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Since Tesla installed its first Superchargers in 2012 for the exclusive use of its customers, owners of other electric cars have often felt like second-class citizens. They have wandered in search of electric oases in desolate parking lots, often making desperate calls to help centers after becoming stymied by balky or broken chargers.

Shares of pharmaceutical company Merck (NYSE: MRK) were recently down about 40% over the past year, partly due to concerns about global tariff risks.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, imprisoned in Texas after felony fraud convictions, this week asked the federal court in San Jose to slash more than two years off her 11-year sentence, arguing that her work to help fellow prisoners and herself qualifies her for the reduction.

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and head of commercial airplanes Stephanie Pope will not attend the Paris Air Show, an industry trade event that kicks off in France Monday.

President Donald Trump’s trade war is affecting Americans from the grocery store to electric bills, with the cost of bananas, ground beef and electricity surging to all-time highs, according to the latest data from the Consumer Price Index.

When Bernard Weisse first noticed a tiny crack in the outer wall of his house on the outskirts of Paris, he dismissed it as little more than a nuisance. But in the four years since, a spiderweb of fissures has spread from floor to ceiling and snaked into virtually every corner of his home.

Airline stocks declined around the world on Friday after Israel launched airstrikes across Iran, forcing several countries in the Middle East to close their airspace to commercial flights.

As part of its ongoing bankruptcy, Rite Aid recently added several more stores to its closure list, including two in Spokane.

Dallas-born businessman Ross Perot Jr. will serve as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s new chair of its board of directors, the organization announced Thursday. 

General Motors Co.'s $4 billion reshoring plan announced this week sketches a blueprint for the Detroit automaker's long-term strategy: ramp up production of the hulking gas-powered vehicles Americans love while growing its expanding fleet of electric vehicles.

A Boeing 787 with at least 240 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff Thursday in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad. The Air India passenger plane bound for London crashed into a nearby medical college. 

Seattle is on track to ban landlords' use of controversial rent-setting software that has been under legal fire for years. A Seattle City Council committee on Wednesday advanced a bill to bar landlords from subscribing to software platforms that compile rental information to recommend rent prices. The proposal targets the platform RealPage, which some of biggest property management firms in ...

The dollar fell to the weakest level in three years amid worries over US tariffs and the outlook for the US economy.

Stripe Inc. agreed to acquire crypto wallet provider Privy, building on the payment company’s recent acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm Bridge. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed.

General Motors Co. plans to invest $4 billion in its US plants over the next two years in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs in a move that reduces production in Mexico while boosting domestic output of some of its some of its top-selling gas-powered vehicles.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration vowed to hold Boeing Co. accountable for the quality of its jets as the US planemaker works to produce its cash cow 737 Max aircraft at higher rates.