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A new Jeep Wrangler 4-Door Sahara 4×4 vehicle displayed for sale at a Stellantis NV dealership in Miami, Florida, US, on Saturday, April 5, 2025.Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDETROIT — Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, Jeep and other auto brands, plans to invest $13 billion in U.S. manufacturing operations over the next four years, as the company executes a domestic turnaround plan under CEO Antonio Filosa.The trans-Atlantic automaker on Tuesday said the investments will add more than 5,000 jobs to its domestic workforce and involve new products at plants in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio through…

CBS News staffers won’t face punishment if they don’t respond to new boss Bari Weiss’ memo, which asked for information about their jobs and the network more broadly, according to multiple employee unions.Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News, sent an email to her colleagues on Friday morning, telling each of them to send her a note by the end of Tuesday.”I want to understand how you spend your working hours — and, ideally, what you’ve made (or are making) that you’re most proud of,” Weiss told newsroom employees in the memo, which was viewed by Business Insider.The Writers Guild…

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesSpotify is officially bringing video podcasts to Netflix.The partnership will bring a selection of podcasts from The Ringer, a network acquired by Spotify in 2020, to the streaming company in early 2026 for U.S. users.The podcasts will range from sports to culture to true crime, aiming to both complement Netflix’s current slate and bring in new audiences, pulling from The Ringer’s lineup. The companies said more markets outside of the U.S. are in the pipeline.”This partnership marks a new chapter for podcasting,” Spotify’s Head of Podcasts Roman Wasenmüller said in a statement. “Together with Netflix,…

Natasa Adzic/stock.adobe.com The Internal Revenue Service reminded taxpayers and tax professionals that tax returns that had been put on extension earlier this year are still due Wednesday, Oct. 15, despite the government shutdown.With the federal government currently unfunded, the IRS has had to furlough half of its employees and shutter “most” of its operations..”The agency reminds taxpayers that the current lapse in appropriations (the government shutdown) does not affect the tax filing and payment responsibilities of taxpayers,” the IRS said in a public notice on its website. More than 20 million tax returns are due to be filed Oct. 15,…

The Trump administration’s executive order to phase out paper checks may harm certain taxpayers, warns Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins.Executive Order 14247 directs the Treasury Department, including the Internal Revenue Service, to transition all federal disbursements — including tax refunds — to electronic payments, beginning Oct. 1. The goal is to improve efficiency, reduce fraud and lower costs. The IRS will begin implementing the order for 2025 tax returns. Those who do not provide direct deposit information or request an exception for 2025 returns will face a six-week delay in receiving a paper check refund. Exceptions include mental impairment, living in a…

Certified financial planners command a lot of knowledge about taxes, but many of them could be afraid of crossing into professional areas that are outside of their field of qualified expertise.Planning and direct needs like return preparation and advice with precise calculations must remain detached for advisors who are not also certified public accountants, enrolled agents or other tax professionals. But planners can, nonetheless, guide clients on a lot of strategies to lower payments to Uncle Sam, according to a presentation by Megan Brinsfield, president of Motley Fool Wealth Management, the registered investment advisory arm of investing website The Motley…

NBA star LeBron James warned his accountant not to steal from him, the Los Angeles Laker shared on a recent episode of the “Everybody’s Crazy” podcast, co-hosted by his wife Savannah James, when discussing how he is generally averse to financial risk.James, the first active NBA player to reach billionaire status in 2022, with a current net worth of $1.3 billion according to Forbes, is preparing to enter his 23rd season in the league.”I have a lot of more risky friends, and friends that are less risky,” LeBron said on the podcast, according to People magazine. “But for me, like,…

An airplane takes off the control tower at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Oct. 8, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty ImagesU.S. air traffic controllers have received partial paychecks, their union said Tuesday, and they could miss their next paychecks altogether if the government shutdown lasts another two weeks.”The job is stressful enough as it is. Now you’re adding this factor of, ‘Hey, when am I going to get this next paycheck?'” said Raymond Dahlstrom, an air traffic controller.Dahlstrom and some of his colleagues handed out leaflets outside of LaGuardia Airport in New York on Tuesday to…

The recent collapse of subprime auto-lenders Tricolor Holdings and debt-heavy auto-parts company First Brands has raised questions about the health of the credit market. JPMorgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon voiced caution over the high-profile crack-ups, saying his “antenna” is up.”When you see one cockroach, there’s probably more,” Dimon said on the bank’s third-quarter earnings call with analysts.JPMorgan had no exposure to First Brands, but it’s taking a $170 million hit from the Tricolor bankruptcy. After many years of a “benign credit environment,” Dimon said that “hopefully” the credit cycle will unwind in a “fairly normal” way.”I do remind people we’ve had…

Boeing 737 Max planes sit at the airport in Renton, Washington.Leslie Josephs | CNBCBoeing delivered 55 aircraft to customers last month, putting it on track for its best year since 2018 as its production stabilizes and its executives eye increased output rates of its 737 Max cash cow airplanes.Forty of the deliveries were 737 Maxes, Boeing said Tuesday, with customers including European budget carrier Ryanair, which took 10, as well as Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, China Southern and leasing firm AerCap.In the first nine months of 2025, Boeing has delivered 440 airplanes, compared with 568 in the same period of…