Supply & Demand

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says using the Defense Production Act, a wartime power to set priorities for certain supplies, would be “a challenge.”

After almost 30 years, Oatly has cinched a spot at the front of the alternative milk market

As pandemic-related restrictions are lifted and people slowly return to eating out and traveling, dry cleaners are struggling to stay afloat.

Erika Smith and Bryan Taberski did what any city dweller might do when the coronavirus pandemic closed offices and remote work became the norm.They became examples of the shift in residential real estate as metro Detroiters looking for more space moved to areas with larger lots, bigger houses and a…

If the deal pans out, it could offer some serious competition for Netflix and Disney+

The result of the global computer chip shortage has been far fewer vehicles on dealer lots, just as the waning pandemic has fueled consumer demand.

The aluminum can shortage is still impacting beverage producers even a year after the first warning signs went up.

Cyberattacks pose a major challenge for the Biden administration

We’re eating more meatless meat than ever, but it’s still not much.

Pokémon cards aren't just expensive. Card grading services are being completely overwhelmed in an “avalanche of cardboard.”

People are dressing up again—sort of—as they get vaccinated, venture out to social events and prepare to return to work, and the fashion industry is preparing for a major surge in sales.

“We have a couple of years until we catch up to this surging demand across every aspect of the business,” new Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said.

Many restaurant owners say there’s a short supply of chicken wings and they’re struggling to get them.

Hertz, Avis and Enterprise sold enough of their fleets during the pandemic to create a shortage now that demand is picking up ahead of the summer travel season.

A lot of gig workers in the United States should be classified as "employees" who deserve work benefits, President Biden's labor secretary said on Thursday, suggesting a shift in policy that is likely to raise costs for companies that depend on contractors such as Uber (UBER.N) and Lyft (LYFT.O).

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), one of the biggest winners of the pandemic, posted record profits on Thursday and signaled that consumers would keep spending in a growing U.S. economy and converts to online shopping are not likely to leave.

Nexteer Automotive said the chip shortage has sparked volatility in automaker assembly plants, but the company still anticipates total bookings to surge to $6.4 billion this year. The steering and driveline systems supplier saw bookings of $3.7 billion in 2020. Auburn Hills-based Nexteer,…

Michigan’s child care sector is gearing up for perhaps its highest stakes policy debate ever, with $1.4 billion in federal coronavirus pandemic aid on the line. Just about everyone involved in caring for Michigan’s youngest students agrees the money is badly needed. Shortages of child care slots…

Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday posted its highest first-quarter net income in a decade but said it could lose half of planned production in the second quarter due to the semiconductor shortage that has halted some high-profit assembly lines. The automaker said it earned $3.3 billion from January…

Listeners may need to get more accustomed to paying for their favorite shows.

U-Haul marketing president said Hawaii U-Haul facilities are the busiest they’ve been in years.

The only thing separating Kelley Miller from living in a nursing home is a registered nurse and aide caring for her around-the-clock inside the 54-year-old quadriplegic woman's home in the mid-Michigan village of Mulliken. Paralyzed from the neck down in a 2011 car accident, Miller relies on a…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India put oxygen tankers on special express trains as major hospitals in New Delhi begged on social media on Friday for more supplies to save COVID-19 patients who are struggling to breathe. More than a dozen people died when an oxygen-fed fire ripped through a coronavirus ward in a populous western state. India’s underfunded health system is tattering as the world’s worst coronavirus surge wears out the nation, which set a global record in daily infections for a second straight day with 332,730. India has confirmed 16 million cases so far, second only to the United States in a country of nearly 1.4 billion people. India has recorded 2,263 deaths in the past 24 hours for a total of 186,920.

The company, Bundled, hires workers with disabilities through the Dearborn-based nonprofit Services To Enhance Potential to create the gift packages.

Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley said the worsening semiconductor shortage has prompted "perhaps the greatest supply shock" he's ever seen, as auto dealer lots dry up and the company juggles production shutdowns across the globe. Speaking to Automotive News Group Publisher KC Crain as part of…

Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill have nearly doubled in value over the last year, giving the company a market value of $42.8 billion.