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Workers make their way to the Farragut North Metro station in Washington during the evening rush hour on April 20, 2017.

The Swedish six-hour workday could help you live longer

June 5, 2018 at 3:27 a.m.

Forget diets, fitness centers and employee wellness programs. U.S. companies may find shorter workdays are the route to reducing health-care costs. That's one suggestion from a controversial experiment in Scandinavia...

United Airlines' profit plunged 69 percent in the first three months of the year, before a passenger was dragged off one of its plane. The cost of fuel, labor and maintenance all rose sharply in the first quarter, helping push United's profit down to $96 million.

United revenues are up as airline grapples with fallout from dragged passenger, leggings incidents

June 5, 2018 at 4:21 a.m.

United Continental's financial health showed strength on Monday even as the giant airline's brand suffered from a week-long battering following the release of a now-infamous video showing a passenger being...

Can Trump’s ketchup-drenched steak cause Heinz sales to sizzle?

June 5, 2018 at 1:51 p.m.

Carnivores cringed last month when President Donald Trump poured ketchup on a $54 dry-aged steak. Business being business, condiment giant Heinz may be hoping the president's tastebuds set off their...

Kroger Co., the nation's largest grocer with close to 4,000 locations, recently bought a former Macy's space at Kingsdale Shopping Center in Upper Arlington, Ohio.

Malls look to grocery stores as a ‘survival tactic’

June 5, 2018 at 2:57 p.m.

For decades, department stores like Macy's and Sears have anchored sprawling suburban malls. Now as their business has languished and they board up shop, another sort of tenant is trying...

JetBlue planes are seen at Long Beach Airport in Long Beach, Calif., in this 2011 file photo. Major airliners are taking a page from the discount providers' book, and offering cheaper fire.

New airfares target the cheapest of the cheapskates

June 5, 2018 at 8:14 p.m.

The big airlines have jumped into the "basic economy" market, competing with the super-cheap airlines that cater to the most frugal passengers. Within hours of each other, American and United...

Budweiser may have put itself in the crosshairs of the next Trump tweet

June 6, 2018 at 2:22 a.m.

Anheuser-Busch InBev unintentionally waded into political controversy with a 60-second Super Bowl commercial that touts inclusion and the American Dream but could end up drawing the ire of half the...

Candy and gum are no longer Mars’ biggest business

June 6, 2018 at 9:43 a.m.

Candy giant Mars Inc., is digging even deeper into the world's love affair with pets with the $7.7 billion acquisition of VCA Inc., a veterinary and doggie day-care company based...

How to quit a job you hate with grace

June 6, 2018 at 9:41 a.m.

If 2017 is the year you leave a job where you are miserable, whatever you do, suck it up and plan for a graceful exit. Rule Numero Uno: Stay off...

PepsiCo is advertising in hopes of gaining fans for its Tropicana orange juice.

Can millennials learn to love orange juice?

June 8, 2018 at 2:27 p.m.

Chalk up orange juice as another casualty of the war on sugary beverages. Sales of orange juice, a onetime breakfast staple, have declined precipitously as less-sugary green drinks have taken...

Hollywood’s perennial villain: the boardroom

June 9, 2018 at 1:40 p.m.

"Deepwater Horizon" opened in movie theaters over the weekend, splattering goo once again on the reputation of BP, the British-based oil giant whose bill for the 2010 devastating oil spill...

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