Ford shareholders reject stock proposal Ford Motor Co. shareholders are again rejecting a proposal to dilute the Ford family's control over the company. At its annual meeting in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Ford said 67 percent of shareholders voted against the proposal to make each Ford share worth one vote. More
AP Source: Fiat mulls IPO after buying Chrysler The head of Italian automaker Fiat is considering a plan to hold a public stock offering after the company buys 100 percent of Chrysler, according to a person briefed on the matter. More
GM says Chevy Spark EV can go 82 miles per charge General Motors says the battery-powered version of its Chevrolet Spark mini-car can travel up to 82 miles on a single charge, putting it among the leaders in mass-market electric vehicles sold in the U.S.... More
Chinese Auto Market Shifts Toward Larger Cars Auto buyers in what is the world’s largest car market are shifting away from compacts and subcompacts and buying more midsize cars and sport utility vehicles. More
The commission hasn’t regulated the railways in decades. Instead, it oversees the state’s vast oil and gas industry.
The name of the Texas oil and gas regulatory agency—unlike its peers in other states—has nothing to do with fossil fuels or natural resources. The Railroad Commission of Texas hasn’t had anything to do with railroads for almost two decades and, for advocates of government transparency, the agency’s name is not just a harmless misnomer—it’s a smoke screen that helps shield the Railroad Commission from public scrutiny and prevents voters from understanding the nature and extent of the elected commissioners’ power.
Shares in the pharmaceutical company fell a staggering 85% on Monday after it reported disappointing Phase 3 results, but its problems started way before that.
In March, pharmaceutical company Cassava Sciences made headlines for a report by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that cast doubt on the positive trial results of its novel Alzheimer’s drug, simufilam.
What makes it different from other AI technologies is its ability to take in and modify existing audio—for example, by taking a line played on a piano and transforming it into a line sung by a human voice.
Nvidia on Monday showed a new artificial intelligence model for generating music and audio that can modify voices and generate novel sounds — technology aimed at the producers of music, films and video games.
Trump’s team insists he can make the math work.
Donald Trump has big plans for the economy — and a big debt problem that will be a hurdle to delivering on them. Trump has bold ideas on tax cuts, tariffs and other programs, but high interest rates and the price of repaying the federal government’s existing debt could limit what he’s able to do.
The production and use of plastics globally is set to reach 736 million tons by 2040, up 70% from 2020.
Negotiators gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday in a final push to create a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. It’s the fifth time the world’s nations convene to craft a legally binding plastic pollution accord.
In a new book, Auden Schendler talks about his time at Aspen Skiing Company and how they convinced Kimberly-Clark to use more sustainable materials.
One day in the early part of my career at Aspen Skiing Company, I was sitting at my desk and the phone rang. It was a group called Forest Ethics (I’d never heard of it), which was working with Greenpeace on a boycott of Kimberly-Clark.