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Tech scion David Ellison spent three years doggedly pursuing his dream: acquiring Paramount, then Warner Bros. Discovery.

Ellison pulled off his bold feat this week by completing Paramount's $111 billion takeover of ...Read more

The economics of trucking are deteriorating fast — and it's particularly bad in California.

Fresno-based Jagroop Singh Deol operates two gas-guzzling rigs. One hauls refrigerated produce from California to the Midwest ...Read more

Federal safety officials say the tire pressure monitoring systems on more than 16,000 Ram trucks could have been damaged during assembly, prompting a recall.

The recall covers model year 2026 Ram trucks produced by ...Read more

Nowadays, the large array of SUVs available to consumers can be overwhelming. Manufacturers have models in every fleet vying for a slice of this burgeoning market.

In Grasso’s Garage this week we consider an all-...Read more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — The second-generation, 2027 Volkswagen Atlas is big. How big? My 6-foot-5-inch frame and 6-foot-7-inch Atlas Product Manager Jim Burch both fit easily in the third row.

Together.

We make things ...Read more

JPMorgan Chase issued a report this week seeking to determine the return on $214 million in philanthropic investments it made over the past decade into developing underserved Chicago communities.

While perhaps a little ...Read more

The Bloc, a massive mixed-use complex in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, is on the block for sale as the commercial property market shows signs it is bottoming out with buildings changing hands at big discounts.

The ...Read more

Average U.S. apartment sizes have risen but not in San Diego where space is at a premium.

San Diego’s average new apartment size was 827 square feet in 2025, said a new study from rental website RentCafe, less than the ...Read more

After the Trump administration’s latest attack on tech companies over their use of the H-1B visa program, Microsoft is disputing a claim by Vice President JD Vance that last year it hired thousands of workers from other ...Read more

Subject to debate: What's the dumbest idea to emerge from the Department of Transportation under its boss, former reality TV contestant Sean Duffy?

Some might vote for Duffy's attack on bike lanes — excuse me, "DEI bike...Read more

For months, delivery robots have rolled across San Jose’s sidewalks without any rules.

Now, the city is finally reining them in — establishing a 5 mph sidewalk speed limit, granting transportation officials broad ...Read more

A pet project of architect Frank Gehry, a smaller concert hall to complement his legendary Walt Disney Concert Hall, is taking shape in downtown Los Angeles for an opening next September.

Elements Gehry devised to set it ...Read more

You have a good job.

It's satisfying work. It pays well. But is it sexy?

Most people don't think of their jobs in terms of sex appeal. Maybe that's because most jobs don't have a lot of sex appeal. It's true, I'm afraid....Read more

Eight U.S. doctors, including two Minnesota physicians, were mistakenly identified as dead in letters sent to patients last month by health insurer UnitedHealthcare.

A UHC spokesman confirmed the total this week after the...Read more

After weeks of negotiations, Duke Energy and several other groups have agreed on a new large load tariff — a set of standard contract terms that big energy users, including data centers, will have to follow.

As data ...Read more

More than 265,000 Ram cargo vans have been recalled over a defect with the vehicles' steering system.

At issue are the electric power steering systems in ProMaster vans from model years 2022-26. Federal regulators say ...Read more

When it comes to retirement planning, the first and most obvious questions revolve around money. Will there be enough to carry you through retirement? How much regular income can you generate from a combination of Social ...Read more