STUDY FINDS CARMAX VEHICLES HAD SAFETY FLAWS

A review of eight CarMax Inc. locations by safety advocates found more than one in four vehicles reviewed had unrepaired safety recalls, including some with air bag inflators linked to deadly malfunctions.

A total of 461 vehicles contained at least one outstanding safety recall that had not been repaired, 41 of which had recalls for which no repair was available, the review by safety advocates found. The study looked at the recall status of about 1,700 used autos listed for sale at eight CarMax dealerships in three U.S. states.

Of those, 45 vehicles contained air bag inflators made by Takata Corp., the company behind the largest auto recall in history, that were subject to recall but had not yet been repaired.

FDA approves breast cancer drug.

U.S. regulators have approved a new medicine for treating a common type of breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.

Eli Lilly’s Verzenio was approved Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration for patients with what’s called HRpositive, HER2-negative breast cancer that has worsened after hormone therapy. According to the FDA, about 72 percent of patients with breast cancer have this type.

American CEO says company will never lose money again.

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The CEO of American Airlines says the once-volatile industry has changed so radically that his company will never lose money again. Even in a bad year, Doug Parker says, the world’s biggest airline should earn about $3 billion in profit before taxes.

Ikea buys TaskRabbit.

Ikea is making moves so you don’t have to assemble a sofa or bookcase yourself.

Ikea said Thursday that it is buying online on-demand services platform TaskRabbit, which lets users hire people to help them move, clean up the house or assemble furniture.

Feds want states to track car emissions.

The U.S. government is moving forward with requirements that states track vehicle emissions on federal highways after California and seven other states sued over what they called an unlawful delay. But federal transportation authorities are also evaluating whether to end the new rules next year anyway. The rules say states must track greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and set targets for how much can be spewed into the air on federal highways.

Google responds to EU complaints.

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Google has proposed a remedy for its search results that European regulators have said favor its own shopping listings: holding an auction for those advertiserpaid spots. But critics say the proposal still favors the deep-pocketed tech giant, and Europe’s top antitrust regulator is taking a wait-and-see attitude. The company is appealing a $2.9 billion fine imposed by European regulators for favoring shopping listings it gets paid for.

Tree company faces record immigration fine.

A suburban Philadelphia company that trims trees around power lines throughout the United States will pay a record fine after pleading guilty in a scheme to employ people in the country illegally. Asplundh Tree Expert Co. of Willow Grove pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal criminal charge. A judge sentenced the company to pay a total of $95 million. Prosecutors say it’s the largest monetary penalty ever levied in an immigration case.