GAYDON, England — Jaguar has spent years talking about reinvention. Now it has produced something considerably more useful than another corporate promise: a 1,015-horsepower electric grand tourer with the proportions of a proper Jaguar. The Jaguar Type 01 is low, long and unapologetically expensive. It has a 24-inch screen, 23-inch wheels, ...Read more

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 Warner Bros., uniting two industry pioneers and a wealth of cherished properties — Batman, Bugs Bunny, Harry Potter and Maverick...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 and brings back pet food, meat and auto parts. He drives another truck himself that transports goods for Amazon.

At the ...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 Stellantis NV, which began notifying dealers of the issue this week.

Sensors notify drivers when tire pressure drops significantly...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-electric powerhouse that is here to prove a point: that the 2026 Porsche Macan Turbo Electric does it better than the rest. Porsche ...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 big in America. Big people, big attractions, big cars. For years, Volkswagen sent too-small, too-expensive German-made vehicles...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 harder to measure than more traditional financial investments, the answer is: a lot, or more precisely, hundreds of them.

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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 complex fills a city block in the financial district with an office skyscraper, the high-rise Sheraton Grand hotel and a ...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 national average of 910 square feet. San Diego’s apartment size was unchanged from the previous year, whereas the national ...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 countries.

Microsoft said in a statement Thursday that the workers “are not new arrivals to our country.”

Vance ...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 lanes" as he calls them — based on a claim that bike lanes cause traffic congestion. (They don't.)

Or his suggestion ...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 oversight over their operation, and instituting fines ranging from $100 to $500 for devices that block curbs and crosswalks under...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 apart are already visible, as construction on the $337 million addition to the Colburn School of Performing Arts reveals ...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 Minnesota Star Tribune received a copy of a letter that incorrectly notified some patients of the death of Dr. Geoffrey ...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 centers begin using massive amounts of energy from local electric grids, large load tariffs are seen as a way to make sure that ...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 water can seep into the steering systems, damaging the vehicles' electrical wiring and potentially causing permanent loss of ...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 Security, retirement plan withdrawals, and even part-time work?

Retirement planning also requires thinking about ongoing ...Read more