National business

Oil companies declined to bid in a US government auction to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as industry interest wanes in a region that’s rich with crude but difficult to develop.

Albertsons Cos. raised its adjusted earnings outlook for the full year, a positive sign for the grocer seeking to pave a new path after its proposed deal with Kroger Co. fell apart.

Amazon will pay $145,000 and institute various safety measures to settle a series of cases — including two in Colorado — brought by the U.S. Department of Labor over hazardous working conditions. 

This month, the Internal Revenue Service says it will distribute about $2.4 billion in outstanding stimulus check funds to taxpayers who did not claim a credit they were actually eligible for in 2021.

Affordability will be one of the largest challenges in 2025 for Detroit's automakers after General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. posted their best sales year in the United States since 2019, and as Stellantis NV's declines eased somewhat in the final months of the year.

Judy Simon noticed something strange during her Thursday evening grocery trip in Redmond, Washington. The shelves held no chicken eggs, only a few cartons of quail eggs. Limited and increasingly expensive egg options for grocery shoppers across the region and the nation are becoming common amid the ongoing avian influenza outbreak. 

Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A has been catching a little heat online following a “slight” change to one of its most beloved menu items. The waffle fries have a new recipe, and some social media commenters are letting their thoughts be heard. 

TikTok creators are posting videos promoting ways to get around a looming shutdown of the app in the U.S., which could spell trouble for Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and other American tech companies required by law to enforce the ban or risk potentially billions in fines.

A rare not-drugs-in-your-drugs recall hit Costco’s store brand as the manufacturer recalled one lot of Kirkland Signature cold medicine for a “potential foreign material contamination.”

Sports streaming service FuboTV Inc. is set to be merged with Walt Disney Co.'s Hulu live TV service, the companies announced Monday.

United Airlines is speeding up its timeline for connecting its fleet to Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite network that provides high-speed internet around the globe. 

Many of the more than 5,000 media members attending CES in Las Vegas this week got their first glimpse of an automated swimming pool cleaner, a home pizza oven and electric skates Sunday at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

The New Year’s celebrations are over and all the party-goers have left. Long-time Las Vegans know what that means — CES attendees are on their way to the city.

JetBlue Airways Corp. was slapped with a $2 million fine by the US Transportation Department for routinely delaying some flights and setting unrealistic schedules, a first-of-its kind enforcement action.

President Joe Biden has blocked the $14.1 billion sale of United States Steel Corp. to Nippon Steel Corp., killing a high-profile deal that sparked a political firestorm and tensions between the U.S .and Japan.

A rebound in global food prices is threatening to add to consumers’ grocery costs this year, just as the agricultural world braces for potential trade disruptions.

The Tex-Mex restaurant had closed months ago. The camera store down the hall was moving online. Even the puppet shop - the one with the marionettes and googly-eyed Elmos in the window - was boarding up.

If the latest round of airline delays over the holiday season has you feeling anxious about your next flight, the 2024 annual on-time performance list from Cirium, published on Jan. 2, may help.