Business News

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. consumer prices rose modestly in June as falling food prices offset a rise in gasoline costs. The Labor Department says consumer prices increased 0.2 percent last month, matching the gain in May.

BATH, N.H. (AP) – A historic general store and tourist attraction in New Hampshire that closed earlier this year has been sold at auction for $235,000.

DETROIT (AP) – Fiat Chrysler is turning to weekend car tinkerers and good-guy hackers to expose software vulnerability in its cars and trucks.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The second-biggest selling drug in the world could get some cheaper competition in the U.S., after a federal panel endorsed an alternative version of the pricey medication used to treat some inflammatory diseases.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The government says motorists might save a bit more money on gasoline this summer than had been expected.

SEATTLE (AP) – Amazon’s “Prime Day” has returned for a second year with the online retail giant promising twice as many deals as last year.

DETROIT (AP) – Small SUVs for 2016 and 2017 did poorly during new headlight tests done by the insurance industry.

DETROIT (AP) – Federal safety investigators are asking electric car maker Tesla Motors for details on how its Autopilot system works and why it failed to detect another vehicle in a Florida crash.

NEW YORK (AP) – Starbucks is boosting the base pay of all employees and store managers at U.S. company-run stores by 5 percent or more on Oct. 3. 

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) – AAA Michigan says gas prices statewide have decreased by about 9 cents per gallon in the past week.