Ford Motor Co. plans to largely give up selling cars in North America, focusing instead on trucks and SUVs. The only sedans in its future lineup will be the Mustang and a crossover version of the Focus. Meanwhile, the Donald Trump administration looks likely to roll back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) targets set by its predecessor’s Environmental Protection ...

Many people, when they hear the word ‘blockchain,’ think of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Yet there is another feature of the blockchain afoot, one which promises to bring a new and radical decentralization to technology, including social media. Or as it was reported on Twitter: “Silicon Valley used to be a counterculture. It’s not anymore. It is the establishment. The ...

Bloomberg In a week where equity investors got spooked by higher rates and peaking growth, robust earnings from tech giants fell just short of keeping the market afloat. Stocks got slammed when Caterpillar’s “high water mark” comments on profit came just hours after the first 3 percent yield on 10-year Treasuries in four years. It took earnings-fuelled rallies from heavyweights ...