Sparkle Grooming signed a 21-unit deal to expand across central and southern Ohio, targeting Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus with a membership-based salon model.

A settlement with Lindsay Auto, the FTC and Maryland's attorney general could make more than $75M available to buyers who paid above advertised prices. The state will receive a $3.1M civil penalty.

A three‑in‑one bookstore, café and wine bar called The Books Cellar is coming to Hendricks Avenue this spring with roughly 1,100 titles, seating for 54 and event space.

A UC Giannini analysis finds California lost roughly $1 billion in China sales after 2025 tariffs, with pistachios, almonds and wine among the biggest losers.

Suno quietly opened a SoMa office and is ramping local hiring as it expands its music‑AI engineering and product teams amid label disputes.

A Portland Business Journal ranking lists 383 manufacturers across Oregon and SW Washington, together accounting for more than 71,000 local jobs.

Ideal Baking Company recalled its Breakfast Bread after labels omitted soy-containing margarine sub-ingredients, no illnesses have been reported. The recall affects several local retailers.

A longtime Lotto 47 player in Bay County hit a $1.1M jackpot and took a one-time payout, saying she plans to save the money. The ticket was sold in Kawkawlin.

A Davisburg printer sued the parent company of the Detroit Metro Times over unpaid invoices, adding to mounting legal claims that could squeeze the alt‑weekly's finances.

A new Houston Business Journal ranking profiles 100 local manufacturers and highlights where big investments — from Daikin campuses to Eli Lilly’s $6.5B plant — are shifting jobs and neighborhoods. The list maps where training and infrastructure will matter most in 2026.

Vedanta’s Anil Agarwal told energy leaders in Houston the group plans a small local office as Cairn eyes U.S. equipment and partners to speed a production push.

Vimeo will cut roughly 25% of its New York staff at its Herald Square office, months after the company was bought by Milan’s Bending Spoons. The move follows sweeping January layoffs that reshaped the platform.

Hitachi Energy will open a 32,000‑sq‑ft engineering and cybersecurity center in Cary, investing $10M and promising about 150 new jobs as part of a $1B U.S. expansion.