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Big bucks for college athletes; settlement payouts to range from dollars to millions

Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust

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A 59-year-old widow has been forced to use a breathing tube and skyrocketing demand for wood pellets in the EU might be to blame

This southern Mississippi town’s expansive wood pellet plant was so close to Shelia Mae Dobbins’ home that she sometimes heard company loudspeakers. She says industrial

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General Motors, Hyundai, and Honda are accused of inappropriately sharing customer data

Two U.S. senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate automakers selling customers’ driving data to brokers who package it and then sell

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New Yorkers immediately protest new AI-based weapons detectors on subways

New York City is turning to AI-powered scanners in a new bid to keep guns out of its subway system, but the pilot program launched Friday is

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Hundreds of Mexicans fled the country after cartel violence escalated

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador thanked Guatemala on Friday for helping the nearly 600 Mexicans who have crossed into Guatemala to escape drug cartel violence,

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A CEO abruptly resigned from a board after leaked emails reportedly showed inappropriate influence

Gabrielle “Ellie” Rubenstein, a daughter of Carlyle Group Inc. co-founder David Rubenstein, resigned from the board of Alaska’s sovereign wealth fund following allegations that she

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Ackman’s Pershing Square delays IPO

 A highly-anticipated initial public offering for billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman’s U.S. closed-end fund is postponed, according to an update on the New York

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American Airlines’ flight attendant contract would double pay for some

The deal includes an immediate 18% pay increase, and boarding pay. Some flight attendants, such as those who have been working for seven years, could

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LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman has successfully angered both Democrats and Republicans

LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman has long been involved in politics, but his recent actions have drawn criticism from both parties. Hoffman is a longtime Democratic

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Online sports betting boosted bankruptcies debt collections: study

Online sports betting is increasing consumer stress as access to gambling proliferates, a new study found.  A US Supreme Court ruling in 2018 led to 38