Act, that would impose price caps on...Read more
Boeing moves more 787 work from WA
Boeing will move engineering work for the 787 Dreamliner from the Puget Sound region to South Carolina, marking another move away from Washington five years after it shifted all final assembly for the 787 from Everett, ...Read more
Econometer: Is a weaker US dollar a good thing?
The U.S. dollar’s value has fallen 8% over the past year, as the price of gold has skyrocketed, said the WSJ Dollar Index. Some think it is a good thing.
President Donald Trump said recently a weaker dollar is “great....Read more
Tesla is no longer No. 1: This is how a Chinese competitor surged past the EV pioneer
Tesla, the 23-year-old company that brought green cars into the mainstream, has been pushed off its perch as the world's top electric vehicle seller.
Chinese EV manufacturer BYD sold hundreds of thousands more cars last ...Read more
Kaiser workers launch war against AI, protesting potential job losses and patient harm
Workers of one of the most powerful unions in California are forming an early front in the battle against artificial intelligence, warning it could take jobs and harm people's health.
As part of their ongoing negotiations...Read more
As post-production work moves out of California, workers push for a state incentive
As film and television post-production work has increasingly left California, workers are pushing for a new standalone tax credit focused on their industry.
That effort got a major boost Wednesday night when a ...Read more
Auto review: BMW iX solves the EV comfort problem
BMW’s iX model is a a luxury EV market that solves a key problem of the market segment: comfort.
The iX model’s $100K+ base price tag is par for the course in the luxury SUV market. But for that amount of money, ...Read more
Chicago Mayor Johnson's public market plan slows to a crawl
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s marquee plan to increase access to fresh groceries on the city’s South and West sides — a plan that initially called for a city-owned grocery store and later evolved into a ...Read more
Auto review: Slinky Crown Signia is the cure for the common Toyota SUV
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. — The station wagon is back. And from an unlikely source.
My Toyota Crown Signia is long, sleek and roomy. Remove the badge and you might mistake the profile for the Volvo V90 Cross Country or Audi...Read more
Volkswagen deal could help southern unions and UAW's Fain, experts say
Success securing a tentative contract for the United Auto Workers' first unionized foreign-owned plant in the South this week could help labor gain traction in the region and aid embattled union leaders' reelection ...Read more
Auto review: A hybrid SUV so good, your neighbors will think you've received a promotion
The 2026 Hyundai Palisade Hybrid is what happens when a sensible accountant, a sleep-deprived suburban parent, and an environmentalist agree to stop arguing long enough to design a car. It is a large, polite, reassuring ...Read more
'Excuses are over': Stellantis tells dealers sales must grow this year
LAS VEGAS — This is the year that Stellantis NV's U.S. vehicle sales must start growing again, after seven straight annual declines and prior promises that a recovery was just around the corner.
That was the blunt ...Read more
San Diego International Airport hires new CEO
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority concluded a monthslong nationwide search on Thursday by announcing the appointment of Atif Saeed as its next chief executive officer and president.
Saeed will ...Read more
Hochul-Sherrill showdown over Port Authority leadership ends with compromise
The board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey voted Thursday to appoint a new executive director, as well as to revive a deputy director role — ending a gubernatorial stand-off that had kept port leadership ...Read more
USW prepared to strike at BP refinery, leadership announces
The United Steelworkers Union announced on Thursday that its workers should prepare for a strike or lockout at the BP Whiting refinery.
USW 7-1 members authorized an initial financial transfer from its reserves into a ...Read more
Nevadans have a lot of credit card debt. How would a cap on interest rates impact that?
Nevada has one of the highest rates of credit card debt in the country, according to a new study as the issue takes center stage during an election year.
A new Wallet Hub study found that Nevada households have the 5th ...Read more
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