The following is a selection of some of my past stories at Axios, USA Today, the Detroit Free Press and AnnArbor.com:
Axios
AI and tech
- SpaceX tops revenue expectations in first earnings report after IPO
- AI’s bottomless pit problem: Investors are scrutinizing costs
- Nvidia becomes first member of the $4 trillion club
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils robotaxi and robovan in self-driving car splash
- Nvidia stock soars but must avoid “overordering cycle”
Prediction markets and gambling
- Feds move to formally allow sports “trading” on prediction markets
- Exclusive: Kalshi joins National Council on Problem Gambling
- Prediction markets regulator vows to investigate insider trading
- Exclusive: DraftKings, FanDuel, Fanatics, Bet365 fund sports gambling super PAC
- Exclusive: Kalshi to preemptively block athletes and politicians from trading on their markets
- Kalshi suspends users for violating its prohibition on trading of non-public information
- “Everything is gambling now”: How betting is taking over America
- YouTube crackdown, Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” threaten future of gambling
- Sportsbooks enter prediction markets battle
- “Survivor 50” hasn’t aired yet, but Kalshi, Polymarket have picked a winner
- EXCLUSIVE: Prediction markets launch coalition amid sports betting fight
- The house is divided: Gambling industry splits over prediction markets
- NFL “concerned” about sports “manipulation” via prediction markets
- Sports gambling scandals raise concerns over game integrity
- What’s behind Trump’s big lead in prediction markets
- Fox Bet flops as FanDuel and DraftKings dominate sports betting
Business of health
- CAVA CEO: Restaurants must adhere to “rigorous” food safety standards
- Salmonella outbreak casts spotlight on Taylor Farms as food safety crisis deepens
- Taco Bell CEO: “Magic formula” will overcome sales slump from cyclospora outbreak
- Taco Bell’s ties to “explosive” diarrhea outbreak threatens Yum Brands’ crown jewel
- Bayer CEO: “We need a predictable regulatory regime” for Roundup weedkiller
- Novo Nordisk slumps further on weight loss drugs in fight with Eli Lilly
- GLP-1 stocks wilt following Trump comments
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield calls off surgery anesthesia cap
- UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson killed in “targeted” NYC shooting
- WeightWatchers CEO memo: “Our business is healthy”
- BowFlex files bankruptcy amid declining interest in cardio equipment
- WeightWatchers stock plunges as Oprah Winfrey leaves board, donates shares
- Drug companies scramble to boost production of weight-loss drugs
- FDA warns compounding pharmacies on weight-loss drugs
- Weight loss drugs send health companies scrambling
- WeightWatchers embracing weight-loss drugs and closing more locations
- Baby formula shortage hits hard with imports limited
- “Terrifying” baby formula shortage worsens
- Families grappling with baby formula shortages
Autos, EVs and self-driving cars
- GM plans “eyes-off” self-driving car system in AI advancement
- Lamborghini CEO: We don’t need to be first to EVs
- Automakers shift toward reservations, altering how Americans buy cars
- Exclusive: Fugitive Carlos Ghosn calls Japanese justice system a ‘joke’
- California to ban new gas vehicles by 2035 in push for EVs
- Tesla loses its approval from the left
Retail and bankruptcy
- Google wins bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines emails, chats, documents
- Frontier Airlines facing the same pressures that destroyed budget rival Spirit Airlines
- Spirit Airlines shutting down, canceling all flights
- “The Amtrak of the skies”? Trump’s interventionism comes for Spirit Airlines
- Wendy’s closing hundreds of U.S. restaurants as sales plunge
- Department stores aren’t dead yet: Macy’s and Kohl’s stocks rebound
- Dollar Tree gets jolt from higher-income shoppers
- Dollar General wins over higher income shoppers amid economic uncertainty
- Instacart ends controversial pricing strategy, bashes “misinformation”
- Target CEO Brian Cornell stepping down as slump drags on
- Why American fast-food chains are struggling
- Johnson & Johnson tries bankruptcy a third time for talc liabilities
- Bed Bath & Beyond files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will liquidate
- EV startup Fisker files for bankruptcy after suspending production
- New Starbucks CEO outlines plan to refocus coffee brand
- How Barnes & Noble CEO rescued the bookstore chain
- The McPlant draws a crowd
Labor issues
- Exclusive: Republican Sen. Josh Hawley rips AI “cheerleaders,” backs Teamsters union agenda
- Unions bash AI as opposition grows: “We believe in human beings”
- Why unions are becoming a problem for self-driving cars
- CEO of self-driving truck company rejects Teamsters demand for human operators
- UAW presses deeper into the South with victory at Volkswagen
- Volkswagen workers vote to join UAW in historic win
- UAW, White House, automakers at odds as strike threat looms
- How the UAW’s Shawn Fain is using Christian rhetoric during the strike
- GM takes profit hit as UAW strike expands
- UAW endorses Biden after holding out for months
- Tesla is the elephant in the room as UAW strike looms
- Tesla and the UAW are careening toward a showdown over unionization
- GM takes profit hit as UAW strike expands
- Anti-DEI movement gaining steam as Ford exits LGBTQ+ index
Business trends
- Fewer people are reading, but bookstores are making a comeback anyway
- Corporate America gets more reclusive following CEO’s killing
- Buy-now-pay-later companies get cold feet about handing data to credit bureaus
- Colossal Biosciences reveals new species for “de-extinction”: the bluebuck
- Scoop: Jif factory had pattern of salmonella incidents, FDA document shows
- Banks say goodbyes to recent profit driver
- Realtor boom ends as housing market slumps
- Trump’s penny purge sends one corner of zinc lobby reeling
- The rules have changed around handwritten “thank you” cards
- Tipping has soared during the pandemic
Intersection of business and politics
- How companies are handling Trump’s “reliably unreliable” tariff policy
- Elon Musk’s feuds cool off — with one big exception
- Trump won, but Elon Musk may be the bigger winner
- Axios interview: Illinois gov. adds $500 million to quantum computing quest
- Businesses under pressure to speak out on abortion rights after Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
- Pfizer’s image soars after COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough
USA Today
Investigative
- 8 years. $28 million in deposits. The perplexing tale of a three-wheeled car that never arrived.
- Elio Motors promised 1,500 jobs at an old GM plant in Louisiana. But, ‘the intent had no basis in reality’
- Death on foot: America’s love of SUVs is killing pedestrians
- How QAnon and other dark forces are radicalizing Americans as the COVID-19 pandemic rages and election looms
- Sears, Kmart stores ailing as CEO Eddie Lampert’s hedge fund gets hundreds of millions
- How Sears CEO Lampert cashes in as stores cash out
- $1 billion annual boost: Big Tobacco breathing easier
Labor issues
- UAW head backs ‘Buy American’ campaign, praises Trump
- UPS, Teamsters take the first step toward a strike as negotiations continue
- UPS, Teamsters negotiators agree to higher wages, potential Sunday delivery
- Special report: Automation puts jobs in peril
Autos, EVs and self-driving cars
- Are car owner’s manuals going away?
- Why the next truck you see may be a quiet, zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell rig
- The auto industry is still a boys’ club at the top despite GM CEO Mary Barra’s success
- Why SUVs are getting bigger and bigger: GM, Toyota, Ford enlarge hefty vehicles
- Why the Fiat brand failed in its American comeback bid
- Drivers left key fobs in their cars and auto theft hit an 8-year high
- Audi kills its manual-transmission cars: How America lost its love for the stick shift
- Tesla promises revolutionary electric semi-truck
- With code name, how Toyota-Mazda set off secret race for 4,000-job plant
- Can Tesla’s Elon Musk revolutionize tunneling?
- Behind the wheel of Uber’s self-driving car: ‘Frightening and exhilarating’
- Is your car vulnerable to hackers?
- Toyota kills ailing Scion brand
- FTC sues Volkswagen over ‘deceptive’ diesel claims
- Hello Cayenne, see ya later coupe: How the SUV boom changed Porsche
Retail and bankruptcy
- Can shopping malls survive the coronavirus pandemic and a new slate of permanent store closings?
- Store closings, bankruptcy cases pile up for business wear retailers during COVID-19: Are dress clothes gone for good?
- Store closings pile up: With 1,200 closures already announced, retailers face another grim year
- Did the Boy Scouts violate their own honor code by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy?
- Can David’s Bridal pull off a comeback?
- Retailers are ditching greeting cards
- Mattress Firm files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, will close up to 700 stores
- Buying wedding dresses online: More brides are leaving physical stores at the altar
- There’s a fierce battle over your bed: Industry goes to the mattresses
- 5 reasons Toys R Us failed to survive bankruptcy
- Why retailers file for bankruptcy when they aren’t yet broke
- As Americans sour on milk, could these famous dairy brands disappear from your fridge?
- Greeting card companies need a sympathy card: CVS, Walmart poised to cut back
Business of health
- Social media teems with conspiracy theories from QAnon and Trump critics after president’s positive COVID-19 test
- Should employers force workers to get COVID-19 vaccine? Some experts say they should
- Could a coronavirus vaccine rehab the pharmaceutical industry’s reputation despite drug price increases?
- Dentists could raise fees, exit family practices as pandemic keeps patients away
- Deadly vaping crisis threatens to ensnare Juul’s lucrative marijuana sibling, Pax Labs
- Goodbye, braces? Invisalign, SmileDirectClub lead teeth-straightening boom
- How Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire could transform American health careCVS buys Aetna: How the deal will affect you
Intersection of business and politics
- Could Trump, Giuliani face charges of inciting violence?
- Why the misinformation age will endure after Trump
- Election results misinformation, fraud claims threaten to distort Americans’ views of the democratic process
- Parler gains momentum in post-Trump age
- Could Fox News lose its grip on conservatives?
- Are public pensions doomed because of the coronavirus pandemic? State, local budgets feel pain
- Facebook backlash: Failure to disclose political firm’s profile access draws scrutiny
- Chinese ‘dumping’ has slashed mattress prices, but at a cost to the U.S. bedding industry
- Why workers are getting more comfortable criticizing their employer
- Could your state land 50,000 Amazon jobs? Headquarters contest kicks off
- Trump gets his chance to be ‘greatest jobs president’
- Trump slams Boeing deal for new Air Force One
- Obama administration takes aim at corporate mergers, inversions
- Martin Shkreli pleads the Fifth, then tweets about ‘imbeciles’ in Congress
- Puerto Rico governor: No pension cuts to fix crisis
- Social media is full of lies, and the Iran attacks show how dangerous they’ve become
Detroit Free Press
- How Detroit went broke
- Meet Detroit’s leading bankruptcy opponent (and it’s not pensioners)
- Judge rules Detroit eligible for historic Chapter 9 bankruptcy, says pensions can be cut
- Detroit bankruptcy judge denies proposal to pay off disastrous debt deal
- Rosies return one last time to former bomber plant in Ypsilanti
- Temp jobs flood Michigan as economy recovers
