Ryder Rolls Out Commercial Vehicle Sharing Program March 27, 2018 The sharing economy is coming to the truck rental industry. Truck leasing and rental firm Ryder System is launching an...
Taming Technochauvinism and Accepting Computers Don’t Always Get Things Right March 27, 2018 An algorithm can predict which passengers survived the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 and can do so with...
Supplier Claims Uber Disabled Its Safety Tech in Volvo That Caused Pedestrian Fatality March 27, 2018 By Gabrielle Coppola and Ian King Uber Technologies Inc. disabled the standard collision-avoidance technology in the Volvo SUV that struck and killed a woman in Arizona...
Kidde Recalls 500K Smoke Detectors March 26, 2018 Nearly 500,000 smoke detectors are being recalled by the manufacturer, KIdde. Kidde has voluntarily recalled models PI2010 and PI9010 due...
Marsh’s Dandridge Joins AIG as Marketing, Communications Head for General Insurance March 26, 2018 American International Group said Ed Dandridge will join the company as head of Marketing and Communications, General Insurance, effective April...
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Greenberg Appeal Over AIG Bailout March 26, 2018 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a defeat to former American International Group Inc. CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, refusing...
In Reply to Cities’ Liability Suit, One Oil Firm Agrees Humans Causing Climate Change March 26, 2018 By Dan Levine A Chevron attorney said in court last Wednesday that the company supports scientific conclusions that humans are causing climate change,...
Students Lead March for Stronger Gun Safety Laws March 26, 2018 By Daniel Flatley, Todd Shields and Yueqi Yang Thousands of high school students and supporters gathered in Washington and across the U.S. Saturday to demand tougher gun laws...
How Trump Policies Contribute to Dire Scenario for Workers’ Compensation March 26, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson At a time when the nation’s workers’ compensation system is facing an aging workforce and a pending widespread labor shortage,...
Waymo Claims Its Driverless Car Would Have Avoided Uber’s Fatal Accident March 26, 2018 By Julie Ann Formoso The head of Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, Waymo, said on Saturday that the company’s technology would have safely handled...