Taiwan earthquake: Rescue operations ongoing as death toll reaches 10
Rescue teams continued searching for dozens of missing people Friday after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook Taiwan, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 1,000. The quake struck the sparsely populated and largely rural eastern province of Hualien, sending rocks cascading down mountains, cutting roads and leaving hundreds stranded in a national park. […]
Company behind NJ nuclear plants to seek 20-year approval to continue operations
The company that owns three nuclear power plants in New Jersey announced Wednesday that it will seek federal approval to operate them for another 20 years. The move comes as New Jersey continues to push hard to become an East Coast leader in offshore wind power. But three power plants operated by PSEG Nuclear LLC […]
Rakuten Could Combine Bank and FinTech Operations – PYMNTS.com
Japanese conglomerate Rakuten is considering consolidating its finance operations into one department. The plan, announced on Monday (April 1), will see the company combine its banking, insurance, securities, card companies and other fintech businesses into one group. “This decision will strengthen collaboration across FinTech businesses, including quick and flexible decision-making, and deepen collaboration in areas […]
Texas AG Ken Paxton announces investigation into Boeing supplier’s operations
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he will investigate Boeing parts supplier Spirit AeroSystems regarding its operations and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. Spirit AeroSystems is one of the world’s largest aircraft parts manufacturers, producing fuselages for the Boeing 737 and 787 and wings for the Airbus A350 and A220. The company’s […]
Texas AG launches probe into Boeing supplier operations, DEI commitments
Mike Boyd, president of Boyd Group International, and Stewart Glickman, CFRA’s deputy director of research, consider the consumer and market impact of Boeing’s recent unrelated safety incidents. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday released an investigation into Boeing parts supplier Spirit AeroSystems regarding the company’s operations and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. Spirit […]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Turns to Soros-Funded Groups and Democrats to Keep Dwindling Operations Alive
Tax documents from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and a major foundation funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros show that the organization that claims to represent American business has moved far to the left in recent years. Tides Foundation public filings from 2018 to 2022 show the Soros-funded organization donated more than $12 million […]
Uber, Lyft threaten to stop operations in Minneapolis if mandatory driver raises become law
Uber and Lyft are threatening to shut down operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 1 if a proposed driver raise ordinance passes. fox business report. The Minneapolis City Council approved the ride-sharing ordinance Thursday on a 9-4 vote. Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed the bill Friday, citing concerns that Uber and Lyft would leave […]
Executive leaves slumping Nets to run Hornets’ basketball operations
The Nets defeated the Hawks on Thursday night at Barclays Center, but lost off the court. The Hornets will hire Nets assistant general manager Jeff Peterson as their new head of basketball operations. According to ESPN. Peterson replaces Mitch Kupchak, who is transitioning from the Hornets’ general manager role to an advisory role. Nets assistant […]
Brazil’s Lula Denies Invoking Holocaust When Comparing Israel’s Anti-Hamas Operations to ‘When Hitler Decided to Kill the Jews’
Brazil’s radical leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday compared Israel’s self-defense actions against the genocidal terrorist group Hamas to the Holocaust, a comment that reportedly led to his expulsion from Israel. He insisted that it was not a serious incident. Lula said this in an interview with Brazilian channel RedeTV on Tuesday […]
5 migrants dead after boat capsizes during Maltese rescue operations
Five people were killed when a 25-foot boat carrying migrants capsized during a rescue operation off the coast of Malta on Friday. The 21 survivors were transferred to a migrant detention center in Malta, and a search operation continued offshore. Additional boats from the military were sent to assist and a police investigation into the […]