Striking Boeing workers are set to vote on a new offer from the aviation giant, which includes a 38% pay rise over the next four years. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union, which represents more than 30,000 striking workers, has endorsed the offer and says it will hold a ballot of … Read more
Juan Botero Juan Botero and his Halloween front door The door of Juan Botero’s apartment in Houston, Texas is made of wood – with a classy, walnut-like finish. But, for Halloween, he planned an eye-catching change. “I’m going to paint my door orange,” Mr Botero, founder and chief executive of Colombia-based Glasst, told the BBC … Read more
Los Angeles County has filed suit against the world’s largest beverage companies — Coca-Cola and Pepsi — claiming the soda and drink makers lied to the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling, and as a result, left county residents and ecosystems choking in discarded plastic. The suit is the latest in a series of … Read more
A New York judge on Thursday ordered Chrysler Building tenants to pay their rent to Cooper Union instead of the real estate company that owns the leasehold — and ordered the firm’s mogul Aby Rosen to pay $21 million in back rent to the school. The stinging setback comes after Rosen sued the venerable college, … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is taking on Pepsi and Coke for their role in plastic pollution. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the county alleged PepsiCo and Coca-Cola companies have misled the public about the recyclability of their plastic bottles and downplayed the negative environmental and health impacts of plastic disposal. “Coke and Pepsi … Read more
Dodgers fans were ready to celebrate the second Walker Buehler struck out Alex Verdugo for the final out of the World Series, They were also ready to spend — and they did so more than any other fan base of a title-winning team in at least 10 years. After clinching their eighth World Series title … Read more
NBCUniversal parent Comcast Corp. is considering spinning off its cable networks into a separate company as the media giant continues to grapple with massive changes in the overall linear television business. Spinning off the cable networks into their own company owned by Comcast shareholders could “position them to take advantage of opportunities in the changing … Read more
Mike Cavanagh, president of Comcast Corporation, at center, during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 12, 2023. David A. Grogan | CNBC Comcast is thinking about separating or spinning off NBCUniversal’s cable networks. If it moves forward with the idea, it could lay the groundwork for a reconfiguration of … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple snapped out of a recent iPhone sales slump during its summertime quarter, an early sign that its recent efforts to revive demand for its marquee product with an infusion of artificial intelligence are paying off. Sales of the iPhone totaled $46.22 billion for the July-September period, a 6% increase from the … Read more
More than 400 alleged victims and witnesses have come forward to join the growing list of sexual assault allegations against former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed, lawyers in the bombshell case said on Thursday. A BBC documentary in September revealed Al Fayed, who died last year aged 94, sexually abused female staff at his famed London department … Read more