Iterate.ai has relied heavily on highly trained tech workers from around the globe to meet demand for its customized artificial intelligence agent systems, bringing some of them to the U.S. under the H-1B program when the company can obtain a visa.

Last month, the tech firm’s growth plans were upended when the Trump administration, via a ...Read more

WEST ALTON, Missouri — Dust clouds billowed as David Bonderer watched his son maneuver the family’s combine to harvest soybeans on a recent fall afternoon.

Bonderer, president of Saale Farm & Grain Co., has been crunching numbers to figure out how much the farm will earn from its 2,500 acres of corn and soybeans. He and other Missouri ...Read more

Silver prices touched an all-time high above $52.50 an ounce, as a historic short squeeze in London added momentum to a rally that’s been fueled by surging demand for safe-haven assets.

Spot prices rose as much as 0.4% to $52.5868 an ounce in London, surpassing a peak set in January 1980 on a now-defunct contract overseen by the Chicago ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Boeing's fighter jet production has taken a hit as a two-month strike by the company's St. Louis-area workers drags on — and U.S. Air Force officials are taking notice.

Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach told the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee in written testimony that deliveries of F-15EX fighter jets had been anticipated this year...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Maryland Association of Realtors warned Monday that a prolonged government shutdown could have adverse effects on the state’s housing programs and housing market.

“Each day the shutdown continues, uncertainty grows for Maryland families trying to buy or sell a home,” association president Denise Lewis said in a ...Read more

Chicagoans should expect to pay more for city trains and buses next year as the CTA looks to raise fares in the face of a looming fiscal crisis.

If the fare hikes of 25 cents per ride are approved by the agency’s board, it will be the first time the CTA has raised ticket prices since 2018.

The fare increases come as the CTA has warned it ...Read more

Medtronic’s stock sat on the discount rack for years. Then, in August, a well-known activist investor finally took the bait, buying a sizeable stake in the nation’s largest medical device company and encouraging it to add two medical technology veterans to its board.

Elliott Investment Management is known for shaking up companies it ...Read more

Colorado has a new law declaring nuclear power a source of clean energy. The Denver airport might explore building a small nuclear reactor to meet the rising demand for electricity. Local business, civic and labor leaders see nuclear energy as the fuel of choice when Xcel Energy stops burning coal at its power plants in Pueblo County,

Is ...Read more

Brittany Stampone is torn.

The Northeast Philly native likes supporting independently owned coffee shops, but she said she can seldom justify the prices.

“I really try to find something within my budget,” said Stampone, 35, who works in health insurance.

When visiting Wildwood last month for Irish Weekend, she said she couldn’t find a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A year after tech firm OpenAI roiled Hollywood with the release of its Sora AI video tool, Chief Executive Sam Altman was back — with a potentially groundbreaking update.

Unlike the generic images Sora could initially create, the new program allows users to upload videos of real people and put them into AI-generated ...Read more

One hallmark of the 1988 ballot measure that governs California's auto and home insurance code allows the public to review insurer requests for rate increases — and get paid by those same insurers for the costs of doing so.

It's a provision that has irked the industry ever since the measure, Proposition 103, also established an elected ...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a bill into law that aims to make artificial-intelligence-powered chatbots safer despite some pushback from the tech industry.

The legislation, Senate Bill 243, requires chatbot operators to have procedures to prevent the production of suicide or self-harm content and put in guardrails, such as ...Read more

Paramount, backed by billionaire Larry Ellison and his family, has officially opened the bidding for rival Warner Bros. Discovery — a potential massive merger that would dramatically change Hollywood.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s board rejected Paramount’s initial bid of about $20 a share, but talks are continuing, according to two people ...Read more

Target started selling THC beverages at a handful of its Minnesota liquor stores last week, the first such items at any of its 2,000 stores nationwide.

The Minneapolis-based chain joins thousands of other retailers — including grocery stores, liquor stores and gas stations — in the state offering THC drinks. But Target’s pilot run brings ...Read more

Homeboy Industries has kicked off a fundraising campaign to raise $100 million for a major expansion of its facilities downtown.

The gang-member rehabilitation center has big plans to upgrade its campus near Men's Central Jail downtown to accommodate more people and teach more skills.

Homeboy Industries founder Father Greg Boyle and real ...Read more

A months-long calm on Wall Street came to an end Friday when U.S. stocks suffered their worst selloff in six months after President Donald Trump threatened “a massive increase of tariffs on Chinese products” imported into the U.S.

The S&P 500 Index wiped out its weekly advance after tumbling 2.7%, its worst day since April 10, when the ...Read more

General Motors Co. is scrapping plans for a factory in Detroit as part of a broader decision to end development of hydrogen fuel cells for everyday drivers, the automaker said Friday.

Salaried workers, primarily in Pontiac, were laid off Friday morning as part of the closure of GM's Hydrotec brand, spokesperson Stu Fowle said. Fowle declined to...Read more

Last week, people in Washington who get their Medicare Advantage coverage through Kaiser Permanente received a seemingly worrisome letter in the mail.

"Your Medicare plan won't be offered in 2026," it warned. "This means your coverage through Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington will end December 31, 2025." (The Kaiser Foundation Health ...Read more