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Boeing strike costs top $1.4 billion as pressure on company mounts

It's been two weeks since Boeing's 33,000 machinists went on strike, and the company is bracing for financial fallout. The aircraft maker has put hiring freezes, furloughs, pay cuts for its leaders and forced most of the D.C. lobbying firms it hired to save cash after its machinists walked off the job shortly after midnight […]

Giants’ Greg Joseph thrives under pressure by hitting five field goals

Brian Daboll got his wish, but the Giants still lost. Greg Joseph, playing in his second game as the Giants' kicker, made all five of his field goals in a 20-15 loss to the Cowboys on Thursday, based on what Daboll said this week. . Unlike two weeks ago, when the Giants lost their command, […]

Southwest raises revenue forecast under pressure from activist Elliott

Southwest Airlines raised its third-quarter revenue forecast, approved $2.5 billion in share buybacks and announced plans to buy back a large number of its businesses as it continues to face pressure from activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management. announced changes. The company says its business plan will generate an additional $4 billion in pre-interest and […]

Boeing workers felt pressure to prioritize speed over quality: FAA report

Boeing factory workers Reported A Federal Aviation Administration investigation into the company, released on Wednesday, found that employees were pressured to prioritize production speed over quality of work. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker is scheduled to testify about the findings Wednesday afternoon before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which received a memo on the FAA […]

Congress Debuts Bill to Pressure Financial Institutions Not to Fund Chinese Slavery

Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced legislation on Thursday that would require the Treasury Department to use U.S. representatives at international organizations to pressure those organizations not to fund slavery around the world, particularly the Chinese government's genocidal slavery of the Uighur people. The Forced Labor Funding Prohibition Law specifically addresses the […]

Justin Trudeau Under Pressure as Canada’s Liberals Lose Crucial Montreal Election

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came under further pressure to resign on Tuesday after his Liberal party lost a “safe seat” in Montreal to the Bloc Quebec coalition. Current polls suggest that if an election were held today, Pierre Poirievre and his Conservative party would devastate the Liberal party, which fears a vote of no […]

Instagram revamps safety features for teens as congressional pressure mounts

Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram announced a major overhaul of its child-safety features on Tuesday, a move that was quickly condemned by online watchdog groups as an attempt to head off a looming Congressional crackdown on social media giants. Instagram announced that it will automatically categorize users under the age of 18 as “teen accounts” and block […]