Amazon boosts pay for subcontracted delivery drivers amid union pressure
Amazon is giving another pay boost to its subcontracted delivery drivers in the U.S. amid growing un...
Corporate law and regulation
US settles with billionaire Carl Icahn for using company to secure personal loans worth billions
Billionaire Carl Icahn and his company were charged by U.S. regulators with failing to disclose pers...
Uber and Lyft agree to pay drivers $32.50 per hour in Massachusetts settlement
BOSTON (AP) — Drivers for Uber and Lyft will earn a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour under a ...
Bankruptcy judge approves Genesis Global plan to refund $3 billion to creditors, crypto customers
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A bankruptcy court judge has approved a plan by the cryptocurrency lender Genesi...
Trump Media fires auditing firm that US regulators have charged with ‘massive fraud’
NEW YORK (AP) — Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, ...
Who owns businesses in California? A lawmaker wants the public to know
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker wants to require business owners and landlords to di...
Here’s what we know about Uber and Lyft’s planned exit from Minneapolis in May
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The future of Uber and Lyft in Minneapolis has garnered concern and debate in rec...
Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds
Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors la...
Regulators begin hearings on how much customers should pay for Georgia nuclear reactors
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Power Co. is urging the state’s utility regulators to approve a deal to pay f...
New organic rules announced by USDA tighten restrictions on livestock and poultry producers
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Livestock and poultry producers will need to comply with more specific stand...
Zipcar fined after allowing customers rent vehicles with open, unrepaired recalls
NEW YORK (AP) — Zipcar has been slapped with a $300,000 fine after U.S. regulators found that the ca...
A company cancels its plans to recover more Titanic artifacts. Its renowned expert died on the Titan
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck has cancelled ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law requiring big businesses to disclose emissions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Large businesses in California will have to disclose a wide range of plane...
Taiwan probes firms suspected of selling chip equipment to China’s Huawei despite US sanctions
HONG KONG (AP) — Taiwan authorities are investigating four Taiwan-based companies suspected of helpi...
Drive a Hyundai or Kia? See if your car is one of the nearly 3.4 million under recall for fire risks
DETROIT (AP) — Nearly 3.4 million Hyundai and Kia vehicles in the U.S. are under recall due to the r...
New Jersey fines PointsBet for 3 different types of sports betting violations
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The online sports betting company PointsBet committed three different typ...
New offshore wind power project proposed for New Jersey Shore, but this one’s far out to sea
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A German wind energy developer and a New York utility are teaming up to b...
Ohio utility that paid federal penalty says it’s now being investigated by a state commission
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio-based utility company says it’s being investigated by a state office f...
California firm to pay $1 million for selling devices to thwart diesel truck smog controls
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California company will pay $1 million for violating federal environment...