Baltimore Port Closure Sends Companies Scrambling to Reroute Cargo April 1, 2024 By Tom Krisher, Paul Wiseman, David McHugh and Anne D'Innocenzio The stunning collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is diverting shipping and trucking around one of the busiest ports...
Google’s Search Dominance Challenged in Biggest Antitrust Trial in Decades September 13, 2023 By Paul Wiseman and Michael Liedtke Google has exploited its dominance of the internet search market to lock out competitors and smother innovation, the Department of...
Shortages of Supplies, Workers Expected to Delay Gulf Rebuilding September 8, 2021 By Paul Wiseman and Alex Veiga Joe Sobol, owner of Big Easy Construction in New Orleans, has bad news for homeowners who’ve been calling about roofs...
In COVID Automation Boom, Robots and Apps Find Work at Services Firms September 7, 2021 By Matt O'Brien, AP Technology Writer and Paul Wiseman Ask for a roast beef sandwich at an Arby’s drive-thru east of Los Angeles and you may be talking to...
From Insurers to Landlords, Retailers to Restaurants, COVID Reshapes Economies December 18, 2020 By Paul Wiseman and Alexandra Olson It would be just a temporary precaution. When the viral pandemic erupted in March, employees of the small digital insurance...
Cruel Paradox: Beating Virus Means U.S. Recession March 20, 2020 By Paul Wiseman The coronavirus is dealing a death blow to the longest U.S. economic expansion on record, triggering layoffs and putting intense...
Workplace Is Hostile, Stressful, Grim Place for Many Americans August 17, 2017 By Paul Wiseman The American workplace is grueling, stressful and surprisingly hostile. So concludes an in-depth study of 3,066 U.S. workers by the...
Why Economy’s Growth Isn’t Easing Unemployment November 2, 2010 By Paul Wiseman An economy growing 2 percent a year might be tolerable in normal times. Today, it’s a near-disaster. A growth rate...