Mattel has reclaimed highly coveted rights to create action figures and collectibles based on DC characters such as Batman and Superman starting in the second half of 2026.

"It's a huge deal. You're dealing with some of the greatest superheroes and some of the best action figure potential in the industry, and we're incredibly excited by that," ...Read more

Tom Cibrowski, who oversaw ABC's "Good Morning America" during one of its most successful eras, is joining CBS News as president and executive editor.

The storied news division, which has been reeling over its legal battle involving President Trump, announced Thursday that Ciabrowski will oversee newsgathering and programming.

Cibrowski will ...Read more

After meeting with State Farm executives in Oakland on Wednesday, California’s top insurance regulator said he expects to decide within two weeks whether to approve the insurer’s emergency request for a steep rate hike while also promising to press company officials for guarantees of expanded coverage should it be allowed to charge higher ...Read more

Rhyolite Ridge’s biggest investor has pulled out of the project saying it did not meet their pricing assumptions.

South African precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater has pulled out of the lithium-boron project from company Ioneer Limited. Located in Esmeralda County, Nevada, Rhyolite Ridge is the largest known lithium and boron ...Read more

SANTA MONICA, California — In a former clothing store, young entrepreneurs hawk products live on TikTok, sometimes in marathon sessions that last many hours. Fans and customers can stroll onto the floor that was once filled with racks of trendy women's apparel to watch them work and perhaps buy some of their wares.

Nearby, people play ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Paramount Global expects to finalize its sale to David Ellison's Skydance Media by summer, the company said Wednesday, slightly adjusting its timeline after encountering static at the Federal Communications Commission.

The company had hoped to complete its sale by mid-April.

The update came as Paramount reported fourth-quarter ...Read more

Douglas C. Yearley Jr. was in elementary school when siblings Robert I. and Bruce E. Toll built their first two model homes in 1967 in the Philadelphia suburb Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.

Yearley, 65, joined Toll Brothers in 1990 and has served as CEO since 2010.

“We’re America’s Luxury Home Builder,” he said, touting the brand’s ...Read more

Downtown Seattle is headed toward a “bloom loop,” business boosters and government officials cheered Tuesday.

Jon Scholes, president of the Downtown Seattle Association and vocal supporter of the city’s business community, coined the phrase, playing off a term that became common place amid the COVID-19 pandemic: the “doom loop.”

As ...Read more

More charges have been filed in the aftermath of the failure of a deal between U.S. Steel and a Japanese company.

The United Steelworkers union announced in a letter Tuesday that they filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board protesting U.S. Steel. USW President David McCall and Mike Milsap, District 7 director and chairman of the ...Read more

Even as home prices keep going up and properties become less affordable, homebuyers are willing to pay more to own a remodeled home, according to Zillow.

Nationwide, buyers pay roughly $13,200 more than expected — about 4% of the median price — for renovated homes, researchers at Zillow found.

In the company’s analysis last year, buyers ...Read more

Do Publix’s self-checkout scales falsely add weight — and price — to meat and cheese? Does the supermarket chain leave expired sale signs up in hopes of luring shoppers into buying more at the regular price?

Wendy Koutouzis says she found all of the above at five Tampa Publix stores. Koutouzis put her accusations in a lawsuit filed last ...Read more

A year after announcing sweeping layoffs, Seattle-based Expedia is again cutting employees, the online travel giant confirmed Wednesday.

Expedia declined to say how many employees were affected, or share details on which locations or divisions face cuts. Several Seattle-area employees posted on LinkedIn Wednesday that they had been included in ...Read more

Stellantis NV said Wednesday its 2024 net profit fell sharply to $5.8 billion (5.5 billion euro), a 70% drop compared to 2023's record high.

The results reflect a tumultuous year for the maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram and other brands that included poor sales across several key regions, cost cuts including layoffs, fights with unions ...Read more

General Motors Co. on Wednesday said it's increasing its next quarterly dividend by 3 cents and announced a $6 billion share repurchase program.

The Detroit automaker's next dividend will be 15 cents per share, up from 12 cents, and is expected to be declared in April, according to an early Wednesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...Read more

Thousands of University of California healthcare, research and technical employees walked off the job Wednesday, urging the university to address staffing shortages and end what they describe as restrictions on employees' ability to raise concerns about workplace conditions.

The planned three-day strike comes amid strained negotiations between ...Read more

Amazon wants Alexa to be a bigger part of your routine.

The company unveiled a new version of its voice assistant, dubbed Alexa+, on Wednesday after months of delay. The revamped Alexa will be more conversational and personalized, and it will be able to process a lot more user data if owners want it to.

That will enable the voice assistant to ...Read more

When California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1047 — a state bill regulating artificial intelligence technology — last year, Redwood Research CEO Buck Shlegeris was furious and flabbergasted at the governor’s disregard of artificial intelligence’s dangers.

“I think Newsom caved to the interest of his big donors and other business ...Read more

CHICAGO — When two suburban childhood hockey pals launched Spiteful Brewing in 2012 as a post-collegiate enterprise, the business overcame long odds to grow from a stovetop startup into an award-winning craft brewery and tap room on Chicago's North Side.

But after successfully navigating everything from the pandemic to a flat craft brewing ...Read more