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Retailers Team Up in Thinly Veiled Attack on Amazon
The group wants to force e-commerce platforms to verify information about third-party sellers.
Aug 17th, 2020
In this Oct. 8, 2019 file photo, the logo for Schlumberger appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Schlumberger is cutting more than 21,000 jobs and paying $1.02 billion in severance as declining oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic push it to slash costs Schlumberger Ltd. said in a regulatory filing on Friday, July 24, 2020, that vast majority of the severance charge is expected to be paid out during the second half of the year.
Schlumberger Cuts 21,000 Jobs
It represents a quarter of the entire workforce for the world's largest oilfield services company.
Jul 24th, 2020
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More Iranian Nationals Charged with Hacking Crimes
Sep 18th, 2020
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Report: Amazon to Open 1,000 Suburban Warehouses
Sep 18th, 2020
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Flexible Production Ensures Mask Availability
Sep 18th, 2020
In this April 19, 2018 file photo, trainees work at Snowtex garment factory in Dhamrai, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. After months of decline in exports of its garment products, Bangladesh’s economy is showing signs of recovery. The Asian Development Bank in a new report said Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, the country's economy's comeback was encouraging and it is expected to grow by 6.8 percent in the current fiscal year ending in June if this recovery sustains.
Bangladesh Garment Industry Shows Signs of Rebound
Sep 18th, 2020
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New Pepsi Might Put You to Sleep
PepsiCo's new product won't put any pep in your step.
Sep 17th, 2020
In this Aug. 6, 2020, file photo, a customer leaves a Pier 1 retail store, which is going out of business, during the coronavirus pandemic in Coral Gables, Fla. The Labor Department reported unemployment numbers Thursday, Sept. 3.
COVID-19 Danger Continues to Drive Joblessness
Before the pandemic, the number signing up for jobless aid had never exceeded 700,000 in a week. Now they've topped 700,000 for 26 straight weeks.
Sep 17th, 2020
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GM Considers Building Flying Cars
The company’s CEO said its new battery technology “opens doors” beyond conventional vehicles.
Sep 17th, 2020
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Shell Files Offshore Drilling Plans for Alaska's North Slope
Shell holds a 100% working interest in 18 leases covering more than 122 square miles.
Sep 17th, 2020
Bridgestone employees fire flares outside the tire factory of Bethune, northern France, Thursday, Sept.17, 2020. Workers protest over the Japan-based company's decision to close the plant and lay off all its nearly 900 workers. Bridgestone argues the factory is no longer competitive globally, but unions and French politicians accused the company of using the virus-driven economic crisis as a pretext for the closure and not investing in modernizing the plant instead.
Bridgestone Workers Protest Plant Closure
Unions accused management of using the virus-driven economic crisis as a pretext for 900 layoffs.
Sep 17th, 2020
Amy and Cody Morgan pose in their new warehouse, Sept. 4, 2020, in Cypress, Texas.
New Companies Face Tough Task Overcoming Pandemic, Recession
Despite millions in government loans and grants, it’s estimated that hundreds of thousands of companies have already failed.
Sep 17th, 2020
In this Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, file photo, Robert Murray, then-chief executive of Murray Energy Corp., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at the Crandall Canyon Mine, northwest of Huntington, Utah. Murray Energy Holdings’ approved Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan became effective Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. The company completed the sale of its assets to an entity formed by former creditors. Murray was replaced as CEO in 2019 by Robert Moore, who will head the new company, Ohio-based American Consolidated Natural Resources Inc.
Coal Giant Exits Bankruptcy with New Name
The restructuring eliminated more than $8 billion of the company's debt and liabilities.
Sep 17th, 2020
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Uline Offers $6K Signing Bonus for 60 Warehouse Jobs
The offer announcement came just a day after Amazon announced $1,000 sign-on bonuses for jobs in the same area.
Sep 17th, 2020
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An Opportunity Not to Waste
The world is shifting to a less wasteful, circular economy. Here’s how manufacturers can capitalize.
Sep 16th, 2020
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Tech Co. Offers Workers $20K to Move
But there's a catch ...
Sep 16th, 2020
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks to his office after a cabinet meeting, London, Sept. 15, 2020.
Hitachi Pulls Out of Nuclear Project
The Japanese company had been unable to agree on financing with the U.K. government.
Sep 16th, 2020
This Sept. 8, 2020, photo, shows Vogue, a Mexican toilet paper brand, on the shelf at a 7-Eleven in New York. Demand for toilet paper has been so high during the pandemic that in order to keep their shelves stocked, retailers across the country are buying up foreign toilet paper brands, mostly from Mexico.
Virus Brings Mexican Toilet Paper to US
Retailers are buying up foreign toilet paper brands to keep their shelves stocked.
Sep 16th, 2020