Month: March 2022

The fighting in Ukraine has shut down small but important suppliers to the car industry, closing plants far from the conflict zone, while sanctions and severed trade routes are hindering car and parts shipments to and from Russia, once seen as a growth market.

After long resisting such a move, the Tesla chief executive said he was open to the United Auto Workers union holding a vote about organizing labor at the company.

Greg Kelly was found guilty on some charges of helping former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn evade Japan’s pay-disclosure laws. He received a suspended sentence, meaning he probably won’t have to serve prison time.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he would propose a quarter-percentage point rate increase at the central bank’s meeting in two weeks, amid high inflation, strong economic demand and a tight labor market.

A bipartisan coalition of eight attorneys general is expanding the list of targets in an investigation unveiled last November into Instagram, which focuses on similar concerns.

Amid an increasingly violent Russian invasion, Ukraine’s long-vibrant software sector is managing to churn out code for clients overseas and help the country’s war effort.