UPMC minimum to be $15 an hourPITTSBURGH — The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has announced plans to increase the minimum starting wage for entry-level jobs at most facilities to $15 per hour by 2021.UPMC said most Pittsburgh facilities will see increases to $15 per hour from the current $11.73 per hour, including UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Mercy, Magee-Womens and Children’s hospitals.Employees at outlying facilities such as UPMC East will also see minimum salary increases, although they will not reach $15 per hour. UPMC is the region’s biggest employer with nearly 62,000 workers.

Police Chevys have steering problemDETROIT — General Motors is recalling nearly 6,300 police cars in the U.S. because the electric power-assisted steering can fail.The recall covers Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit vehicles from the 2014 to 2016 model years. GM says corrosion on a connector causes the problem. If it happens, the cars still have manual steering, but that requires more effort to turn the wheels and increases the risk of a crash.GM said no crashes or injuries have been reported. The company said the problem happens because police cars often run 20 hours per day and heat can build up under the hood while idling. Dealers will replace the steering gear control unit.The problem was discovered after an Illinois police department complained to GM of power steering losses in its fleet.

General Dynamics to build submarinesGROTON, Conn. — The U.S. Navy has chosen General Dynamics Electric Boat to be the prime contractor for a new class of ballistic-missile submarines.The Navy announced the selection and its submarine construction strategy for the next decade Monday night. Electric Boat is already designing 12 ballistic-missile submarines to replace the current fleet of 14.Groton, Conn.-based Electric Boat will perform about 80 percent of the construction work for the ballistic-missile submarines, according to U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, a Connecticut Democrat. Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia will do the rest.The shipyards build two Virginia-class attack submarines annually under a teaming agreement.The Navy is also now proposing to build two attack submarines instead of one in 2021, the year construction is scheduled to begin on the ballistic-missile submarines.

Home prices rise faster than incomesWASHINGTON — U.S. home prices climbed at more than double the rate of incomes in January, a trend that could ultimately create affordability challenges for buyers.The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.7 percent from a year earlier, a slight increase from the 5.6 percent annual increase in December, according to a report Tuesday.Home values have risen 2.6 times faster than average hourly wages, which have improved just 2.2 percent, according to a government report.