One of the world’s largest drug manufacturers is suing a small east metro wellness center over the way it marketed and sold a compounded, off-brand version of its blockbuster weight-loss medications.

Novo Nordisk filed its lawsuit this month in U.S. District Court, accusing the Minnesota Vitality and Anti-Aging Center of false advertising and...Read more

On the heels of announcing the sale of Yoplait, General Mills is looking to replace the under-performing brand with a grab-and-go acquisition.

The Minnesota-based maker of Cheerios and Totino’s is seeking possible additions to its pet food, snacking or food-service portfolio, areas of strong growth for a company struggling to expand its sales...Read more

LANSING, Michigan — Michigan’s $10.33 hourly minimum wage should increase to $12.48 an hour on Feb. 21, the Michigan Supreme Court said in a Wednesday order that clarified the timeline for a phase-in of a $15 minimum wage.

The order came after the high court majority on July 31 ruled a strategy used to curb minimum wage and paid sick leave ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A panel of U.S. House lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday that would force automakers to install AM radio in all new cars.

The measure, titled the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, advanced through the House Committee on Energy and Commerce with broad bipartisan support. The only lawmaker to express outspoken opposition was ...Read more

The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it'll strike the tool and die unit at Ford Motor Co.'s Rouge Complex next week if local contract issues aren't resolved.

More than a year has passed since the deadline to reach a new local agreement between the Dearborn automaker and the unit of roughly 500 workers represented by UAW Local 600 in Dearborn....Read more

Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan and executive chairman Gary Kelly would be long gone by now if one vocal activist investor had its way, one of the airline’s unions told members this week.

“... Elliott advised that its preference would be for board chair Gary Kelly to exit his position sooner than the announced departure at next spring’...Read more

Lionsgate will work with artificial intelligence research company Runway to create and train a new artificial intelligence model customized to the “Hunger Games” and “John Wick” studio’s film and TV content, marking the AI company’s first collaboration with a Hollywood studio.

The model will generate cinematic video that can then be...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday slashed interest rates by an unusually large one-half of a percentage point and signaled that further cuts are on the way for households struggling with still-elevated prices and a generally slowing economy.

It was the first rate cut since 2020 and reflected a shift in policymakers’ primary ...Read more

The Federal Reserve, hoping to give a strong adrenaline shot to the economy, on Wednesday announced a big half-point reduction in interest rates and signaled that further cuts are on the way for households struggling with still-elevated prices and a generally slowing economy.

While lower interest rates will ultimately help with everything from ...Read more

Boeing Co. is requiring many salaried workers to take unpaid leave to preserve cash as the planemaker digs in for contentious contract talks with its largest union.

The austerity measure affects tens of thousands of US-based employees, managers and executives, according to the company. They will work a rolling schedule of three weeks on the job...Read more

General Motors Co. electric vehicle customers can now purchase a Tesla Inc. Supercharger adapter to give them access to the Texas-based EV maker's vast charging network, the Detroit automaker said Wednesday.

Customers driving a GM EV can purchase the GM-approved North American Charging Standard DC adapter through one of GM's brand mobile apps. ...Read more

There have been a couple of new developments in the crypto world over the last few days just begging to have their dots connected. Here they are:

On Sept. 9, the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued its annual report on cryptocurrency fraud. The FBI found that, in 2023, crypto-related fraud absolutely exploded, with $5.6 billion in losses ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, California — A scandal over California's failure to keep pesticides out of legal cannabis is causing turmoil throughout the industry, with a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit, the departure of a top cannabis official, the state hiring a private investigator, and a race in the private sector to form a shadow regulatory system in the...Read more

Burn Lin knows the ins and outs of the tiny chips that power your phones, cars and gaming consoles, and he knows there aren't enough workers to keep up with skyrocketing demand.

The electrical engineer started his career at IBM in 1970, but eventually returned to his roots in Taiwan where his work helped turn the island democracy into the chip-...Read more

If you know anything about music, you’ve heard of Fender, the maker of guitars and amplifiers.

The Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster electric guitars have been revered since the 1950s, and their amplifiers are known for their pure sound, even after decades of use.

Fender has partnered with German speaker manufacturer Teufel (pronounced "toy...Read more

I almost threw away the mailing I got in mid-July from MNGI Digestive Health. I couldn’t remember ever patronizing the place. Must be more junk mail.

Then I remembered I’d recently written about MNGI and another Twin Cities medical firm, Consulting Radiologists. They had both been hacked, together exposing personal data of over 1 million ...Read more

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to lower interest rates this week after holding borrowing costs at a two-decade high for more than a year.

By how much, however, remains an open question.

Forecasters largely anticipate the Federal Open Market Committee will reduce rates by a quarter point to a range of 5% to 5.25%, though economists at ...Read more

In its relentless search for ways to weave digital products into people's lives, Big Tech has achieved some big wins. Smart phones are ubiquitous. Apple Watch users talk to their wrists. Artificial intelligence-powered assistants are everywhere.

But convincing people to wear computers on their faces has been a dud. So far, at least.

Augmented...Read more