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

Port of Virginia’s plan to be No. 1 for super-sized ocean cargo ships

A truck picking up a container at the NIT Terminal at the Port of Virginia. NIT Terminal is the largest terminal at the port with more than 90 semi-automated stacking cranes. Lori Ann LaRocco | CNBC The Port of Virginia is on track to become the functionally widest and deepest port on the U.S. East … Read more

Boeing cargo plane lands without front nose gear in Istanbul; investigation launched

A general view of a FedEx Airlines Boeing 767 BA.N cargo plane, that landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday without deploying its front landing gear but managed to stay on the runway and avoid casualties, on a runway in Istanbul, Turkey, May 8, 2024. Umit Bektas | Reuters An investigation is underway after a FedEx … Read more

GM can regain market share in China after 20-year low, exec says

GM President Mark Reuss announces a $2.2 billion investment in the automaker’s Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Michigan for new all-electric trucks and autonomous vehicles on Jan. 27, 2020. Michael Wayland / CNBC DETROIT – General Motors believes it can regain market share in China after hitting a roughly 20-year low last year amid changing market … Read more

Shipping giant Maersk says Baltimore port return decision is near

A.P. Moller-Maersk says that based on progress made in the Port of Baltimore collapsed bridge clean-up, it may be able to set a timeline on returning to the port in the next week or so, and resumption of network services at the Baltimore port for the second-largest global ocean carrier could come by the end … Read more

Emirates’ chairman has a message for Boeing: ‘Get your act together’

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — One of Boeing’s biggest customers issued a call to action to its new management team, expressing frustration with the safety crisis facing the American planemaker and the consequent delays in order deliveries. “We’re not happy really with what’s going on, we always really wanted to see this aircraft entering the … Read more

U.S. automakers like GM rapidly lose ground in China

Mary Barra, chair and chief executive officer of General Motors Co., during a news conference at the Hudson’s building in Detroit, Michigan, US, on Monday, April 15, 2024.  Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty Images DEROIT – General Motors CEO Mary Barra has been aggressive in exiting unprofitable or underperforming markets over the past decade, … Read more

The next airport lounge or club you pass may also be a bank branch

Nicolette Nelson was running late for her return flight to Fairbanks as she sprinted towards her gate at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). Overcome by a medical issue, she didn’t make it to her gate and wound up spending the night in a Cincinnati hospital. By the next day, she had recovered and awaited her flight home, … Read more

Carvana (CVNA) earnings Q1 2024

Vehicles are seen on display at a Carvana dealership in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 20, 2023. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Shares of Carvana popped more than 30% during after-hours trading Wednesday after the automaker reported record quarterly results and turned a profit during the first quarter. Here is how the company performed in the … Read more

Cruise line company trading on NYSE

Aerial view of the Viking Jupiter cruise ship anchored in the port of Montevideo, on January 5, 2022.  Ivan Pisarenko | AFP | Getty Images Viking is not your typical cruise operator. Aboard its smaller, upscale vessels, you won’t find any kids. In fact, the cruise line doesn’t hide the fact that it is going … Read more