Washington Post Citing 'basic physics,' a judge berated the FAA over shrinking airline seatsWashington PostIf you're convinced your plane seat gets smaller with each vacation, that your cramped knees and crushed hips are not just a function of your expanding girth, that you're being gradually and intentionally squished bit-by-bit like a slowly boiled frog …Court […]
Los Angeles Times Judge says Aliso Canyon natural gas facility can reopenReading EagleLOS ANGELES—A California appeals court judge ruled Saturday that Southern California Gas Co. can resume operations at its Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility, the source of the biggest methane leak in the country's history. TODAY'S SPONSOR:.SoCalGas fires back after LA court setback: […]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette O'Hara company taking a big gulp of Coke — and Smartwater and Powerade and …Pittsburgh Post-GazetteThe Coca-Cola Co. sends massive numbers of bottles of Sprite, Monster energy drinks and Smartwater to supermarkets and convenience stores around the globe. But, after years of consolidating its supply chain, the Atlanta-based soft drink giant has begun …Better […]
Bloomberg Charter Is Cool to SoftBank's Sprint Plan, Still in TalksBloombergCharter Communications Inc. is cool to Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son's proposal to combine with his Sprint Corp., though talks remain active, according to a person familiar with the matter. Son, who is Sprint Corp.'s chairman, proposed a cash and …Kagan: Why Sprint wants to merge […]
NBCNews.com Bezos Slips to Second Richest. What Lies Ahead for Amazon?NBCNews.comAlthough Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos was only the world's richest person for the short span of a day before being unseated by Bill Gates, there's no indication so far that his company is losing its dominance in the world of internet retailers …The […]
Boston Business Journal Peeling Back The Label On Boston Beer'S Q2 Earnings Surprise – Not As Heady As It First AppearsSeeking AlphaBoston Beer reported better-than-consensus revenues and EPS for the second quarter of 2017. The revenue upside does not appear sustainable, however gross margin upside may be sustainable. We estimate Q2 got a boost from […]
Forbes Another Disaster For Wells Fargo: Troubled Bank Admits Charging Unnecessary Auto InsuranceForbesThe scandals continue at America's third-largest bank by assets, Wells Fargo. Already reeling from a fake checking and credit card accounts crisis that cost former CEO John Stumpf his job, the firm admitted on Thursday evening it placed hundreds of … and more » Subscribe […]
USA TODAY Jury deliberations to start Monday in 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli's fraud trialUSA TODAYNEW YORK — So-called "Pharmacy Bro" Martin Shkreli gets to vent his views on Facebook Live for at least another 2½ days. Jurors are set to begin weighing his fate on criminal fraud charges on Monday after a prosecutor ended closing […]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel As dozens more report blackouts at Mexico resorts, country says it will act on tainted alcoholMilwaukee Journal SentinelThe State Department is warning of tainted alcohol in Mexico. Elizabeth Keatinge (@elizkeatinge) has more. Buzz60. MEXICO30p1. Meghan Gordon and her boyfriend, Paul Jordan, at the swim-up bar in Iberostar's Paraiso del Mar. The two […]
Bloomberg The 'Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat' Gets a US Court RebukeBloombergIf you think the government should do something about the cramped legroom on airplanes, you've got a friend in a federal court. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., on Friday ordered aviation regulators to consider setting minimum standards …US government ordered to solve […]