Last fall, Missy Cummings sent a document to her colleagues at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that revealed a surprising trend: When people using advanced driver-assistance systems die or […]
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Back to news homeU.S. Aims to Curb Investment in China Amid Security Concerns
Others say that China has access to plenty of other sources of funding worldwide, and that cutting off access would prevent U.S. companies from benefiting from Chinese innovations.“Getting the details […]
582,462 and Counting
Jobs in the Delta are scarce, government services are limited and the nonprofit infrastructure is thin, Ms. Maharrey said. The burden of helping the desperate falls largely to churches, neighbors […]
IMF Upgrades Global Economic Outlook as Inflation Eases
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund said on Monday that it expected the global economy to slow this year as central banks continued to raise interest rates to tame inflation, […]
Wall St. Is Counting on a Debt Limit Trick That Could Entail Trouble
“This so-called prioritization scheme makes Republicans’ priorities pretty clear — crystal clear, if I may add,” Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said on Jan. 17. “They want to […]
When Private Equity Came for the Toddler Gyms
Changes didn’t take long. Within weeks, long-tenured headquarters employees started leaving. In conversations with franchisees across the country, numerous owners expressed frustration that the support they depended on had evaporated; […]
Southwest Lost $220 Million Because of Holiday Meltdown
Southwest Airlines lost $220 million in the final three months of last year because of a holiday meltdown that affected an estimated two million passengers, the company reported Thursday.Southwest executives […]
Climate Change May Bring New Era of Trade Wars, as E.U. and U.S. Spar
WASHINGTON — Efforts to mitigate climate change are prompting countries across the world to embrace dramatically different policies toward industry and trade, bringing governments into conflict.These new clashes over climate […]
Bob Jordan, Southwest Airlines’ CEO, on What Went Wrong
Your unions say that for years, Southwest has been too focused on investors and hasn’t invested enough in the operation. What’s your response to that criticism?I’ve been asked a lot […]
FAA Outage Highlights Fragility of the Aviation System
Tens of thousands of flights were delayed or canceled around Christmas when frigid weather and storms made travel treacherous. But the weather was mostly fine on Wednesday morning when flights […]