The title is suddenly everywhere. It can mean almost anything. “There wasn’t an obvious position for me,” Scott Amenta said. Mr. Amenta, 30, was describing how five years ago he joined Spring, an e-commerce company so small that its employees could be counted on one hand. Around that time, a …
A crisis years in the making is about to hit retired coal miners and truckers first. FAIRMONT, W.V. ― Joe Brown worked for more than 30 years as a roof bolter at the Federal #2 Mine in Marion County. Installing roof supports is one of the most hazardous jobs in …
It would please investors, but is unlikely to happen “Father lennon, have you some money? Buy Standard Oil.” That’s what John D. Rockefeller is said to have told his golf partner, a priest, when he heard the news in 1911 that the Supreme Court had ruled his oil company was …
Unity Biotech’s drug to treat an intractable arthritic condition is in late-stage human trials. To hear Nathanial “Ned” David tell it, the osteoarthritis drug his Unity Biotechnology began testing in human subjects last fall is about far more than just helping aging weekend warriors regrow cartilage in their damaged knees. It’s the …
For one thing, they recruit too many employees from outside their ranks Perhaps the oldest management cliché is that “people are our most important asset”. If that were true, companies would rigorously assess their own hiring practices, and their record, to ensure that they are indeed recruiting the best people. Remarkably, …
Thailand’s Thaitheparos seeks to chip away at Huy Fong Foods’ dominance of the American palate with Sriraja Panich. Selling “a rich man’s sauce at a poor man’s price” has made David Tran a very wealthy man. The 73-year-old Vietnamese refugee is responsible for bringing Sriracha to American consumers. After settling in Los …
New York (CNN Business)Amazon is slashing prices on hundreds of products at Whole Foods for the third time in two years. The cuts will go into effect Wednesday and are mostly focused on produce. Amazon (AMZN) and Whole Foods said customers will save an average of 20% off select items, including greens, tomatoes …
What this country needs is a president who knows how to default. Department of Irony: Republicans can’t stop howling about socialism. But nobody makes capitalism look worse than Donald Trump. The president’s party is trying to set up the 2020 election as a war against the S-word. “America will never …
Thirty-four years ago, Rupert Murdoch showed up in Hollywood with $250 million, buying a stake in the 20th Century Fox film studio — even though he had little interest in making movies. The scrappy Australian newsman, then known for his clamorous tabloids, was viewed with suspicion. Skeptics assumed he was …
GRAEFENRODA, Germany (Reuters) – One of Europe’s last traditional manufacturers of garden gnomes is struggling to find a successor for the 145-year old business and may be forced to close its doors when its owner retires. From classic gnomes with white beards, red hats and pipes to footballers in white …
NEW YORK (AP) — The 2018 holiday season turned out to be a mixed bag for retailers, with some of them defying a gloomy government report in December that raised concerns that shoppers were hunkering down everywhere. Retailers like Walmart, Target and Best Buy that have been responding faster to …
As older workers look to retire, companies reckon with how to replace outgoing skillsets. The youngest baby boomers are around 55 years old. The oldest are in their 70s. Most Americans don’t remember a workforce without the largest generation. And yet, as boomers enter their final years in the workforce, their retirements are …
