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Industrial Media Unboxing Video

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

IEN Unboxed is a new show in which our editors unbox new tools on the market and discuss their features.

In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Gary Jones, United Auto Workers President, speaks during the opening of their contract talks with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in Auburn Hills, Mich. Jones was sentenced to 28 months in prison for scheming to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars in union dues. U.S. District Judge Paul Borman in Detroit sentenced the 64-year-old Jones on Thursday, June 10, 2021.

Another Ex-UAW Leader Gets Prison Time

Before sentencing, Gary Jones choked up in the courtroom.

In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, parts of a containment building for the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station is shown near Jenkinsville, S.C., during a media tour of the facility. A former official for the contractor hired to build two nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer plant that were never completed, pleaded guilty Thursday, June 10, 2021, to lying to federal authorities.

3rd Guilty Plea in South Carolina Nuclear Project Failure

The failure cost ratepayers and investors billions and left nearly 6,000 people jobless.

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Pandemic-Era Small Business Innovations That Will Stick

Here are four ways small businesses adapted in response to the pandemic that may have long-lasting effects on future operations.

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Frito-Lay Expanding Texas Snacks Factory With $200M Investment

Adding 160 jobs, it will add production capacity for Funyans and tortilla chips.

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks to reporters as he walks on the Senate subway on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Washington.

For Infrastructure Deal, Biden Eyes 'Multiple Paths Forward'

How to pay for the spending remains the topic of debate.

5-mg pills of Oxycodone, June 17, 2019.

Ex-DEA Official: Companies Had 'Systematic Failure' in Monitoring Pills

Opioid distributors in the landmark case say poor communication and pill quotas set by federal agents are to blame.

The capsized lift boat Seacor Power in the Gulf of Mexico, April 18, 2021.

More Federal Lawsuits Filed Over Seacor Power Disaster

The filings provide harrowing descriptions of what survivors endured in the accident that killed 13 shipmates.

Rob Bondurant, a supervisor at Great Southern Industries, a packaging company, loads up a finishing machine in the Jackson, Miss., facility, Friday, May 28, 2021. The lack of workers has forced some supervisors to assume additional duties. Charita McCarrol, human resources manager at the company, cites the abuse by some people of the $300-a-week federal supplement for people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other programs that offered extended support for the unemployed, with providing a soon to end financial staple. She also cited that for some people, a steady paycheck and benefits like health care, are not enough of an incentive to pass up the expiring benefits.

Unemployment Claims Drop for Sixth Straight Week

In May, the U.S. economy generated 559,000 new jobs.

Report: General Mills to Lay Off Up to 1,400 Workers

The company, which owns brands including Cheerios, Wheaties, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Yoplait and Häagen-Dazs, has about 35,000 total employees.

In this March 11, 2020, file photo provided by the Bureau of Land Management, shows the proposed route of the Keystone XL oil pipeline where it crosses into the United States from Canada in Phillips County, Mont. Calgary-based TC Energy, sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, said Wednesday, June 9, 2021, that it was pulling the plug on the contentious project after Canadian officials failed to convince President Joe Biden to reverse its cancellation of its permit on the day he took office.

The Keystone XL Pipeline Is Dead

After years of controversy, the sponsor of the pipeline has pulled the plug.

In this Nov. 30, 2018 file photo Martin Winterkorn, former CEO of the German car manufacturer 'Volkswagen', arrives for the annual general meeting of FC Bayern Munich soccer club in Munich, Germany. Volkswagen says the executive in charge during the company's diesel scandal will pay the firm 11.2 million euros ($13.6 million) in compensation. The company said in a statement Wednesday, June 9, 2021 that an investigation showed former CEO Martin Winterkorn failed to get to the bottom of the scandal quickly after regulators started asking questions, and didn't ensure truthful answers to the inquiries.

Former VW Boss Has to Pay Back $13 Million

The company said he failed to quickly get to the bottom of the diesel emissions scandal.