Spirit Airlines is canceling flight services in 12 U.S. cities, including all airports in Northern California.

After filing for bankruptcy protection for the second time this year, the low-cost airline is actively seeking to cut flight routes where they are losing money.

As of Oct. 2, Spirit will no longer fly to Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose ...Read more

Land O’Lakes is folding its Truterra division into other business units and laying off some employees as the sustainability arm of the Minnesota cooperative grapples with the loss of a major federal grant and other difficulties.

Truterra laid off about 30 workers last week, according to several sources familiar with the situation. Employees ...Read more

As many car manufacturers have emphasized futuristic aesthetics in their new model releases, comfort has often taken a back seat. In 2025, Genesis took a different tack, making comfort its top priority. While exterior and interior aesthetics have been key qualities defining the brand, the new emphasis on comfort can be fully appreciated in ...Read more

In the world of high-octane, testosterone-fueled racing, the question arises: Can a race car have a back seat? Is there room for comfort and passengers in a finely tuned instrument of speed?

The thought came to mind while piloting the latest gestation of the Mercedes-Benz SL. Although the first-generation SL changed minimally from its racing ...Read more

U.S. job growth cooled notably last month while the unemployment rate rose to the highest since 2021, fanning concerns the labor market may be on the cusp of a more significant deterioration.

Nonfarm payrolls increased 22,000 in August, and revisions showed employment shrank in June for the first time since 2020. The jobless rate ticked up to ...Read more

CHELSEA, Michigan — Corporate branding fails are legend. Coca Cola’s New Coke debacle. Bud Light’s Dylan Mulvaney detour. Cracker Barrel’s generic logo remake.

Ram and Dodge ditching V-8s.

The Stellantis brands’ epic, head-scratching decision has been the poster child of a bizarre few years in which automakers, reeling from billions ...Read more

WASHINGTON — UnitedHealth Group, under fire for its Medicare billing practices, is on pace to spend a record amount of money to lobby the federal government in 2025.

The nation’s largest health insurer is muscling up its lobbying as it faces a Department of Justice investigation into those practices. The company is also working to beat back...Read more

In a giant Long Beach, California, warehouse near where Boeing used to build the C-17 cargo jet, Vast is fabricating what could be the first commercial space station to circle Earth.

Just up the road in El Segundo, Varda Space Industries has grown molecular crystals in microgravity with few impurities for pharmaceuticals that one day could be ...Read more

Warner Bros. Discovery has joined a key copyright infringement case that could test the legal bounds of using artificial intelligence to create digital replicas of well-known characters.

The company on Thursday filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court against AI company Midjourney Inc., alleging its image generator ...Read more

Warner Bros. Discovery has joined a key copyright infringement case that could test the legal bounds of using artificial intelligence to create digital replicas of well-known characters.

The company on Thursday filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court against AI company Midjourney Inc., alleging its image generator ...Read more

In one of his first company-wide directives, Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison announced that employees must work in the office five days a week, beginning in January.

In a Thursday email, Ellison outlined the company's phased-in approach for office attendance — including offering a severance package to Los Angeles- and New York-based ...Read more

Biotech company Amgen is investing $600 million into a new research center for its Thousand Oaks, California, campus.

The new site will create hundreds of jobs and feature advanced automation and digital capabilities, the company announced this week.

The investment will add to Amgen's existing research and development operations at its global ...Read more

In an effort to make its services more accessible, the ride-hailing company Uber is now accepting cash as payment in Los Angeles, San Diego and other big cities. .

The cash payment option is a pilot program available only in select cities and began testing in Los Angeles in recent weeks, an Uber spokesperson said. The option is also available ...Read more

OpenAI plans to launch a new AI-powered jobs platform next year to help match employers with candidates who have artificial intelligence skills in a bid to accelerate the technology’s deployment across businesses and government agencies.

The ChatGPT maker will also introduce a new certification program in the coming months that will teach ...Read more

The Trump administration is moving to eliminate rules requiring airlines to compensate passengers and provide free rebookings for flight delays and cancellations caused by non-weather-related issues.

The U.S. Department of Transportation said in a regulatory document posted online Thursday that it plans to withdraw an Advance Notice of ...Read more

When Netflix and other streaming giants found themselves in need of more cash, they cracked down on viewers who shared passwords.

People grumbled, but the gambit worked.

Now, the same principle is being applied to another service we use every day: Online shipping.

Amazon is discontinuing a popular service that allowed Amazon Prime members to ...Read more

Global investment firms Goldman Sachs and Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price announced a collaboration on providing private and public investment services, with Goldman Sachs investing $1 billion in T. Rowe Price stock for a 3.5% stake.

The partnership, announced Thursday, will see both investment companies leveraging their strengths to provide ...Read more