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Boeing Chairman Says CEO Will Forgo Bonus, Pledges Safety Reform
Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg will waive his 2019 bonus and decline equity grants for at least a year until the grounded 737 Max fleet is flying again “in its entirety,” Chairman David Calhoun said. Muilenburg retains the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWarehouses Are Tracking Workers’ Every Muscle Movement
Every morning when he goes to work in the freezer room of a warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania, Jack Westley throws on a hooded sweatshirt to keep warm and grabs a radio to talk to his coworkers. He was recently given … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreJudge Grills PG&E Over Cable That Failed Before Massive Wildfire
A federal judge overseeing the probation of utility giant PG&E Corp. is demanding information on a power line that failed minutes before a massive wildfire broke out in Northern California last month. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered PG&E to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreKeystone Oil Pipeline in North Dakota Remains Closed, Leak Source Unclear
NEW YORK, Nov 4 — The precise source of a leak on TC Energy Corp’s Keystone oil pipeline in North Dakota has not yet been identified, a spokesman for the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration said on Monday. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreEdison Once Again Seeks to Limit Liability From California Fires
Edison International once again will try to sway a California state court judge to rule that it can’t be held liable for all the damage to private property caused by a wildfire, if it isn’t allowed to pass on some … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMcDonald’s Moves to Clean Slate as Activist Pressure Intensifies
McDonald’s Corp., which just announced the departure of its star chief executive officer, is also losing its top human resources manager as the fast-food chain navigates pressure from politicians and activists. David Fairhurst, who carried the title of global chief … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFlood Risk Heightened for California’s Mojave River Dam
LOS ANGELES — A California dam could fail during an extreme storm and send water flooding into Mojave Desert communities that are home to about 300,000 people, authorities said Friday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that it has … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCrews Make Progress on Large Southern California Wildfire
LOS ANGELES — Authorities lifted evacuation orders for a farm community Saturday as firefighters make progress on a large wildfire in Southern California that continues to threaten about 2,500 homes and buildings. Ventura County officials allowed an unknown number of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAirbnb Bans ‘Party Houses’ After Halloween Shooting in California
Airbnb Inc banned “party houses” on Saturday after five people were killed in a shooting at a large Halloween gathering inside a rental home in Northern California that was advertised on the online listing service. Police were still searching for … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMicrosoft Wants to Teach Drones, Robots and Drills How to Think
Microsoft Corp. and technology rivals spend a lot of time talking about machine learning. Now Microsoft is talking about something called machine teaching. No the software maker doesn’t plan to send robots into classrooms. In a world where factories and … Source: Claims Journal
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