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Trump’s China tariff increase affects Ford and GM vehicles, billions of dollars in auto parts
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Trump’s China tariff increase affects Ford and GM vehicles, billions of dollars in auto parts

2024 Lincoln Nautilus  Ford DETROIT — President Donald Trump’s move to impose 10% additional tariffs on imports from China this week affects a small number of U.S. vehicles. But those tariffs are also hitting auto parts, which could increase already heightened vehicle prices for consumers. The U.S. in recent years has imported roughly $15.4 billion […]

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Uber beats fourth-quarter revenue expectations but offers soft guidance
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Uber beats fourth-quarter revenue expectations but offers soft guidance

Uber shares fell around 7% in premarket trading Wednesday after the ride-sharing company reported fourth-quarter results that beat analysts’ expectations for revenue but offered soft guidance. Here’s how the company did: Earnings per share: $3.21. That does not compare with the 50 cents expected by LSEG. Revenue: $11.96 billion vs. $11.77 billion expected by LSEG. Uber’s revenue […]

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All 67 victims in D.C. plane collision recovered, officials say
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All 67 victims in D.C. plane collision recovered, officials say

Family members visit the crash site on the banks of the Potomac River, where American Airlines flight 5342 collided with a US Army military helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on February 2, 2025.  Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images News | Getty Images All 67 victims in last week’s deadly collision […]

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Boeing’s Starliner losses top  billion after spacecraft program reports worst year yet
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Boeing’s Starliner losses top $2 billion after spacecraft program reports worst year yet

Boeing spacecraft Starliner is seen from the window of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule “Endeavour” on July 3, 2024, while docked with the International Space Station during the crew flight test. NASA Boeing has lost more than $2 billion and counting on its Starliner spacecraft after a rough year in which the capsule’s first astronaut flight turned […]

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Honda’s new EV production revolution begins with  billion investment in Ohio
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Honda’s new EV production revolution begins with $1 billion investment in Ohio

A Honda sedan moves down the assembly line on Jan. 28, 2025 at the automaker’s assembly plant in Marysville, Ohio.  Michael Wayland / CNBC MARYSVILLE, Ohio — Honda Motor is launching the next generation of its manufacturing in a historically unusual place for the 75-year-old Japanese automaker: Ohio. Honda is in the midst of completing […]

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FAA to restrict helicopter traffic around D.C. airport after fatal airplane collision
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FAA to restrict helicopter traffic around D.C. airport after fatal airplane collision

The air traffic control at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is pictured, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, with the Capitol dome in the background, as seen from Virginia, U.S., January 30, 2025.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Federal […]

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FAA to restrict helicopter traffic around D.C. airport after fatal airplane collision
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Altitude, communication and congestion: Investigators look for clues in fatal jetliner collision with Army helicopter

The air traffic control at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is pictured, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, with the Capitol dome in the background, as seen from Virginia, U.S., January 30, 2025.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters How an […]

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Implemented or not, Trump’s 25% tariff threat is challenging the auto industry
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Implemented or not, Trump’s 25% tariff threat is challenging the auto industry

A car carrier trailer waits in line next to the border wall before crossing to the United States at Otay commercial port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on Jan. 22, 2025. Guillermo Arias | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — As President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and […]

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UPS shares tank 17% after weak guidance, plan to slash Amazon deliveries by more than half
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UPS shares tank 17% after weak guidance, plan to slash Amazon deliveries by more than half

Amazon Prime and UPS trucks are seen on a building in Washington DC, United States on July 12, 2024.  Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of United Parcel Service plunged more than 17% Thursday after the company issued weak revenue guidance for the year and said it planned to cut deliveries for Amazon, […]

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Deadly American Airlines-helicopter collision highlights concerns with crowded U.S. airspace
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Deadly American Airlines-helicopter collision highlights concerns with crowded U.S. airspace

Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.  Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Rescuers were still retrieving bodies out of the frigid Potomac River on Thursday morning, but the deadliest […]

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