Duke Energy Corp. filed Thursday with state and federal regulators for permission to merge its two electric utilities in the Carolinas.

The Charlotte, North Carolina-based energy giant says the combination would give customers $1 billion in savings through streamlined operations.

Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress have operated as ...Read more

Oracle America has decided to slash more than 188 jobs in the Bay Area, affecting workers in the Peninsula and East Bay, according to the state Employment Development Department.

Described as permanent, the reductions will affect 143 workers in Redwood City, California, and another 45 in Pleasanton, California, according to the EDD. The cuts ...Read more

Over the last century, L.A.'s love affair with the single-family home has created a suburban sprawl of epic proportions.

Three bedrooms. A white-picket fence. A square of grass for the barbecue.

But for many, the dream of home ownership will never be realized. Home prices have soared, wages haven't kept pace, and more than half of L.A. ...Read more

The California Energy Commission recently launched a $55 million incentive program to expand the construction of fast chargers for electric vehicles in public and business sites across the state.

“One of the common concerns from surveys we’ve done is motorists say, ‘Hey, there’s not enough chargers close to me for me to consider buying ...Read more

A new zoning program in the city of Miami will allow for denser developments in a radius of up to a mile around existing and planned Metrorail and commuter rail stations, including Brightline stations, inside city boundaries.

Within those zones, developers can apply to build high-rise residential and commercial projects with considerably more ...Read more

More than 160 workers at video game company Blizzard Entertainment have voted to unionize.

The workers, who produce in-house cinematics, animation, trailers, promotional videos and other narrative content, are just the latest batch in the video game industry to unionize, with more than 6,000 having organized across the U.S. and Canada.

A wave ...Read more

As steep tariffs threaten to drive up car prices and an incentive for buying electric vehicles nears its expiration date, electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids are becoming harder to afford.

For those looking to make the switch to electric on a budget, there are just a few low-cost options. Here's a look at those available for under $35,000.

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Costco Wholesale Corp. has decided not to dispense the abortion pill mifepristone at its more than 500 pharmacy locations, a decision hailed by a group of faith-based activists who urged the retailer to avoid selling the drug.

Costco said in a statement that it hasn’t seen consumer demand for the pill, and had no comment on whether the ...Read more

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits edged lower last week, suggesting employers remain reluctant to lay off workers.

Initial claims decreased by 3,000 to 224,000 in the week ended Aug. 9, which was about in line with economists’ forecasts.

Businesses have pared back on hiring new employees amid economic uncertainty driven by ...Read more

“Munchie Monday.”

“Wax Wednesday.”

“Flower Friday.”

These are just a few of the weekly pitches offered by Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis, one of the largest dispensaries in Seattle. The deals, which range from 55% to 65% off, reflect a larger trend in Washington’s matured marijuana market: You can now buy more weed for less.

The total...Read more

Meta Platforms Inc. is spending a fortune to assemble the brightest minds in artificial intelligence. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg may want to note: Research suggests that packing a team with too much genius can backfire.

So far, more than a dozen engineers from OpenAI have defected to Meta, joined by notable experts from Anthropic ...Read more

One of California's largest agricultural employers plans to close a Central Valley grape nursery by the end of the year after laying off hundreds of employees, including many supportive of a United Farm Workers effort to unionize the workforce.

Wonderful Co., owned by billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick, plans to shut down the majority of ...Read more

Canada’s flagship airline, already reeling from declining passenger traffic to and from the United States, is bracing for a strike by its flight attendants Thursday.

Air Canada, the second-busiest Canadian operator at Harry Reid International Airport, announced that it is suspending flights on Thursday, issuing a lockout notice to allow for ...Read more

This summer’s spate of weather disruptions to Delta Air Lines’ operations has driven an increase in union interest among the carrier’s flight attendants, organizers say.

According to the Association of Flight Attendants, which has been working to unionize Delta’s nearly 30,000 flight attendants for decades, with a new campaign started ...Read more

Bellevue, Washington-based wireless network T-Mobile laid off an undisclosed amount of corporate employees earlier this month shortly after its $4.4 billion acquisition of UScellular.

T-Mobile said in a statement Wednesday it is “evolving” its IT organization and has offered impacted employees “support as they transition.”

T-Mobile did...Read more

A familiar home appliance maker on Wednesday pledged to invest $3 billion over five years in its U.S. operations and workforce, a plan that will include an expansion of production in Georgia.

Louisville, Kentucky-based GE Appliances says the expansion will create 1,000 jobs across five states, many in the Sun Belt. The more-than-a-century-old ...Read more

Mayor Adams vetoed two City Council bills late Wednesday that would boost minimum wages for grocery delivery workers to more than $20 an hour — a move that came after his top aide, Randy Mastro, launched an internal advocacy effort against the measures, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The mayor, whose own Department of Consumer...Read more

A union representing workers at Boeing Co.’s St. Louis-area defense factories urged U.S. lawmakers from Missouri to intervene and nudge the planemaker to reach a deal.

The IAM Union, which represents 3,200 workers currently on strike, said it had written letters to senators and representatives to press Boeing to return to the bargaining table...Read more