Walt Disney Co. is planning an extensive round of layoffs in the coming weeks, according to a source familiar with the matter but unauthorized to comment.

The move comes nearly three months after Disney unveiled a more streamlined management structure that sought to centralize its sprawling marketing operations.

Disney declined to comment.

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A Minnesota woman’s unborn baby died after she ate sprouts contaminated with listeria grown at Wisconsin’s Jack & the Green Sprouts farm, a lawsuit filed in federal court says.

A lawyer for the farm denies the woman’s allegation. The farm no longer appears to be operating. The woman, Kate Bozic, and her husband are seeking an unspecified ...Read more

The Department of Justice is investigating the NFL's media deals with streaming companies as more of its games go behind subscription pay walls.

The investigation first reported by the Wall Street Journal centers on the financial impact of live sports streaming on consumers and whether the league's traditional broadcast partners are getting ...Read more

Record diesel prices are crushing California's truckers, forcing them to adjust to avoid losses as they grapple with the most expensive pump prices in the country.

Greg Dubuque's 40 drivers are in a constant diesel-devouring loop. Their big rigs pick up loads of electronics, office furniture and other goods around Los Angeles. They drive close ...Read more

Chicago-based Fooda, which introduced its pop-up lunch service at downtown office buildings 15 years ago, launched its first outdoor marketing campaign this week in an effort to boost its brand in the post-pandemic hybrid work landscape.

The campaign is centered at Ogilvie Transportation Center, with a presence at CTA stations and Divvy bike ...Read more

As insurers hike rates and cancel policies for thousands of homeowners across California, a new state report has proposed a series of reforms to prevent the property insurance market from cratering amid increasingly catastrophic wildfires — but some consumer advocates say it doesn’t go far enough.

The report, released this week, is the ...Read more

Tech behemoths, including Oracle and Meta Platforms, are laying off hundreds of California workers as they invest heavily in artificial intelligence.

Some of the top companies in tech that already had announced big plans to lay off thousands have revealed more details about where they are cutting in recent government filings.

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Silicon Valley remains the global center of technological innovation, drawing billions in investment, producing breakthrough technologies and powering the artificial intelligence boom.

But beneath that dominance, the conditions that have long sustained the region’s success — a steady influx of workers, accessible pathways into the economy ...Read more

The artificial intelligence boom has driven up San Francisco's median home sales price to a record $2.15 million.

Real estate brokerage firm Compass said that recent transactions showed that some parts of the tech capital have emerged from its doom loop on the back of the surge in AI investment and hiring.

"The economic changes created by the ...Read more

By most accounts, the HIV drug lenacapavir is so effective in preventing infection and treating HIV-positive patients that it could revolutionize the fight against AIDS.

"Lenacapavir could be transformative," says Peter Maybarduk, director of the access to medicines program at the nonprofit organization Public Citizen, "if people can get it."

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A report released Wednesday alleges that Pacific Gas & Electric is overcharging customers to run the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, the state’s only remaining nuclear power facility. Just last week, it received final clearance to operate through 2030.

Diablo Canyon was originally supposed to close in 2025, but lawmakers extended that deadline by ...Read more

Four babies born at Chicago-area hospitals developed a dangerous intestinal disease because they consumed a special formula for premature infants made by Abbott Laboratories, an attorney for the children’s mothers told a Cook County jury Wednesday, while a lawyer for Abbott argued that the formula did not cause the babies to fall ill.

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AMC Networks, the cable home of “The Walking Dead” and adaptations of Anne Rice’s vampire novels, is getting a new name to reflect its shift to streaming and program production.

In a legal filing, the New York based company announced Wednesday it will be called AMC Global Media, effective immediately.

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Electric vehicle sales have been falling, and hybrids are gaining traction. As rival brands jump on the hybrid bandwagon, why is General Motors Co. sticking with EVs?

The automaker is playing the long game, company leaders and industry analysts said. GM predicts EV sales — which peaked last year as buyers and lessees rushed to take advantage ...Read more

CHICAGO — Georgia Litle and her husband, Clint Litle, huddled in the bathroom of their lavish condo at Trump Tower and turned on the shower.

They hoped the running water would drown out their “highly personal and sexual” conversation last May after a neighbor complained about the noise. But what happened next crossed the line, the couple...Read more

Sony Pictures Entertainment plans to lay off a few hundred employees globally in a move to restructure its business.

The cuts, announced Tuesday afternoon, are set to affect employees who work across Sony's film, TV and corporate divisions the company said, declining to specify how many would lose their jobs.

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Delta Air Lines Inc. expects to incur more than $2 billion in higher fuel costs through June because of the Iran war, prompting the carrier to tread carefully and stick to its previous full-year profit forecast.

“We’re not updating it in light of the uncertainty, so I think it’d be imprudent to make any estimate at this point,” Delta ...Read more

Evan Malone brought his Cornell University engineering Ph.D., masters in robotics, and University of Pennsylvania physics degree back to Philadelphia in 2008 to start the first iteration of NextFab, a pioneer in the “makerspace” movement that sought to democratize new digital tools for a vision of locally based manufacturing.

For-profit ...Read more