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In this Sept. 27, 2018 file photo, robots weld the bed of a 2018 Ford F-150 truck on the assembly line at the Ford Rouge assembly plant in Dearborn, Mich.
Infected Workers, Parts Shortages Slow Auto Restart
The return from a two-month production shutdown hasn’t gone according to plan.
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What is Hazard Pay?
And why are companies ending it for essential workers?
May 29th, 2020
Protesting Renault workers stand outside their plant.
Renault to Cut 15,000 Jobs Worldwide
The company is negotiating a bailout with the French government.
May 29th, 2020
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Technology to Reduce Shop Traffic
Jun 1st, 2020
A worker wearing a protective face mask.
China's Manufacturing Still Sluggish
Jun 1st, 2020
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Average US Gas Price Up 8 Cents Over 2 Weeks to $2.05
Jun 1st, 2020
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Tesla's Musk Earns $770M in Stock Options
May 29th, 2020
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Zotye's T300 SUV displayed at Auto China 2016 in Beijing, April 25, 2016.
Pandemic Upends Chinese Automakers’ US Expansion Plans
HAAH Automotive still eventually plans to bring Chinese-made cars across the Pacific.
May 29th, 2020
Volkswagen unveils a concept electric ID. ROOMZZ during the Auto Shanghai show, April 16, 2019.
Volkswagen Spends $2.2B to Bolster Electric Vehicles in China
The automaker will buy out its Chinese venture partner and take a majority stake in a battery producer.
May 29th, 2020
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Government Officials Float $25B 'Reshoring Fund'
U.S. companies have been manufacturing goods and sourcing parts from China and other nations for decades.
May 28th, 2020
A woman makes a barricade off tyres during a protest by Nissan workers in Barcelona, Spain.
Nissan to Close Indonesia, Spain Plants
The Japanese automaker is cutting global production by 20%.
May 28th, 2020
People wait in line for help with unemployment benefits in Las Vegas, NV.
Vanishing Jobs Could Create 'Lock-Down Generation'
The U.N. labor agency says more than one in six young workers globally stopped working during the pandemic.
May 28th, 2020
In this Jan. 27, 2020 file photo, a worker pushes a cart past refrigerators at a Home Depot store location in Boston.
US Durable Goods Orders Sunk 17% in April
Though a larger drop than March's 16.6%, April's was slightly less than economists had expected.
May 28th, 2020
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon.
The Highest-Paid CEOs by State
Median pay for S&P 500 CEOs was $12.3 million last year.
May 28th, 2020
A Party City employee delivers balloons to a customer curbside, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in Oceanside, N.Y. Long Island has become the latest region of New York to begin easing restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus as it enters the first phase of the state's four-step reopening process.
Layoffs Climb to 41 Million
Many economists expect the unemployment rate will near 20% in May.
May 28th, 2020
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Will Top CEO Pay Keep Rising?
It would take 169 years for the typical employee at most S&P 500 companies to make what their CEO did.
May 27th, 2020
In this Jan. 25, 2020, file photo a Boeing 777X airplane takes off on its first flight with the Olympic Mountains in the background at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Boeing on Wednesday, May 27, is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming.
Boeing Slashes 12,000 Jobs
And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming.
May 27th, 2020
Sampling locations and PFAS concentrations in surface waters from the second sampling trip, July 12- 13, 2016.
Winds Spread PFAS Far from Manufacturing Facilities
The chemicals were found in water and soil as far as 30 miles from the plant.
May 27th, 2020
Christa Schall poses outside her cosmetology school, Casal Aveda Institute.
For Trade Students, Online Classes Can't Replicate Hands-On
Across the country, teachers and students in technical training classes have had to adapt to class closures rapidly and creatively.
May 27th, 2020