Justice Department accuses Visa of stifling competition in the debit card business The Justice Department sued Visa today, accusing the giant payments company of seeking to monopolize the debit card business. Scott Horsley
Have economists gone out of fashion in Washington? Once the high priests of policy, economists may now be seeing lower demand. But who's taking their place? Greg Rosalsky
Motel 6 is sold to an Indian hotel company for $525 million The sale to Oyo, a travel business, will include the Studio 6 motel brand, which caters to customers seeking extended stays. The all-cash transaction is expected to be finalized by the end of the year. Jonathan Franklin
Machinist union says it won't vote on Boeing's 'best and final' contract offer Boeing machinists have until Friday to decide whether to accept the company's latest union contract offer. Dyer Oxley
Why employee recognition matters, according to a new study New research finds that employees who receive recognition on the job are almost half as likely to leave their jobs.
How Boeing's management is handling a second week of the machinists strike The strike is costing the company an estimated hundreds of millions of dollars per week.
U.S. proposes ban on Chinese auto parts so cars 'can't be used against us' The Biden administration has proposed a prohibition on Chinese and Russian automotive hardware and software to protect US drivers from 'disruption and sabotage' Luke Garrett
EVs are cleaner than gas cars, but a growing share of Americans don't believe it Electric vehicles are caught up in the culture wars. Data from Ipsos shows the percentage of Americans who believe EVs are better for the environment than gas cars has dropped 5 points since 2022. Camila Domonoske
Off the Charts: More people are returning to the office. Is Seattle traffic about to get worse? Seattle's population has increased by over 15,000 residents since the start of the pandemic, while average commute times have gone down slightly from 28.4 minutes to 25.5 minutes—due in no small part to work-from-home policies. Teo Popescu
Workers and businesses brace for further economic hardship from Boeing strike More than 30,000 Boeing employees have been on strike for more than a week. Boeing's home state of Washington — and beyond — are feeling the strike's economic effects. Casey Martin
