Business Insider Amazon is testing out a 30-hour workweekBusiness InsiderAmazon is planning a pilot program in which a select group of part-time workers will only need to log 30 hours a week, The Washington Post reports. Instead of the normal 40-hour week (or, more recently, the 50, 60, or 70-hour week), the world's …Amazon is piloting […]
New York Times Painted as EpiPen Villain, Mylan's Chief Says She's No Such ThingNew York TimesHeather Bresch, chief of Mylan, which has a reputation for bare-knuckled tactics that have angered competitors and investors. Credit Andrew Hetherington/Redux. America has a new pharmaceutical villain. Her name is Heather Bresch. As the chief executive …Here's What Parents Of Kids […]
The National Business Review Air New Zealand Posts Record Profit but Warns of CompetitionNew York TimesWELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand's national airline on Friday posted a record profit thanks to surging tourism and lower fuel costs, but warned it expected increased competition from rival international carriers in the year ahead. Air New Zealand …Tourism boom […]
San Francisco Chronicle Tribe trucks totem pole 4800 miles in fossil fuels protestSan Francisco ChronicleIn this Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 photo, Matthew Pearson, left, of Bellingham, Wash., views a traveling totem pole with his son Graham, in Bellingham. A Pacific Northwest tribe has begun a nearly 5,000 mile road trip with a 22-foot-tall totem pole […]
Bloomberg Target Said to Mull Welspun Contract Shift to Rival TridentBloombergTarget Corp. is considering shifting its bedsheets orders to Trident Ltd., a supplier among those that stand to win some of the $90 million in business that rival Welspun India Ltd. lost after it was caught passing off cheaper sheets as premium …Wal-Mart in 2008 […]
Reuters Lotte Group vice chairman found dead, suicide suspectedReutersA flag bearing the logo of Lotte Hotel flutters at a Lotte Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo. 5/5. left. right. Inspectors examine the car owned by Lotte Group Vice Chairman Lee In-won at a police station in …Lotte Vice President Found Dead […]
Financial Times REFILE-Yen eyes post-BOJ turmoil, gains after riding JGB yields higherReutersTOKYO Aug 26 The yen could be in for a bout of volatility and may even strengthen further in September, building on the boost from a sharp recent rise in Japanese government bond yields. In late July, the yen posted its second-biggest weekly rise […]
Los Angeles Times Can new chief executive Thomas Dooley fix what's ailing Viacom?Los Angeles TimesFor Thomas Dooley, securing the job as chief executive of Viacom Inc. might be the easy part. Fixing the struggling media company will take more work. Late last week, as part of a legal settlement to end a messy boardroom fight […]
CNBC There are risks for markets and Yellen at Jackson HoleCNBCThe risk to markets Friday is that Fed Chair Janet Yellen simply sounds more ready than markets expect to raise rates for the second time in 10 years. That would trigger a sell-off in stocks, snap Treasury yields out of their slumber, pressure gold and […]
Wall Street Journal Mylan Reacts to EpiPen BacklashWall Street JournalMylan MYL -0.70 % NV raced Thursday to counter a firestorm of criticism over its pricing of lifesaving EpiPens, saying it would help more patients cover their out-of-pocket costs. But the drugmaker didn't lower the list price, and its stranglehold on …How Mylan, the maker of […]