Demand for workers fell to its lowest level in more than 2½ years in November while hirings and layoffs both moved lower, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. The department’s Job Openings…
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Maersk halts Red Sea shipping until further notice after Houthi militant attack
Maersk will pause all shipping through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden until further notice after one of its vessels came under attack from militants over the weekend, the company…
Boeing is urging airlines to inspect 737 Max planes to look for a “possible loose bolt” in the rudder control system, the latest quality issue to affect the manufacturer’s bestselling jetliner.…
Nearly 5M blenders sold at Costco, Target and Walmart recalled over fire and laceration risks
BlendJet is recalling about 4.8 million of its portable blenders over laceration and fire hazards after receiving dozens of reports of injuries, federal regulators said Thursday. BlendJet 2 Portable Blenders…
Driverless cars immune from traffic tickets in California under current laws
Mounting concerns over self-driving cars — headlined by allegations that autonomous vehicle maker Cruise misled the California Department of Motor Vehicles about an accident in San Francisco that seriously injured…
Why the ‘wealth transfer’ from boomers to their heirs won’t be as large as expected
The story goes that baby boomers are going to give tens of trillions of dollars to their heirs over the next few decades. The “generational wealth transfer” has become a…
An appeals court on Wednesday halted a federal ban on Apple Watch imports that took effect one day earlier. The ban was enacted after the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled…
Online retailer Zulily is shutting down. Writing on the company’s homepage, an official said Zulily’s leadership had ‘made the difficult but necessary decision to conduct an orderly wind-down of the…
Amazon Prime Video viewers will have to pay an extra $2.99 monthly in January to avoid ads
Amazon Prime Video viewers seeking to avoid ads during shows and movies will have to pay an extra $2.99 a month starting in late January. The ad-free tier, which will…
2023 saw workers demand more say over how artificial intelligence reshapes their industries, scoring unprecedented wins from Hollywood to Silicon Valley. But as the technology barrels forward and regulators race…