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CrowdStrike executive apologizes to Congress for July global tech outage

September 25, 2024, 11:12am Business

An executive at cybersecurity company CrowdStrike apologized in testimony to Congress for sparking a global technology outage over the summer. Read story

FILE - The United States Steel Mon Valley Works Clairton Plant in Clairton, Pa., is shown on Feb. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J.

Steelworkers lose arbitration case against US Steel in their bid to derail sale to Nippon

FILE - The United States Steel Mon Valley Works Clairton Plant in Clairton, Pa., is shown on Feb. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J.

September 25, 2024, 11:11am Business

An arbitration board has ruled that U.S. Steel may proceed with its proposed acquisition by Nippon Steel, a deal that faces strong opposition from its workforce. Read story

OceanGate&rsquo;s representative look on during Amber Bay, Former OceanGate Director of Administration&rsquo;s testimony at the Titan marine board of investigation hearing inside the Charleston County Council Chambers Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in North Charleston, S.C.

NTSB engineer says carbon fiber hull from submersible showed signs of flaws

OceanGate&rsquo;s representative look on during Amber Bay, Former OceanGate Director of Administration&rsquo;s testimony at the Titan marine board of investigation hearing inside the Charleston County Council Chambers Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in North Charleston, S.C.

September 25, 2024, 9:05am Business

The carbon fiber hull of the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic had imperfections dating to the manufacturing process and behaved differently after a loud bang was heard on one of the dives the year before the tragedy, an engineer with the National Transportation… Read story

Black UPS driver in Eastern WA awarded $237M for racial discrimination, retaliation

September 25, 2024, 8:55am Business

A jury has awarded a United Parcel Service driver in Eastern Washington $237.6 million after concluding he was discriminated against and then suffered retaliation and was fired after filing complaints. Read story

US to hand over pest inspections of Mexican avocados to Mexico and California growers aren’t happy

September 25, 2024, 8:14am Business

California avocado growers are fuming this week about a U.S. decision to hand over pest inspections of Mexican orchards to the Mexican government. Read story

Boeing gives union additional time to vote on latest offer

September 25, 2024, 8:00am Business

Boeing Co. backed down from a Friday night deadline for striking workers to approve its latest contract offer after union leaders refused to schedule a vote. Read story

Union workers at Hawaii’s largest hotel go on strike

September 25, 2024, 7:58am Business

About 2,000 workers went on strike Tuesday at Hawaii’s largest resort, joining thousands of others striking at hotels in other U.S. cities. Read story

Jury awards teen pop group OMG Girlz $71.5 million in battle with toy maker over “L.O.L.” dolls

September 25, 2024, 7:55am Business

Toy maker MGA Entertainment must pay $71.5 million in damages for infringing on the name and likeliness of teen pop group OMG Girlz with one of its popular lines of dolls, a federal jury has decided. Read story