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Once again, artificial intelligence is dominating investors’ attention in the stock market. These days, however, the focus is turning more and more toward companies that may get disrupted by the new technology rather ...Read more

Two years ago, the United Auto Workers launched an ambitious campaign to organize transplant auto factories in the South, planning to use the record contracts it had just achieved with the Detroit Three automakers to add ...Read more

Target officially has a new CEO.

Michael Fiddelke, who was named to the role in August, took over Sunday as Target Corp.’s fourth-ever chief executive. He succeeds longtime CEO Brian Cornell amid shaky financial ...Read more

Amazon laid off about 16,000 employees last week, including 2,198 in the Seattle area, part of a companywide wave of cuts to the tech giant's corporate workforce.

The layoffs last week followed a round in October in which...Read more

Walt Disney Co. selected theme parks chief Josh D’Amaro to be the company’s next chief executive, culminating the most closely-watched succession drama in Hollywood.

D’Amaro, who has run the company’s pivotal ...Read more

T-Mobile will lay off hundreds of Washington-based employees in April, according to a recent state filing.

The Bellevue, Washington-based wireless network operator plans to permanently eliminate the jobs of 393 workers at...Read more

Think the real estate market is tough? Working for a real estate giant could be tougher.

The Seattle-based real estate giant Zillow terminated around 200 employees last month for failing to meet performance expectations. ...Read more

Air India grounded one of its Boeing 787 planes Monday after a pilot reported a possible problem with the engine fuel control switches, the same mechanism at the center of the investigation into a fatal Air India 787 crash...Read more

For the second year in a row, a Chicago bank became the first in the nation to fail.

Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust, a so-called Universal Bank that focused on small- to medium-sized businesses, was closed Friday by ...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s board of directors on Monday declared a first-quarter regular dividend of 15 cents per share.

The dividend is payable on March 2 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 13. The Dearborn...Read more

Outdoor apparel retailer Eddie Bauer is expected to close its stores in North America and file for bankruptcy.

The company, whose namesake opened its first store in Seattle in 1920, operates more than 200 stores in North ...Read more

The Teamsters of California is calling for the suspension of Waymo's operations in the state amid growing safety and job security concerns.

The union, which has 250,000 members across dozens of industries, called on the ...Read more

Self-driving cars such as Waymos could soon roam the streets of Chicago under new legislation proposed in Springfield.

A bill filed last week would authorize autonomous vehicle pilot programs in a handful of Illinois ...Read more

Fifth Third Bancorp said Monday it has completed its merger with Comerica Inc., creating the nation’s ninth-largest bank.

In the fall, Cincinnati-based Fifth Third had agreed to acquire Detroit-founded Comerica in an ...Read more

California quantum computing company D-Wave is moving its headquarters to Boca Raton, Florida, and opening a new research and development facility.

In an announcement last week, the Palo Alto company said its new office ...Read more

Washington state and King County recorded more evictions in 2025 than ever before — a sign that the affordability crisis is deepening.

The number of eviction cases filed in Washington courts rose to 23,965 in 2025, a 3%...Read more

Amazon laid off 2,198 Seattle-area employees last week, according to a state regulatory filing.

The layoffs are part of the 16,000 jobs the company cut amid corporate restructuring. They also follow a round from October, ...Read more

As the National Automobile Dealers Association prepares to meet this week in Las Vegas for its annual convention, dealers say moving online is critical for the industry to compete with digital-only vehicle marketplaces and...Read more