Tag: Consumer product manufacturing
Ford, Argo AI to deploy autonomous vehicles on Lyft network
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. and a self-driving vehicle company it partly owns will join with the Lyft ride-hailing service to offer autonomous rides...
Coke sales surge in Q2 as re-openings gain momentum
Coca-Cola Co.'s sales rebounded faster than expected as the impact of the pandemic abated.
...
Stellantis CEO expects chip shortage to drag into next year
DETROIT — The leader of the world's fourth-largest automaker expects a global computer chip shortage that has cut vehicle production to last into next...
Agency eyes ‘right-to-repair’ rules to aid consumers, shops
WASHINGTON — Americans would be freer to repair their broken cellphones, computers, videogame consoles and even tractors themselves or to use independent repair shops...
Experts: Spend opioid settlement funds on fighting opioids
As a possible $26 billion settlement with opioid producers looms, some public health experts are citing the 1998 agreement with tobacco companies as a...
Family farm swaps cows for goats amid changed dairy industry
HYDE PARK, Vt. — Grappling with a changed industry, two brothers operating their family's dairy farm in Vermont have made the drastic decision to...
Top Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls Games-related TV ads
TOKYO — Toyota won’t be airing any Olympic-themed advertisements on Japanese television during the Tokyo Games despite being one of the IOC’s top corporate...
Nabisco factory in New Jersey closing after 63 years
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Friday was the last day for residents of a New Jersey town to smell the sweet aroma of freshly baked...
Lordstown Motors receives two subpoenas
LORDSTOWN, Ohio — Lordstown Motors, an Ohio company under scrutiny over the number of orders it claimed it had for the electric trucks that...
UAW factory workers ratify deal, will end Volvo truck strike
NORFOLK, Va. — Striking blue-collar workers at a Volvo heavy truck plant in southwestern Virginia have narrowly ratified what the company said was its...