ST. LOUIS — Autoworkers at General Motors’ assembly plant in Wentzville will be temporarily out of work beginning later this month.

A spokesperson for GM said in a statement Monday that the company has “temporarily adjusted production schedules at Wentzville Assembly to address supply chain issues and align with overall business needs.”...Read more

WASHINGTON — A whirlwind first six months of President Donald Trump's second term delivered massive changes for automakers, at times winning widespread support across the industry and at others driving deeper wedges between competitors.

"We're seeing quite a different environment right now than we've seen in quite some time," said Glenn ...Read more

California is staggeringly wealthy; home to major agricultural businesses and influential global tech companies, it boasts an economy larger than many nations. But the state also struggles with a persistent poverty crisis.

A new report released this week by the California Budget and Policy Center, a Sacramento-based think tank, found that 7 ...Read more

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has laid off 500 workers from its data annotation team, which helps train its Grok chatbot.

The layoffs were earlier reported by Business Insider.

The AI company notified employees over email that it was planning to downsize its team of generalist AI tutors, according to messages viewed by the...Read more

DEARBORN, Michigan — Ford Motor Co.'s decision to relocate its world headquarters to the large, glass-faced Hub west of Oakwood Boulevard and demolish its existing Glass House headquarters for outdoor community space is an effort to improve efficiency, attract top talent and support the community it has long called home.

The short move down ...Read more

Nearly everyone thinks the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this week. That sentiment has translated to falling mortgage rates. Last week, the average 30-year fixed rate dropped to 6.38%, according to Bankrate’s national survey of lenders. Rates haven’t been this low in nearly a year.

“These lower rates reflect growing market ...Read more

Artifical intelligence (AI) is likely to reshape our lives in as big a way as the internet did in the 1990s and smartphones did in the 2000s (scary or exciting as that may be). That means changes to your regular life and your banking life, too. You’re likely encountering AI in your financial life already, with or without knowing it.

Banks ...Read more

The Federal Reserve’s policymakers are likely to resume cutting the central bank’s main interest rate, though most analysts think they will only do it by a quarter percentage point.

I think they should act boldly and cut it by a half point.

This makes me sound like President Donald Trump and his acolytes, who want lower interest rates so ...Read more

When their working days eventually come to an end, many retirees will think about the best place to spend their golden years. Not all states treat retirement income — such as pension payouts or distributions from 401(k) plans and IRAs — the same way, which makes state and local taxes a key consideration for anyone expecting to be on a fixed ...Read more

Tyson Foods Inc. said it plans to eliminate corn syrup and other ingredients from its products by the end of the year, echoing calls by the Trump administration for changes in the U.S. food supply.

The meat producer’s goal is to stop using high fructose corn syrup, sucralose, BHA/BHT and titanium dioxide in the production of products sold ...Read more

A Seattle-based Amazon employee says he was suspended last week after urging workers to join him in protesting the company's relationship with the Israeli government.

Ahmed Shahrour, a software engineer, sent emails to executives and posted in company messaging channels last Monday stating that he and other workers refused to remain complicit ...Read more

Q: If I park my car (a Genesis) at the airport and return in a week, might my battery be dead?

M.R., Park Ridge, Illinois

A: It is very unlikely unless your battery is on its last legs. But fear not. O’Hare Airport parking offers free jump-starts 24/7.

Q: In shopping for a newer vehicle, I’ve discovered all the vehicles I’m interested ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Bank of America is shaking up its executive leadership with new appointments as part of the Charlotte bank’s strategy to strengthen its global business.

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan made three key leadership appointments Friday, the company said in a news release after markets closed. “These leadership ...Read more

The Federal Aviation Administration proposed Friday fining Boeing $3.1 million for safety violations in the months leading up to the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX panel blowout last year.

The regulator said it “identified hundreds of quality system violations” at the manufacturer’s Renton factory and its supplier Spirit AeroSystems between ...Read more

For 15 years, Sumit Singh has hauled freight to and from Los Angeles ports and across the country.

For the first time, though, the Punjabi Sikh truck driver is now reluctant to leave the state. Three of his colleagues have been detained by immigration officers, and new trucking horror stories pop up in his WhatsApp group chat every day.

“...Read more

WASHINGTON — Stellantis NV has scrapped development of its all-electric Ram 1500 pickup truck, the company said Friday.

The transatlantic automaker made the move amid worsening consumer appetite for electric vehicles and significant rollbacks under Republican President Donald Trump of federal programs meant to support an industrywide ...Read more

Scorers and reviewers, stand by, we have ourselves a chart-topper. In 2025, the need for basic automobiles is at an all-time high. With pickup trucks exceeding $100K in some instances and seven-passenger luxury SUVs costing even more, the market needs basic entry-level commuter sedans.

In this week's Grasso’s Garage, we review the 2025 Honda...Read more

America, in case you haven’t noticed, is running on empty. We are broke, distracted and adrift in a miasma of push notifications, Amazon Prime packages and questionable social media. Thank goodness for Subaru, bless its sensible woolen socks. The automaker is offering an escape route, an unpaved path to sanity with a revised 2026 Subaru ...Read more

U.S. consumer sentiment fell in September to the lowest since May and long-term inflation expectations rose for the second straight month, as concerns about the labor market and prices weighed on the economic outlook.

The preliminary September sentiment index declined to 55.4 from 58.2 in August, according to the University of Michigan. That ...Read more