Business
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Hyundai hikes wages for factory workers after UAW deal
Korean car manufacturer Hyundai joined other nonunion automakers in raising wages for its factory workers.
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Fire that indefinitely closed section of vital Los Angeles freeway was arson, governor says
Arson was the cause of a massive weekend fire that charred and indefinitely closed a vital section of a major Los Angeles freeway, causing major...
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Biden says his goal for Xi meeting is to get U.S.-China communications back to normal
President Joe Biden said on the eve of his much-anticipated meeting with China's Xi Jinping that his goal for the talks is simply to try to get...
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Tourists find glitzy Las Vegas Strip remade for Formula 1's big event
The famous fountains at the Bellagio won't be very visible this week amid the roar of Formula 1 racing on the Las Vegas Strip, and gondoliers won't...
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway invests in Atlanta Braves, sheds GM, P&G holdings
Berkshire sold $7 billion of stocks and bought just $1.7 billion in the third quarter, a down period for its stock holdings led by Apple, whose...
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‘No country for creepy old men’: FDIC chief grilled over sex, nude pix at agency
FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg was grilled on Capitol Hill one day after a bombshell investigation revealed he has long been a toxic cesspool of...
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Goldman to hand out fat bonuses to top performers despite bank’s tanking profits: report
Goldman Sachs is planning to dole out fat bonuses to its star bankers, according to a report -- despite tanking profits at the bank and reports...
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Ex-editor of left-leaning news site The Recount charged with child pornography
Slade Sohmer, 44, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of dissemination of child pornography.
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Walgreens’ billionaire chairman caught in ‘very awkward’ legal tussle as drugstore giant’s problems continue to pile up
During a tour of Walgreens stores early in her tenure, Brewer expressed distaste for the Cooler Screens’ doors, comparing them in a “derogatory”...
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai grilled over record-keeping at Google Play trial
Epic's counsel is seeking to prove its belief that Google has maintained an illegal monopoly over the Android app marketplace through its “Play”...
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Malcolm Gladwell clashes with staffers at podcast startup over diversity: ‘Hello, I don’t count?’
In February, Gladwell was grilled by Pushkin staffers at an all-hands meeting about the lack of diversity among the company's leadership.
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Big Tech loses bid to toss lawsuits alleging social media platforms harmed children
The decision covers hundreds of lawsuits filed on behalf of individual children who allegedly suffered negative physical, mental and emotional...