What VW’s $5 billion Rivian deal means for both companies, industry

What VW’s  billion Rivian deal means for both companies, industry

A Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicle (EV) at a Rivian charging station in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Electric truck maker Rivian’s $5 billion deal with Volkswagen Group nets Rivian some much-needed cash. But it also gives Volkswagen a path to a future in … Read more

American Airlines flight attendants ratify new contract with immediate raises topping 20%

American Airlines flight attendants ratify new contract with immediate raises topping 20%

Julie Hedrick, president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), right, announces a strike authorization outside Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) near Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Shelby Tauber | Bloomberg | Getty Images American Airlines flight attendants approved a five-year labor deal, ending one of the industry’s most contentious contract negotiations … Read more

Ajit Jain dumps more than half of his Berkshire Hathaway stake

Ajit Jain dumps more than half of his Berkshire Hathaway stake

Ajit Jain at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Los Angeles, California. May 1, 2021. Gerard Miller | CNBC Ajit Jain, Warren’s Buffett’s insurance chief and top executive, sold more than half of his stake in Berkshire Hathaway, a new regulatory filing showed. The 73-year-old vice chairman of insurance operations dumped 200 shares of Berkshire Class … Read more

Dealers, UAW condemn Stellantis CEO over cuts, sales declines

Dealers, UAW condemn Stellantis CEO over cuts, sales declines

Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, poses during a presentation at the New York International Auto Show in Manhattan, New York, on April 5, 2023. David Dee Delgado | Reuters DETROIT – Stellantis‘ U.S. dealer network has joined the United Auto Workers union in criticizing CEO Carlos Tavares for the company’s recent sales declines, factory production … Read more

Flights are getting more expensive as airlines scale back growth plans

Flights are getting more expensive as airlines scale back growth plans

Delta Airlines planes are seen parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on June 19, 2024 in Seattle, Washington.  Kent Nishimura | Getty Images Airlines are reporting better unit revenues for the tail end of summer, a sign customers will continue to have to shell out more to fly in the coming months. Alaska Airlines on Thursday … Read more

Microsoft to cut 650 jobs at Xbox gaming unit

Microsoft to cut 650 jobs at Xbox gaming unit

Phil Spencer, executive vice president at Microsoft, speaks at the company’s Xbox One X reveal event ahead of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles on June 11, 2017. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft on Thursday said it is cutting 650 roles at its Xbox gaming division, in the latest … Read more

Airbus Ventures launches $155 million fund focused on deep tech, space

Airbus Ventures launches 5 million fund focused on deep tech, space

Thomas d’Halluin, Managing Partner of Airbus Ventures, at Hangar One of NASA Ames Research Center’s Moffett Field in California. Airbus Ventures Airbus Ventures, one of the most prolific investors in space startups, has raised a $155 million fund that it plans to deploy across the burgeoning space sector, as well as the broader “deep tech” … Read more

CEO of Ford’s highly profitable Pro business to retire

CEO of Ford’s highly profitable Pro business to retire

Ted Cannis, chief executive officer of Ford Pro, speaks during an interview in New York, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — The head of Ford Motor‘s highly profitable “Pro” commercial and fleet business will retire at the end of this month, the company said Thursday. The … Read more

SpaceX performs historic first spacewalk with Polaris Dawn crew

SpaceX performs historic first spacewalk with Polaris Dawn crew

Polaris Dawn commander Jared Isaacman emerges from SpaceX’s Dragon capsule during a spacewalk on Sept. 12, 2024. SpaceX SpaceX pulled off its first spacewalk in the early hours of Thursday morning, in a historic first for a company. The marquee event of the private Polaris Dawn mission went smoothly, with two of the crew members … Read more

Boeing faces strike threat as workers vote on new contract

Boeing faces strike threat as workers vote on new contract

A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is assembled at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington, on June 25, 2024. Jennifer Buchanan | Afp | Getty Images Boeing workers are voting on a new labor contract on Thursday, setting up the potential for a crippling strike if staff members decide to reject the deal just as … Read more