Ford Says Electric Vehicle Losses Will Continue for 3 More Years

10 February 2026 at 21:34

Ford Motor reported a big loss for 2025 because of its troubled electric vehicle division, which it has significantly scaled back.

An F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, which the company stopped producing last year, after federal tax credits for electric vehicles ended.

How Are Health Care Costs Affecting You?

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By:Reed Abelson

9 February 2026 at 15:11

We want to hear from readers who are trying to manage their medical bills and their health insurance costs.

Hims & Hers Withdraws Knockoff Weight-Loss Pill After Regulatory Scrutiny

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By:Rebecca Robbins

7 February 2026 at 18:19

Federal officials had warned that the new product from the online provider of weight loss drugs might be illegal.

TrumpRx: What to Know About Insurance Benefits, Pricing and Savings

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By:Rebecca Robbins

6 February 2026 at 13:18

People may be able to pay less for prescriptions with their insurance rather than via the new government website. The Trump drugstore is meant to help people buy medications using their own money.

President Trump; Dr. Mehmet Oz, who oversees Medicare and Medicaid; and Joe Gebbia, who oversees the design of government websites, unveiled TrumpRx at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday.

Stellantis’s Shift Away From Electric Cars Will Cost It $26 Billion

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By:Neal E. Boudette

6 February 2026 at 16:18

The company, which owns Chrysler, Fiat, Jeep and Peugeot, is changing its strategy to gasoline and hybrid vehicles in an effort to revive weak sales.

Stellantis, which was created after the 2021 merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot, is pulling back from its plans to offer many more electric models.

TrumpRx, the President’s Online Drugstore, Opens for Business

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By:Rebecca Robbins and Margot Sanger-Katz

6 February 2026 at 03:57

TrumpRx is aimed at helping patients use their own money to buy medicines. But researchers who study drug pricing warned that many patients could pay too much if they use the site.

The TrumpRx website is meant to be an entry point for consumers to search for their medicines and then direct them to manufacturers’ websites to buy the drugs directly.

F.T.C. Settles With Express Scripts Over High Insulin Prices

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By:Rebecca Robbins and Reed Abelson

4 February 2026 at 16:40

The Trump administration announced that the company, a pharmacy benefit manager, had agreed to make significant changes to its practices.

High insulin prices generated public outcry for years, though changes in the past few years have reduced patients’ costs to no more than $35 a month in most cases.

Congress Reins In Drug Middlemen in Effort to Lower Prescription Prices

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By:Reed Abelson and Rebecca Robbins

4 February 2026 at 05:00

The legislation will impose new restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers, giant companies like CVS Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts that oversee prescription drug benefits.

Executives at the largest pharmacy benefit managers testified before a congressional committee in 2023.

Netflix Leader Pushes Warner Deal Before Skeptical Lawmakers

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By:David McCabe

3 February 2026 at 18:47

Senators asked Ted Sarandos about whether the acquisition would raise prices, squeeze talent and degrade the moviegoing experience.

Ted Sarandos, left, a co-chief executive of Netflix, and Bruce Campbell, right, chief revenue and strategy officer of Warner Bros. Discovery. Mr. Sarandos told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that “we’ll keep growing the American entertainment industry.”

Siemens Energy Bets $1 Billion That A.I. Power Demand Will Last

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By:Rebecca F. Elliott

3 February 2026 at 06:00

The German manufacturer announced plans to expand factories in several U.S. states and build a new plant in Mississippi.

A Siemens Energy factory in Berlin in 2017. The company is one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of gas turbines.

Energy Bills Have Soared Recently. How Can States Bring Costs Down?

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By:Ivan Penn and Rebecca F. Elliott

2 February 2026 at 15:15

Energy experts said governors and legislatures had tools to keep electricity prices from rising further, and might even be able to lower them.

Electricity rates have soared recently in most states.

Tesla’s Model S, Soon to Be History, Changed the Auto Industry

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By:Neal E. Boudette

30 January 2026 at 10:52

The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X.

“The Model S was a breakthrough and ushered in quite a number of technologies people hadn’t seen before,” said Sam Abuelsamid, an executive at Telemetry, a Detroit communications and research firm.

Apple Reports Record iPhone Sales Amid Holiday Bump

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By:Kalley Huang

29 January 2026 at 16:59

New phone designs, coupled with robust holiday spending, continued to lift iPhone sales in the quarter and drove the company to record profits.

Apple has achieved record sales in its most important business, the iPhone, even though it has lagged other tech giants in the A.I. race.

How the A.I. Boom Could Push Up the Price of Your Next PC

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By:Don Clark and Loren Elliott

29 January 2026 at 11:13

A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.

Tesla Profit Slumps, but Investors May Not Care

NYT: Technology

By:Jack Ewing

29 January 2026 at 15:21

The automaker also said it would invest $2 billion in xAI, the artificial intelligence company controlled by its C.E.O., Elon Musk, and stop making the two oldest models in its lineup.

Falling car sales have taken a toll on Tesla’s net profit. The company announced Wednesday that it would stop producing its S and X model cars within months.

G.M. Shares Rise as Investors Are Encouraged by 2026 Prospects

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By:Neal E. Boudette

27 January 2026 at 10:22

The automaker said that it would buy back stock worth up to $6 billion and that it expected profit to rise this year after it pulled back from electric vehicle production.

A General Motors factory in Spring Hill, Tenn. G.M. said on Tuesday it planned to introduce a more advanced version of its Super Cruise driver assistance system in 2028.

Big Insurers Try to Shift Blame for High Health Costs to Hospitals and Drug Makers

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By:Reed Abelson

22 January 2026 at 18:28

At two congressional hearings, lawmakers slammed executives of major companies, saying they were failing to rein in the cost of medical care for consumers.

Stephen Hemsley, chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, left, defended insurers’ practices, along with other companies’ executives, during congressional hearings on Thursday.

Trump and States Aim to Stop A.I. From Inflating Energy Bills

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By:Tony Romm

16 January 2026 at 14:54

Demand from centers that power artificial intelligence has driven up electricity bills, frustrating consumers.

A nationwide spike in electricity costs is being driven by the construction of data centers that power artificial intelligence.

State and Federal Lawmakers Want Data Centers to Pay More for Energy

NYT: Technology

By:Ivan Penn and Karen Weise

15 January 2026 at 20:15

Despite many proposals, there is little consensus among governors, lawmakers and tech executives about exactly how much the companies behind data centers should pay for electricity.

A data center built by OpenAI and Oracle in Abilene, Texas.

Initial Obamacare Enrollment Drops by 1.4 Million as Expiring ACA Subsidies Drive Up Premiums

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By:Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz

13 January 2026 at 18:55

That number could increase significantly as more consumers are faced with higher bills brought on by expiring premium subsidies.

An insurance sales office in Miami-Dade County in October.

Microsoft Pledges to Pay More for Electricity, Drawing Praise From Trump

NYT: Technology

By:Karen Weise

13 January 2026 at 11:21

The tech giant is responding to concerns that data centers are driving up electricity costs in some communities.

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, said the company wanted to avoid affecting other electricity customers.

Microsoft Pledges to Pay More for Electricity, Drawing Praise From Trump

NYT: Technology

By:Karen Weise

13 January 2026 at 08:33

The tech giant is responding to concerns that data centers are driving up electricity costs in some communities.

Volkswagen Suffers More Than Rivals From Auto Industry Woes

NYT: Technology

By:Jack Ewing

10 January 2026 at 00:00

The German automaker’s sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles.

Electric vehicles at a Volkswagen plant in Dresden, Germany. The company is an extreme example of how difficult it has been for foreign automakers to cope in the U.S. car market.

Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last?

NYT: Technology

By:Ivan Penn

6 January 2026 at 12:36

Companies like Kairos Power are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured.

Kairos Power, which is developing a new kind of nuclear reactor, makes many of its parts at a facility in Albuquerque, N.M.

New Car Sales Are Rising Thanks to Purchases by the Well-Off

NYT: Technology

By:Neal E. Boudette

5 January 2026 at 12:57

A larger proportion of new cars are being bought by affluent Americans as prices and interest rates for auto loans climb, analysts said.

Wealthy consumers are keeping new car sales humming even as the auto industry battles tariffs, high interest rates and near-record prices.

China’s BYD Surpasses Tesla as World Leader in Electric Car Sales

NYT: Technology

By:Jack Ewing

2 January 2026 at 14:47

As the largest maker of electric vehicles in the United States, Tesla suffered more than other carmakers from the elimination of federal incentives.

Tesla’s decreasing sales suggest that a wider slump is in store for electric vehicles.

With Obamacare’s Higher Premiums Come Difficult Decisions

NYT: Science

By:Reed Abelson

2 January 2026 at 05:00

As enhanced subsidies expire, many Americans covered under the Affordable Care Act are having trouble paying for insurance.

Trump Media Merger With Nuclear Fusion Firm Raises Ethics Questions

NYT: Technology

By:Rebecca F. Elliott and Brad Plumer

19 December 2025 at 14:03

Trump Media plans to merge with a company developing nuclear fusion technology, putting the president’s financial interests in competition with other energy companies over which his administration holds sway.

President Trump’s social media company said on Thursday that it had agreed to an all-stock merger with TAE Technologies, a fusion power company.

Senators Investigate Role of A.I. Data Centers in Rising Electricity Costs

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By:Ivan Penn and Karen Weise

16 December 2025 at 13:57

Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of individuals and other businesses.

The energy needs of data centers used for artificial intelligence are forcing utility companies to spend billions of dollars to upgrade the power grid, the lawmakers said.

Ford Will Take $19.5 Billion Hit as It Rolls Back E.V. Plans

NYT: Technology

By:Jack Ewing

15 December 2025 at 18:10

Ford Motor said the costs came from its decision to make fewer electric vehicles than it had planned and more hybrids that use both gasoline engines and batteries.

A Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck at the company’s plant in Dearborn, Mich., in 2022. The Lightning will no longer be a pure electric vehicle.

Harold Hamm, Oklahoma Oil Tycoon, Allies With Trump to Reshape U.S. Energy

NYT: Technology

By:Eric Lipton and Rebecca F. Elliott

12 December 2025 at 05:00

Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.

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