Accenture Software Now Does What 40,000 Employees Used to Do January 29, 2019 By Jeremy Kahn Accenture Plc, the global consulting firm, will begin selling software and services that it’s already used internally to automate tasks...
Judge Denies Monsanto Bid to Block Certain Evidence from Roundup Trials January 29, 2019 By Tina Bellon A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer causes cancer on Monday tentatively allowed pieces of...
Who Pays for Injuries Blamed on E-Scooters? January 29, 2019 By Janet Lorin Over the past few years, cities across America have experienced sudden downpours of shared electric scooters, piling up almost overnight...
Assessing Effects of Government Shutdown on Wildfires, Workforce, Research January 28, 2019 By Christopher Flavelle and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The government may be reopening, but the consequences of the longest federal shutdown in U.S. history are likely to linger...
Small Businesses Under Scrutiny Over Classifying Independent Contractors January 28, 2019 By Joyce M. Rosenberg Small business owners who want to use independent contractors need to be sure these workers really aren’t employees. Federal and...
How Cell Phone Use While Driving Is Changing January 28, 2019 By IIHS Manipulating a cellphone was a contributing factor in more than 800 crash deaths on U.S. roads during 2017 amid a...
Report Warns of Robots Taking Restaurant, Trucking, Clerical Jobs January 28, 2019 By Matt O'Brien Robots aren’t replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation...
AmWINS Launches Social Engineering Crime Insurance Product January 28, 2019 AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has launched a new product designed to protect...
Workers’ Compensation Insurtech Pie Insurance Enters 5 Additional States January 25, 2019 Online seller Pie Insurance has started offering its workers compensation insurance in five more states, bringing the total to 14....
Why Many Americans Will Never Be Able to Retire: Viewpoint January 25, 2019 By Noah Smith, Bloomberg Opinion Traditionally, Americans could look forward to a comfortable retirement. After four decades in an office or a factory, sometime in...