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The price for Ubers, scooters and Airbnb rentals is going up as tech companies aim for profitability.

The United States and the European Union have agreed a truce in their near 17-year conflict over aircraft subsidies, suspending for five years one set of Trump-era tariffs which had soured relations between them.

The restaurant industry has been boosting wages to attract workers as it faces a labor crunch.

Consumers Energy implemented a new summer pricing program that will increase rates for its 1.6 million residential homes by 50% during peak hours.

Biogen's drug will cost $56,000 a year

This is the first new drug approved for Alzheimer's disease since 2003. It's the first to show significant progress against the sticky brain plaques that are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.

Your time on Earth is precious and limited. Here’s how to waste it.

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California's 'Vax for the Win' program seeks to boost interest in vaccines by offering cash rewards. If you've gotten a shot, you're already eligible.

Lotteries and big prizes, such as cruises and Super Bowl tickets, being used by states, business to lure more people to get COVID-19 vaccines.

The federal legislation would add up to $12,500 in tax credits for electric vehicles assembled in the United States and built by union workers.

A pair of open-air shopping centers not so far apart are facing different fates. The Mall at Partridge Creek in Clinton Township is looking down the barrel of receivership after its Miami Beach, Fla.-based owners defaulted on a $725 million mortgage, buckling under the weight of massive debt, the…

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Wealthier nations should instead donate more vaccines to low-income countries, the health body says.

Products from brands like Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge and Fiat are aging, and some have struggled to gain traction.

It’s a trickier question than you might think.

As an added enticement for Ohioans to get vaccinated, Gov. Mike DeWine said, the state will hold a weekly drawing to give $1 million to an adult who has received at least one dose of the vaccine. Drawings will begin May 26 and run for five consecutive weeks.

A dead simple trick to rid yourself of time-wasting bad habits.

There are hard limits to what your brain can manage in a day. Ignore them at your peril.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. birth rate fell 4% last year, the largest single-year decrease in nearly 50 years, according to a government report being released Wednesday...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is tying the future of COVID-19 restrictions in Michigan to vaccination rates.

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday announced a plan to tie the lifting of coronavirus pandemic restrictions to Michigan's vaccination rate, meaning in-office work restrictions are likely to ease before the end of May. Whitmer outlined four specific benchmarks that must be reached to…

Drivers will be offered pre-paid debit cards to reimburse their time and costs for each Detroit resident brought to a COVID-19 vaccination site.

The 'return to work' grants would cover up to 400,000 residents.

LANSING — Unemployed people who find a job would get $1,000 as part of $12.7 billion in proposed COVID-19 relief spending that began advancing in the Michigan Legislature on Wednesday.The "return to work" grants would cover up to 400,000 residents. They are included in supplemental budget…