As the U.S. labor market falters, Black people are shouldering the burden more than any other American demographic.

The Black unemployment rate is rising nationwide, and in Minnesota it has more than doubled from last year’s low.

Hundreds of thousands of Black women have lost or left jobs, making headlines as government layoffs and a retreat...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Inside a historic aircraft hangar in Playa Vista, crowds of people gathered on Thursday to browse the latest fashions from handbags to clothing and shoes as they prepared for the holiday shopping season.

These weren’t shoppers or retailer buyers searching for the latest products. Instead, they were YouTube video creators who ...Read more

Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud provider, resolved the issues that plagued its services for about 15 hours on Monday, an episode that highlighted how much of the internet is dependent on the operations of a single company.

In an update on its service health dashboard, the Amazon.com Inc. unit said all of its services “...Read more

President Donald Trump vowed to boost beef imports from Argentina as the U.S. faces soaring meat prices. But any increases may offer little relief to consumers — and risk angering American ranchers.

Trump said on Sunday that buying more meat from Argentina would “bring our beef prices down” while also aiding the struggling South American ...Read more

The federal government is looking to sell thousands of acres of public land north of Las Vegas.

The Bureau of Land Management announced Thursday that it approved selling dozens of parcels totaling roughly 5,500 acres in Lincoln County, which borders Clark County.

It said the sales date will be announced later, along with the parcels’ ...Read more

Following last month’s lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission, Ticketmaster is pledging to change its policies.

The FTC is suing Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, for allegedly engaging in illegal ticket vendor practices. In a letter to lawmakers dated Oct. 17, Live Nation executive vice president Daniel Wall ...Read more

Cleveland-Cliffs, the largest player in mining on Minnesota’s Iron Range, is exploring whether the company should shift the focus of one of its mines in Minnesota from taconite to rare earth minerals.

The company said Monday, while announcing its third-quarter earnings, it had studied all its mines and tailing basins and geological surveys at...Read more

The weekend of July 4, 2024, was a bloody one in Chicago. Over 100 people were shot in the city and, for 19 Chicagoans, this was the last holiday weekend they ever would see.

In its wake, this city’s business leaders announced a remarkable thing: They had come up with $104 million to fight the violent crime that they could see was ...Read more

Heavy discounts on new electric vehicles and buyer skepticism about their durability continue to push down used EV prices, which experts say has opened up a traditionally pricey market to more U.S. drivers.

While new EVs on average cost $9,000 more than similar gas models, prices on used EVs now are competitive with their internal combustion ...Read more

The names are ominously familiar: Camp. CZU Lightning. Caldor. And more recently, Palisades. Between 2018 and 2023, more than 41,000 structures in California were destroyed and 152 lives were lost in wildfires. What can you do to improve your chances?

Kate Wilkin is an assistant professor of fire ecology at San Jose State University. This ...Read more

The National Labor Relations Board has sued California to block a law that empowers a state agency to oversee some private-sector labor disputes and union elections.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 288 into law last month in response to the Trump administration's hampering of federal regulators. It gives the state's Public Employment ...Read more

As Boeing prepares to fold supplier Spirit AeroSystems back into the company, executives shared additional details on last year's rush to improve quality control at the troubled Kansas factory.

In just five weeks, Boeing and Spirit set up a new inspection checkpoint at the end of Spirit's Wichita, Kansas, production line. There, teams of ...Read more

The Federal Aviation Administration will allow Boeing to increase production of its 737 Max, clearing a hurdle the regulator put in place after a nearly catastrophic panel blowout last year.

The FAA capped Boeing’s Max production at 38 planes per month after a door-sized panel flew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max in January 2024, revealing ...Read more

The annual membership cost to enter Costco's big-box warehouses and stock up on bulk groceries — not to mention the free food samples — has gone up. But that's not stopping fans from becoming or remaining loyal members.

Since September 2024, individual members in the U.S. pay $65 per year, a $5 increase from past dues. Executive memberships...Read more

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has terminated a consent order that prohibited Citibank from discriminating against its Armenian American customers.

The agency, led by President Trump's Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, ended the consent order on Thursday, three years earlier than when it was set to expire.

The ...Read more

Jack in the Box, the San Diego-based fast-food chain that sells burgers and curly fries from drive-through windows, is selling its entire stake in its subsidiary Del Taco.

Fremont, Calif.-based Yadav Enterprises will acquire Del Taco for $115 million in cash in a deal that includes more than 550 Del Taco restaurants.

Yadav Enterprises already ...Read more

The White House on Friday extended to five years an arrangement that eases tariffs on automakers assembling vehicles in the United States and provided details on a 25% tariff on medium- and heavy-duty trucks set to take effect Nov. 1.

The extension of offsets that allow automakers to reduce what they pay in tariffs on imported car parts ...Read more

Pay TV providers have a new message for consumers: Your ex wants you back.

While the media industry watches the once massive number of subscribers to cable and satellite services diminish like a slow-melting iceberg as audiences move to streaming, the companies are aggressively developing ways to slow the trend and perhaps win some business ...Read more

Comedians Kumail Nanjiani and Ilana Glazer dropped out of performing at Salesforce's annual tech conference this week after the company's chief executive Marc Benioff made controversial remarks that showed his support for President Trump.

Last week, Benioff told the New York Times he thought Trump should deploy the National Guard to reduce ...Read more

Taylor Swift. “Wicked.” “Stranger Things.” Woolrich.

Target is rolling out a string of exclusive collaborations and in-store experiences to spur holiday spending at a time of cooling consumer confidence.

Surveys point to lower spending already, as Target enters the all-important holiday season with inconsistent sales and falling store ...Read more