Tesla Stock Is Down. Steering Wheels Are Not the Reason.

Safety matters a great deal in the automotive market. Safety recalls and investigations, paradoxically, don’t matter as much. Investors might not be able to tell that by looking at stocks. Tesla (tick...

Rivian, Tesla, and 2 Other EV Makers Are Recalling Vehicles

Monday is looking like recall day for electric-vehicle makers. A few have showed up on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. Recalls from the large players don’t look serious. Re...

3M’s stock surges after company says 90% of earplug plaintiffs had ‘normal’ hearing

Shares of 3M Co. surged Wednesday after the maker of consumer, industrial and healthcare products said the U.S. Department of Defense’s records show that the “vast majority” of claimants in litigation...

Rivian’s big recall is a ‘black eye’ for bulls, but the stock is still a buy, analyst says

Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc. took a dive Monday, in the wake of the electric-vehicle maker’s recall of nearly all of its vehicles, but Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said the news is just a “speed bump”...

Rivian Recalling Nearly All of Its Vehicles

Rivian Automotive is recalling nearly all of its vehicles to address a potential problem that could cause customers to lose steering control, the company said Friday. The electric truck and SUV maker ...

Ford and Rivian Recall Some EVs

Text size Rivian and Ford have recalled some of their EVs including the R1S, R1T and Mustang Mach Es. Courtesy of Rivian Ford Motor and Rivian Automotive recalled some electric vehicles. EV recalls ar...

Ford Faces $1.7 Billion Verdict in Fatal Rollover of F-250 Pickup

Ford Motor is facing a potential $1.7 billion in punitive damages after a Georgia jury reached a verdict Friday in a case involving a 2014 rollover of a Ford F-250 pickup truck that left two people de...

3 Drug Companies Fall on Zantac Lawsuit Fears. It Shows the Power of Analysts.

Shares of Sanofi , GSK , and Haleon  fell for the second straight trading session Thursday on surging worries about litigation over Zantac, a heartburn drug that the Food and Drug Administration effec...

Boeing Clears Hurdle for Resuming 787 Dreamliner Deliveries

U.S. air-safety regulators signed off on a Boeing plan aimed at addressing problems with the 787 Dreamliner, a major step before the company restarts deliveries of the aircraft, according to people fa...

Ford Bronco Engine-Failure Reports Spur Federal Safety Investigation

The top U.S. auto-safety regulator is opening an investigation into reported catastrophic engine failures with some Ford Bronco vehicles, yet another setback in the auto maker’s efforts to improve its...

A Framework For CEOs And CMOs On When And How To Enter The Cultural Conversation

Cultural Waves Getty Images Staying out of the socio-cultural fray is no longer an option for most brands and businesses. Can “safety” be a framework for when and how CEOs and CMOs should consider act...

Six Flags, Disney World and Universal spend millions on safety

At amusement parks like Six Flags, Disney World and Universal — safety is a multimillion-dollar business. Injuries and deaths are becoming increasingly rare, with fewer than 1 injury per million rides...

Car quality is slipping: These are the brands with the most and least complaints, study finds

New car owners are experiencing more problems in the first 90 days of ownership than ever before. Buick took the top spot in the 2022 J.D. Power Initial Quality Study, but the headline isn’t the winne...

GM and Ford Shares Are Falling. Vehicle Recalls May Be Taking a Toll.

Text size A Ford Motor plant Scott Olson/Getty Images General Motors and Ford Motor both announced vehicle recalls Friday. Investors appear nervous, as both shares are falling, but that’s probably an ...

Lucid Stock Falls on First Recall. This One Isn’t Fixed With Software.

Text size The Lucid Air electric sedans will have to go to the shop for a fix. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Electric-vehicle start-up Lucid has its first recall listed on the National Highway Traffic S...

Regulators won’t let Boeing certify new 787 jets for flight

Federal safety regulators say they will retain power to approve Boeing 787 airliners for flight rather than return that authority to the aircraft maker, which hasn’t been able to deliver any new Dream...

at-home testing, from Covid to cancer, worth $2 billion dollars

The at-home testing market is bigger than just Covid tests, and it’s bigger than over-the-counter pregnancy tests. In fact, the emerging marketplace of consumer-initiated lab testing may be wort...