Three years ago, Jose Melena, 62, was burned alive inside the Bumble Bee Foods industrial oven. On Wednesday, Bumble Bee Foods was required to pay $6 million total in fees for the incident.
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Women executives in Charlotte share their stories; how they get on top?
In a recent event held by Charlotte Chamber's "Women Who Lead", sponsored by the Bank of America Corporation, the stories of these women executives were highlighted: Andrea Smith, Charlotte Chamber's Chairwoman and Bank of America's new CAO; Cathy Bessant, Bank of America's chief operations and technology officer; Muriel Sheubrooks, a former partner of the Greater Carolinas Real Estate; and Pat Rodgers, CEO of Rodgers Builders.
Bill Gates’ Poop Machine can solve a sanitation problem with a clean water and biofuel solution
Earlier this year, we saw Bill Gates drinking water that was originally taken from poop. The poop machine that turned dirty water to clean water is also called the Omniprocessor, designed by Peter Jackini and partially funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates wrote on his blog that he was impressed with what Jackini has built and he is thrilled with the business model.
Sesame Street turns exclusive; Airs on HBO Starting this Fall
Sesame Street is coming to HBO this fall. According to the announcement, HBO will air the next five seasons of the iconic children's show and can be streamed on HBO's partner stations and streaming outlets.
Despite jobless claims up, US 4-week average at 15-year low
The last week witnessed a sudden jump in new applications for unemployment benefits while the four-week average showing a healthy situation in the job market as it touched a record low since 15 April 2000.
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Apple is reportedly trying to counteract a downturn in the sales of the iPad not by lowering the price of the tablet computer but by offering the tablets as the new preferred work tool.
Digital payment app has become a trend and BlackBerry Messenger now allows its user to send money online by integrating with PayPal.
Despite escalating capital expenditure, the US-based wireless carrier AT&T is optimistic of achieving double-digit growth in revenues for the second half of 2015.
The National Retail Federation predicted that a regular household will spend more than $600 this year for school supplies. The amount is said have reduced from last year's spending.
It seems like yard work is headed to a greener pasture with the new free-wheeling automated lawn mower made by iRobot Corp Inc, which recently got regulatory approval Wednesday to manufacture and sell their new product.
The U.S. crude oil's price continued to crash allowing it to reach its lowest level in more than six years. Benchmark U.S. crude oil has fallen to $1.88 equivalent to 4% making it settle at $43.08 a barrel In New York City, which is at its lowest since March 2009. The front-month continuation contract for U.S. crude had previously struck a 2015 low of $42.03.
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs were the top-three beneficiaries in equity trading revenues during the second quarter of 2015.
Kraft Heinz is cutting 2,500 jobs in the U.S. and Canada, including 700 of its workforce in Northfield, Illinois in order to cut expenses.
In a bid to penetrate the fifth largest auto market in the world, Ford Motor Co will be using the new engineering strategy it learned from India, which lets them develop compact model through low-cost production.
