Business

Audrey Finocchiaro and Sam Lancaster nearly gave up on The Nitro Bar. Now, their coffee business brings in $4.5 million a year across Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Prices for airfare for your summer vacation may be sky high this year after manufacturing delays for new Boeing aircraft are likely to decrease the amount of flights available in the United States.

Lululemon is shutting down its Washington distribution center and laying off 128 employees after it opened a massive new warehouse outside of Los Angeles.

Automaker Hyundai said it had paused its advertising on Elon Musk’s social media app, X, after a sponsored post from the company appeared next to antisemitic and pro-Nazi posts. Hyundai confirmed the pause in a statement to NBC News late Wednesday.

Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal.

Jessica Alba, who shot to fame in the James Cameron television series “Dark Angel,” as well as films such as “Sin City” and the “Fantastic Four,” will step down as chief creative officer at Honest Company, a personal care company that she founded.

Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company’s semi-autonomous driving software.

The U.S. treasury secretary has called for a level playing field for American companies and workers as she opens a five-day visit to China in a major industrial and export hub. She told the governor of Guangdong province on Friday that the U.S. and others are concerned about spillovers from industrial overcapacity in China, and will meet with U.S. ...

Kia is recalling more than 427,000 of its Telluride SUVs due to a defect that may cause the cars to roll away while they’re parked.

Most of California’s fast food workers are set to be paid at least $20 per hour. A new law mandating the minimum wage increase for fast food workers is scheduled to take effect on Monday.

Recent reports show shoppers are experiencing “tip fatigue” and starting to tip less — and resent “guilt tipping” even more.

Linda L. Bean, a granddaughter of famed outdoor retailer L.L. Bean who became an entrepreneur, philanthropist and conservative activist, has died at age 82.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a landmark lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, accusing it of monopolizing the smartphone market.