A 600-year-old brick bearing Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau Tak-wah’s name has gone viral on social media in mainland China. Three characters, identical to the actor and singer’s Chinese name, were ...

Manual High School is set to compete in the Class 2A boys basketball state finals. The Rams will face Tolono Unity in a semifinal game on Thursday afternoon. This marks Manual's state-record 26th ...

Brickmaker Forterra has reported strong financial results for 2025, with adjusted revenue rising 12.1% to £386.0m and adjusted EBITDA increasing 18.5% to £61.6m, driven by market outperformance and ...

Ibstock has reported lower profits after a slowdown in construction markets weighed on trading in the second half of 2025. The brickmaker said revenue for the year to 31 December rose 2% to £372m ...

Ibstock (IBST) can’t seem to catch a break. The brickmaker has found the start of 2026 as challenging as 2025, partly thanks to the bad weather, which has inhibited demand. The company expects demand ...

It appears someone in the GM logistics chain skipped a few pages in the playbook. The Detroit-based automaker has quietly issued a widespread noncompliance recall covering a staggering portion of its ...

The manual transmission is an endangered species, and the proliferation of EVs (at least, until recently) probably means the end is near. Or is it? Last week, both Toyota and Subaru published patents ...

Brickmaker Forterra said it is still too early to say what the impact of last November’s Budget and the following month’s cut in interest rates will have on its business this year. In a trading update ...

Manual purists rejoice: these 2025 models still deliver a clutch pedal and stick shift. Find out which cars are keeping the manual alive. Manual transmissions are rare but 30 new car models still ...

Hurricane and wildfire seasons are underway, and they appear to be getting longer and more severe in recent years. In response to this, portable generators and power stations have become critical ...

Manual transmissions are very rare these days, especially from American car companies. Since most drivers prefer automatics, a stick shift is an acquired taste. With most of them remaining only in ...