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Boeing, Aviation Stocks Fall After Rough Start to Year for Air Travel
Updated Jan. 8, 2024 2:26 pm ET A burning inferno on the runway, followed four days later by a midair emergency involving a gaping hole in the side of the plane, isn’t the way the airline industry wanted to start 2024. After a fraught 2023, in which safety specialists and regulators raised alarms about mounting … Read more
FAA Orders Grounding of Some Boeing 737 MAX 9 Jets After Emergency Landing
Updated Jan. 6, 2024 10:31 pm ET The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a temporary grounding and immediate inspections of dozens of Boeing 737 MAX jets, after one of the planes made an emergency landing when a section of the aircraft ripped away in midair. Passengers and flight attendants described a harrowing incident during an Alaska … Read more
18 Minutes to Evacuate a Burning Plane: Success Story or Cautionary Tale?
Updated Jan. 4, 2024 2:13 pm ET In its certification, Airbus was required to prove that its A350 aircraft can be evacuated in less than 90 seconds. In Tuesday’s collision in Japan, the last crew member escaped the aircraft after 18 minutes—but there were still no casualties. The sizable discrepancy, for the moment, represents a … Read more
'Godmother of Bloodsucking Insects' Plots Attack in Nation's Bedbug Battle – The Wall Street Journal
‘Godmother of Bloodsucking Insects’ Plots Attack in Nation’s Bedbug Battle The Wall Street Journal South Korean Engineer Fights Bedbugs With Data Barron’s Blockchain engineer fights infestation with data 台北時報 South Korea Enacts Blockchain Data Tracking in Bedbug Battle BeInCrypto 51 bedbug cases reported last week following weekly peak of 70 in November 코리아타임스 Source link
Ukraine’s Biggest Wireless Service Knocked Offline in Attack
Updated Dec. 12, 2023 6:10 pm ET Ukraine’s biggest wireless network operator said attackers knocked its service offline Tuesday, disrupting critical infrastructure through an assault that coincided with the Ukrainian president’s latest visit to Washington. The incident, which affected millions of Kyivstar customers in Ukraine, is among the most disruptive cyberattacks to succeed against the … Read more
Alaska Air Reaches Deal to Buy Hawaiian Airlines
Updated Dec. 3, 2023 3:53 pm ET Alaska Air reached a roughly $1 billion deal to buy Hawaiian Airlines, a combination of two nearly century-old rivals that are dwarfed by the biggest players in a time of travel upheaval. The proposed deal would unite carriers that largely serve destinations in the Pacific region and operate … Read more
Amazon to Offer Lower-Cost Primary Care to Prime Members in Latest Healthcare Push
Updated Nov. 8, 2023 3:43 pm ET Amazon.com is turning to Prime members to bolster its healthcare business, an industry where the company has sought to expand for years. The tech giant on Wednesday revealed plans to offer its millions of Amazon Prime subscribers a low-cost annual membership to One Medical, the primary-care business Amazon … Read more
Nvidia’s $5 Billion of China Orders in Limbo After Latest U.S. Curbs
Updated Oct. 31, 2023 12:36 am ET SINGAPORE—New U.S. export controls may compel artificial-intelligence giant Nvidia to cancel billions of dollars in next-year orders for its advanced chips to China, a move that could deprive Chinese tech companies of crucial AI resources. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company had already finished delivering orders of its advanced … Read more
Risk-Advisory Firms Decide Hong Kong Isn’t Worth It
Updated Oct. 16, 2023 12:00 am ET HONG KONG—A number of investigation firms are retreating from Hong Kong and moving staffers out of the city, the latest sign of concern among foreign companies as business dwindles and Chinese authorities crack down on corporate intelligence gathering. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. … Read more