This article originally appeared on Business Insider. Workers at Airbus Atlantic reportedly got an unpleasant Christmas surprise after a company dinner: Clinical vomiting and diarrhea. According to the Guardian and the BBC, French health authorities are investigating after around 700 workers at Airbus Atlantic fell ill following the aerospace company’s dinner for 2,600 workers. On … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It’s Succession meets Knives Out—only this Hollywood-like plot is real. Nicolas Puech, 80, the estranged Hermès heir, announced a bold plan to adopt his 51-year-old former gardener and handyman to bequeath him his $11 billion fortune. Puech is the grandson of the founder of the fashion giant … Read more
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers was already the richest woman in the world, but on Thursday, she hit a new milestone—the first female to accumulate a staggering fortune of over $100 billion ($100.2 billion, to be exact), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Bettencourt Meyers, the granddaughter of L’Oreal founder Eugène Schueller, is the vice-chair of L’Oréal’s … Read more
Apple Inc., the globe’s top publicly traded company, continues to enjoy sustained market success. Apple set another record high as trading sessions concluded on Thursday, bringing its market capitalization to a staggering $3.1 trillion — a figure now rivaling the total market value of France’s entire stock market, which stood at roughly $3.2 trillion, Bloomberg … Read more
Flights are getting a whole lot cheaper as airlines rush to fill empty seats by the end of the year. Airlines have a record 260 million seats to fill by the end of the fourth quarter, which is up by nearly 8% from last year, according to information obtained by CNBC from aviation data firm … Read more
Airline industry executives say that the ongoing shortage of air traffic controllers won’t lighten up any time soon, and passengers can expect travel disruptions for what could be the next five years, CNN reported. On Tuesday, airline executives gathered in Washington D.C. for the Global Aerospace Summit held by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where … Read more
Airline passengers sick of cramped economy seating are paying up to enjoy more room and other perks up front. Now, some of the biggest carriers are trying to meet that demand by spending big on aircraft seating upgrades — a $2.6 billion market that’s still growing, per AeroDynamic Advisory, CNBC reported. Related: A ‘Very Frustrating’ … Read more