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Alaska Air Group Inc. and Hawaiian Holdings Inc. are one step closer to finalizing their $1.9 billion merger after the US Justice Department decided against challenging it.

General Motors Co.'s self-driving unit Cruise LLC and Uber Technologies LLC have entered a multiyear deal for customers to book autonomous Cruise robotaxis through the Uber platform, the companies said Thursday. 

The Federal Reserve is ready to cut interest rates, confident that inflation is easing to normal levels and wary of any more slowing in the job market.

New-home sales in the U.S. bounced back to the highest level since May 2023 as buyers took advantage of lower mortgage rates and more listings from which to choose.

Herb Kelleher, founder of Southwest Airlines once said, “A company is stronger if it is bound by love, not fear.” But is love enough to save Southwest? “No change fees. No cancel fees. No bag fees,” Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan said recently in an email to The Dallas Morning News. “Rapid rewards points don’t expire. Flight credits don’t expire. We have the friendliest, most flexible ...

Providence officials submitted permit applications last week to the city of Spokane for a round of projects a totaling about $3 million.

It's "Vanderpump Rules," but make it fast food. Chick-fil-A may soon be known for more than its chicken sandwiches as the restaurant chain is reportedly moving into the entertainment space with its own streaming platform.

LOS ANGELES — Ever since the actors’ strike ended last year, Hollywood’s workforce has been asking one question: When will the entertainment industry’s production economy start its long-awaited comeback? A full nine months after the debilitating “hot labor summer” and fall concluded, a picture is starting to emerge of an industry in a state of modest recovery. New data indicate that, after a ...

The United Auto Workers has laid out a timeline that could see workers at some Stellantis NV plants go on strike as soon as mid-October if grievances over the automaker's reopening delays at the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois go unresolved.

When pandemic-era tenant protections expired, rents immediately soared, and eviction filings surged last year more than 50% over pre-pandemic levels in some U.S. cities.

Inflation is just about dead – unless the next president brings it back to life.

Saving isn’t always easy, but it pays off over time. It’s especially useful to have a solid savings foundation in place to protect yourself against economic uncertainty.

The average mortgage interest rate for a standard 30-year fixed mortgage last week was 6.54%, a decrease of 0.03 percentage points from the previous week’s 6.57%, according to Bankrate.

A new golfing complex is inching closer to reality after Liberty Lake city officials shaved a couple strokes off the zoning restrictions.

Safety regulators are requiring inspections of Boeing 787 planes following an issue with the engine anti-ice system, according to an airworthiness directive published Tuesday.

Consumers are hungry for value, and the retailers feeding those cravings are getting a boost.

US job growth was probably far less robust in the year through March than previously reported, keeping pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates next month.