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FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2018, file photo, downtown Los Angeles is shrouded in early morning coastal fog and smog. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
WWJ News
October 29, 2019 - 10:38 am

Automakers Side With Trump In Legal Fight With California

In the past, most of the industry had taken the stance that it wanted one standard, and it preferred that California and Trump work out differences to develop it.
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(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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October 28, 2019 - 5:34 pm

Costs Of GM Deal Could Make Talks With Ford, FCA Difficult

Here are some questions and answers about what's facing Ford, which began its negotiations in earnest Monday, and later Fiat Chrysler.
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Sabrina Piliero, with World Ice Events, practices on the rink at the American Dream mega entertainment and shopping complex in East Rutherford, N.J., Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. After endless fits and starts and billions of dollars spent, American Dream is officially opening its doors to the public as the second largest mall in the country, and third largest in North America. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
WWJ News
October 25, 2019 - 5:08 pm

Massive American Dream Mall To Open But Will Shoppers Come?

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — More than two decades ago when a mega entertainment and shopping complex was being conceived on a vast swath of swamp land in New Jersey, the iPhone didn't exist, Amazon was only selling books online and malls were where you went for all your shopping needs. Now, after...
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WWJ News
October 25, 2019 - 5:07 pm

GM Workers Ratify Contract, End 40-Day Strike

The deal includes a mix of wage increases and lump-sum payments and an $11,000 signing bonus.
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Flavored vape products for sale at a gas station in Southfield, Michigan. (Photo: Stephanie Davis/WWJ)
WWJ News
October 25, 2019 - 2:33 pm

Gov. Whitmer Takes Flavored Vape Case To Michigan Supreme Court

“After seeing how the Flint water crisis was mishandled, it’s more important than ever that we listen to our public health officials when they make recommendations to protect our citizens."
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FILE- In this Feb. 14, 2019, file photo a wheel on a 2019 Ford Expedition 4x4 is displayed at the 2019 Pittsburgh International Auto Show in Pittsburgh. Ford Motor Co. reports financial earns on Wednesday, Oct. 23. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
WWJ News
October 23, 2019 - 4:38 pm

Ford 3Q Profit Falls Nearly 60% On Restructuring Costs

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co.'s third-quarter net income tumbled nearly 60% as the company booked $1.5 billion in charges mainly for restructuring, and Chinese and U.S. sales fell. The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker knocked a half-billion dollars off its full-year pretax earnings guidance...
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FILE - This Friday, June 16, 2017, file photo shows the Google logo at a gadgets show in Paris. Google said it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing research, saying its quantum processor has completed a calculation in just a few minutes that would take a traditional supercomputer thousands of years to finish. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
WWJ News
October 23, 2019 - 3:54 pm

Google Touts Quantum Computing Milestone

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google announced Wednesday it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing, saying it has developed an experimental processor that took just minutes to complete a calculation that would take the world's best supercomputer thousands of years. The feat could open the door...
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FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2019, file photo a picketer carries sign at one of the gates outside the closed General Motors automobile assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio. Many from Lordstown, Ohio, and near Baltimore and Detroit are opposing a deal that could end a 37-day strike that crippled GM’s U.S. production and cost the company an estimated $2 billion. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
WWJ News
October 22, 2019 - 1:33 pm

Autoworkers From Closed Plants Fight New GM Contract

Approval could end the walkout that has crippled GM's production and cost the company an estimated $2 billion.
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A box of Maximum Strength Zantac tablets is shown at a pharmacy, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
WWJ News
October 18, 2019 - 4:07 pm

Over-The-Counter Heartburn Drug Zantac Pulled In US, Canada

In September, the Food and Drug Administration said a potentially cancer-causing chemical had been detected at low levels in prescription and over-the-counter versions of Zantac.
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Sean Crawford, of United Auto Workers 598, rallies outside the Marriott Renaissance Hotel while the UAW GM Council holds a meeting inside the hotel in Detroit, Sunday Sept. 15, 2019. (Kathleen Galligan/Detroit Free Press via AP, File)
WWJ News
October 18, 2019 - 2:42 pm

Despite Labor Costs, GM Averts Financial Woes Of Its Past

A decade ago, the company was dealing with a worldwide financial meltdown that froze credit and auto sales
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