The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture announced its list of companies that will be participating in a two-year pilot program designed to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients to purchase their groceries online. A total of seven companies were selected for testing in pilot states including Amazon, Safeway and ShopRite.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Volkswagen executive who faces charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, two people with knowledge of the arrest said on Sunday, marking an escalation of the criminal investigation into the automaker's diesel emissions cheating scandal.

Walt Disney Co.'s Pixar Animation Studios revealed a life-sized version of Lightning McQueen to the media at the Detroit auto show. The third installment of the blockbuster "Cars" franchise is due out this summer. Pixar also will have a "Cars 3" themed display for the North American International Auto Show which is open to the public Jan. 14 - 22.

Waymo, the self-driving car technology company spun off from Google, said it has made rapid improvements in its automated-driving hardware and software. The company, at the Detroit auto show this week, is showing off the new self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan, which uses the latest Waymo hardware and software.

It's called CES, but you'd be excused if you stepped into the annual consumer-electronics extravaganza this week and thought you were at an international auto show. Toyota, Fiat Chrysler, Volkswagen, Honda and BMW each unveiled futuristic concept cars at what used to be a radio-equipment trade show.

Online retailer Amazon.com and teen apparel store chain Forever 21 are among the companies weighing offers to acquire bankrupt American Apparel. The bankruptcy auction of Los Angeles-based American Apparel will determine the future of a major clothing manufacturing plant in California, one of the most expensive U.S. states in terms of labor costs.

In the latest spot, a new Brother Dominic is again asked to create 500 manuscript copies, but this time translated into 35 languages, personalized and "shared across the seven continents." Again turning to Xerox, this tech-savvy monk uses Xerox's apps and printers to translate and share the document digitally across laptops, tablets and mobile devices.

Cadillac is launching what it is calling the auto industry's first "vehicle subscription" service. Called Book by Cadillac, it will be available starting Feb. 1 initially only in the New York City metro area. For $1,500 per month, members will have access to their choice of Cadillac models for however long they want the vehicle, then the ability to switch to another model.

The U.S. Postal Service and Staples retail partnership, begun in 2013, has been the target of a vigorous campaign by postal unions that don't want the post office privatized. USPS will discontinue retail services at Staples stores by the first week in March, according to the American Postal Workers Union, which led the fight.

The days of the Ford Crown Victoria are long over. Police forces around the U.S. and Canada are choosing to fill their vehicle fleets with SUVs about as often, or in some cases more often, than sedans because of the amount of gear they can carry. Sedans are the more popular option in cities, but SUVs are becoming the new norm in suburbs and rural areas.