Antarctica is one of the most remote and inhospitable places on Earth—and, therefore, it’s somewhere you absolutely don’t want to get stuck. Scientists at McMurdo Station, the main American research ...

Ford CEO Jim Farley has been out on the stump for several months now, talking about what he calls the "Essential Economy." He defines this as the roughly 95 million jobs that sustain the backbone of ...

If you've recently needed to look for a new mechanic to work on your vehicle, you'll know that it's all too easy to end up dealing with technicians with minimal knowledge of the vehicles they're ...

Headlines about the U.S. job market haven’t exactly been encouraging in 2025. Wage growth has cooled, big-tech layoffs keep surfacing and worries about a slowdown persist. But according to Ford CEO ...

With 134 recalls and counting, Ford service centers have been humming with activity. Given the work load, it’s not surprising that some people don’t seem interested in working for the Blue Oval.

Review & Outlook: Donald Trump seems to have bought Bill Pulte’s high-risk brainstorm that would benefit those in the home-building and mortgage-banking industries but squeeze borrowers at taxpayer ...

The U.S. automotive industry is facing a shortage of skilled trades workers. That’s the warning from Jim Farley, CEO of Ford, who spoke about the issue on the podcast “Office Hours: Business Edition.” ...

Ford has been unable to fill some 5,000 openings for mechanics despite offering a salary of $120,000 a year — prompting the company’s chief executive to warn of a dire shortage of skilled tradespeople ...

Ford’s CEO Jim Farley thinks America needs a wake-up call. Speaking on the Office Hours: Business Edition podcast, Farley said Ford had 5,000 open mechanic positions that it hasn’t been able to fill, ...

This photo shows cars being driven in Kochi, western Japan, on Oct. 15, 2025. (Kyodo) NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- The ratio of job openings to job seekers for auto mechanics and technicians in Japan eclipsed ...

Morris Chapdelaine always has a daunting stack of scripts on his desk. As an indie producer, he reads about three a week and farms out the rest to interns and film students, who send back detailed ...