Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against union

Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against union

United Auto Workers (UAW) members and supporters on a picket line outside the ZF Chassis Systems plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Andi Rice | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama have voted against union representation by the United Auto Workers, the National Labor Relations Board said Friday. The … Read more

Why the future is uncertain for Tesla’s Supercharging network

Why the future is uncertain for Tesla’s Supercharging network

The future of Tesla Supercharging is uncertain following CEO Elon Musk’s disbanding of the Supercharging team as part of a broader restructuring. The roughly 500 layoffs included senior director of EV charging Rebecca Tinucci and Daniel Ho, director of vehicle programs. Musk’s abrupt decision has raised concerns about the future of Tesla’s EV charging system, … Read more

EV startups Rivian, Lucid, Nikola attempt to shore up cash

EV startups Rivian, Lucid, Nikola attempt to shore up cash

R1T trucks on the assembly line at the Rivian electric vehicle plant in Normal on April 11, 2022.  Brian Cassella | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Once-hot electric vehicle startups — years ago fueled by low interest rates, free cash and Wall Street bullishness — are now scrambling to prove they can survive in … Read more

VW workers to vote on joining UAW union in Tennessee

VW workers to vote on joining UAW union in Tennessee

A Volkswagen automobile assembly plant is seen on March 20, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Elijah Nouvelage | Getty Images DETROIT — Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will vote this week on whether to organize with the United Auto Workers in a key test of the union’s sway. A victory would give the UAW its first … Read more

Why Hawaii is becoming a leader in U.S. EV adoption

Why Hawaii is becoming a leader in U.S. EV adoption

Customers admire a Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle at a Tesla store in Honolulu, Hawaii.  Alex Tai | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images U.S. consumers have been making the move to all-electric vehicles more slowly than many expected — but a growing leader in EV adoption is Hawaii. The tropical island state this … Read more

Amazon spends $2.7B on startup Anthropic in largest venture investment

Amazon spends .7B on startup Anthropic in largest venture investment

Amazon is making its largest outside investment in its three-decade history as it looks to gain an edge in the artificial intelligence race.  The tech giant said it will spend another $2.75 billion backing Anthropic, a San Francisco-based startup that’s widely viewed as a frontrunner in generative artificial intelligence. Its foundation model and chatbot Claude … Read more

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Monday

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Monday

My top 10 things to watch Monday, March 25 1. U.S. stock futures were slightly lower Monday morning to kick off the final week of March. All three major benchmarks crossed new all-time high levels last week and are on track for their fifth consecutive month of gains. Looking ahead this week, Friday is the … Read more

Big week for tech IPOs like Reddit boosts Morgan Stanley after lull

Big week for tech IPOs like Reddit boosts Morgan Stanley after lull

The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Reddit, Inc. (NYSE: RDDT) to celebrate its initial public offering. To honor the occasion, Snoo, rings the Opening Bell®. NYSE Wall Street’s tech IPO bankers may finally have a reason to break out the champagne after an extended drought was broken up this week with the market debuts of … Read more

Redditors bank millions as a group on stock’s opening day

Big week for tech IPOs like Reddit boosts Morgan Stanley after lull

Reddit power users who participated in the company’s IPO made millions of dollars as a group in profits after the stock’s big jump in its first day on the market. While Redditors interviewed by CNBC ahead of the offering said they were skipping out on the IPO due to concerns about the business and the … Read more

(RDDT) starts trading on NYSE

(RDDT) starts trading on NYSE

Reddit shares jumped as much as 70% in their debut on Thursday in the first initial public offering for a major social media company since Pinterest hit the market in 2019. The 19-year-old website that hosts millions of online forums priced its IPO on Wednesday at $34 a share, the top of the expected range. … Read more