August 5, 2024, 7:43am Business
It was billed as the “biggest ever economic development project” in north Michigan when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2022 welcomed a Chinese lithium-ion battery company’s plan to build a $2.36 billion factory and bring a couple thousand jobs to Big Rapids. Read story
August 5, 2024, 7:41am Business
Facing the need to win battleground Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris is swearing off any prior assertion that she opposed fracking, but that hasn’t stopped Republican Donald Trump from wielding her now-abandoned position to win over voters in a state where the natural gas industry means jobs. Read story
August 5, 2024, 7:37am Business
Opponents of the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons got some high-profile backup Friday when around two dozen U.S. lawmakers asked a federal court in Oregon to temporarily block the deal. Read story
August 5, 2024, 6:06am Business Subscriber Exclusive
Vancouverites may start seeing more motorized scooters whizzing around downtown with the recent opening of Ryde Scooters. Read story
August 5, 2024, 6:00am Business
Journalist Javier Cabral wanted to test Google’s much-hyped, experimental artificial intelligence-powered search results. So he typed out a question about a topic he knew intimately: the Long Beach bakery Gusto Bread’s coffee. Read story
August 4, 2024, 6:03am Business
Before Bailey McQueeny-Rose attended law school at the University of Oregon, she worked in reproductive health care, first as a medical assistant and then as a trainer, teaching others to do the same job. The work opened her eyes to how access to health care differed based on the laws… Read story
August 4, 2024, 6:02am Business
Even as some of the Seattle area’s largest tech firms shrink their spaces, the region’s tech office market is, by one measure at least, the best in the world. Read story
August 4, 2024, 6:02am Business
James Peeler’s phone blew up with messages as he drove home from church in Texas. Reading a book on her couch in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Wendy Schweiger spied something on Facebook. After finishing a late-night swim in the Baltic Sea off Finland, Matti Niiranen clicked on a CNN livestream. Read story
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