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If any company stood to gain from President Donald Trump’s trade war, it was Whirlpool and the workers assembling its iconic appliances in Iowa. But at its “Big Blue” refrigerator plant, so named because of its robin’s-egg-colored siding, the company has cut more than half its nearly 2,000-strong workforce in the last year, despite tariffs championed by Trump to support U.S. manufacturing.

It started with $500 and a comped meal at Hollywood Thai. That's what the family-run Thai Town restaurant paid an influencer in exchange for a single social media post. When that post didn't immediately materialize, the owners aired their frustrations on Instagram. The internet responded, roiling with online comments that publicly called out the influencer, who has more than 1.5 million followers on Instagram.

Just two years ago, Monarch Tractor was worth half a billion dollars and ready to shake up the wine industry. In April, it shut its headquarters, laid off its employees and sold its technology to a competitor.

U.S. solar developers have secured federal subsidies for a wave of projects large enough to nearly double current capacity, rushing to beat a July 4 deadline that could send renewable power costs sharply higher.

A proposed class-action lawsuit claims that Costco falsely advertised its Kirkland Signature Nature’s Domain grain-free dog food as healthy while hiding that it could cause heart disease. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the federal court for the Western District of Washington, California resident Taylor West claims he purchased the grain-free dog food for his dogs because Costco advertised it as ...

The U.S. trade deficit in goods swelled to a 14-month high in May as businesses boosted imports, likely to avoid shortages and higher prices related to the war in the Middle East, prompting economists to cut their growth estimates for the second quarter.

U.S. consumer spending accelerated in May even as prices rose at the fastest pace in more than three years, suggesting Americans are powering through the fallout from the Iran war.

Two former Alaska Airlines’ flight attendants can move forward with a lawsuit accusing the airline and the flight attendants’ union of discriminating against them for their religious beliefs, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Apple Inc. took the extreme measure of raising prices of all Macs, iPads, home devices and the Vision Pro on Thursday, seeking to offset cost hikes caused by an unprecedented shortage of memory chips and storage.

Memory chipmakers have for decades been trapped in boom-bust cycles, with capacity buildouts hitting the market just as demand craters. Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix are now trying to convince investors this time is different, arguing long-term deals will keep cash flowing even if the datacenter ​boom bursts.

The U.S. Supreme Court reined in thousands of lawsuits pursued in state courts accusing Bayer of failing to warn users that the active ingredient in its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, handing a major legal victory on Thursday to the German company.

U.S. airline stocks rose 3% to 7% on Wednesday after crude prices fell to their lowest since before the Iran war, raising hopes that pressure on carriers' earnings could ease, though the benefits are ​unlikely to be passed on to passengers immediately.

For months, Medicare patients in Washington have struggled with delays and denials for medical treatments due to a new program that uses artificial intelligence to review care. Now, patients and their doctors are fed up and demanding changes. Lawmakers scrutinizing the program want to see it overhauled. “Congress and the public deserve a full understanding of the impact this program is having ...

A new critique in the scientific journal Nature is raising fresh questions about Microsoft's claimed quantum computing breakthrough last year, which underpinned the company's announcement this month that it will have a working quantum system by 2029.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has instructed the Department of Justice to look into oil companies for not lowering gasoline pump prices in line with ​falling crude costs, and accused the companies of "gouging" customers.

Patrice Kihlken used to get excited about Amazon.com Inc.’s annual Prime Day sale because she found the deals to be “really good.” This year she’ll browse the site for dresses and art supplies, but she’ll only buy them if the price is right. She’s been tracking prices and taking screenshots just to make sure.