Smaller chips and drinks, but bigger profits – That’s the news out of PepsiCo. The company announced that smaller bags of potato chips and drinks that do not have Pepsi printed on them are helping push up their sales. PepsiCo Inc. said Tuesday that snack volume in North America rose… Read More

Union activists “protesting” proposed layoffs at Air France had enough talk, and decided to storm the company headquarters during a meeting. Once inside, they zeroed their mob frenzy on two managers, who were forced to run for their lives. After the brutal assault tore the shirts from their bodies, the… Read More

Another failure of the regulatory agencies designed to protect us was a decade in the making. More than a ten years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency helped develop a technology that ultimately was used by an independent laboratory to catch Volkswagen’s elaborate cheating on car emissions tests. But EPA… Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — Ralph Lauren is handing off his title as CEO of the fashion and home decor empire that he founded nearly 50 years ago. The New York-based company announced Tuesday that Stefan Larsson, the global president of Gap’s thriving low-price Old Navy chain, will take on the… Read More

It’s not over yet. Facing a court-ordered deadline, the Obama administration is preparing to finalize stricter emissions limits on smog-forming pollution linked to asthma and respiratory illness. The move fulfills a long-delayed campaign promise by President Barack Obama, but sets up a fresh confrontation with Republicans already angry about the… Read More

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell will stop drilling for oil and gas in Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast following disappointing results from an exploratory well backed by billions in investment and years of work. The announcement represents a big change of heart from Shell, which was counting on… Read More

DETROIT (AP) — Ford’s Super Duty trucks are getting a new aluminum body, just like their smaller sibling, the Ford F-150 pickup. Ford’s 2017 F-250, F-350 and F-450 trucks sit on a new high-strength steel frame and have aluminum body panels. The materials help shave up to 350 pounds off… Read More

BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday, days after admitting that the world’s top-selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissions to pass U.S. tests during his tenure. No replacement was announced, and VW still has no easy exit from a scandal that has suddenly dented a reputation for trustworthiness… Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — A man involved in what federal authorities have described as the first bitcoin securities fraud case pleaded guilty on Monday. Trendon Shavers, of McKinney, Texas, pleaded guilty in New York to a count of securities fraud on his 33rd birthday. He told U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah… Read More