Manufacturing Gains Fuel US Industrial Production
The Federal Reserve said Friday that U.S. manufacturing output increased 1.1 percent in December, the biggest jump in 10 months, fueling an uptick in overall industrial production.
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Tesla Will Cut 7% of Staff, Sees Tough Road Ahead
Saying the road ahead was “very difficult,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Friday that the company would be cutting its staff by about 7 percent.
Read moreFix It Again, Sam: EU OKs Rules to Make Gadgets and Appliances Repairable
One small step for man, a giant leap for refrigerators. The European Union’s 28 states have approved regulations to force refrigerator manufacturers to make fridges that can be easy to repair, and therefore longer-lasting.
Read moreClean Air Act
The United States and Arkansas brought a federal complaint to have Georgia-Pacific Chemicals’ pulp and paper mill in Crossett, Ark., shut down until it meets Clean Air Act standards, and fines of up to $10,000 per day for violations.
Read moreGM to Close Canadian Plant, but That’s Just the Beginning
General Motors is closing a Canadian plant at the cost of about 2,500 jobs, but that is apparently just a piece of a much broader, company-wide restructuring that will be announced as early as Monday.
Read moreSiding With Vacuum Giant, Court Chucks Misleading Energy Rule
Dyson persuaded the European General Court to annul energy-labeling rules Thursday, showing that the tests are misleading since they do not reflect the conditions that occur during actual use.
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Class Claims Adient Stock Cascaded Downward After Operational Problems Came to Light
Shareholders claim in a class action against Irish automotive seating manufacturer Adient PLC that the company failed to disclose operational
Read moreOrders for Manufactured Goods Slowed Sharply in September
Orders for goods manufactured by U.S. factories slowed dramatically in September, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
Read morePortable Machine May Soon Harvest Water From Air
Driven by the scarcity of supply, climate change and ground watershed depletion, scientists on Tuesday will present a design for a first of its kind portable harvester that mines freshwater from the atmosphere.
Read moreAntitrust
BASF, Bayer, DuPont, Dow and others conspired to fix the price of isocyanates, used to make flexible foam, a class claims in a federal antitrust complaint.
Read morePower Cable Cartel
The European General Court confirmed $350 million in antitrust fines Thursday against the main European and Asian producers of high-voltage power cables.
Read moreShareholder Class Action
In a federal class action, shareholders say directors are selling Abaxis (medical devices) too cheaply through an unfair process to Zoetis, for $83 a share or $2 billion.
Read moreNutribullet
A woman claims in a federal complaint that a defectively designed Nutribullet high-speed blender virtually exploded as she used it, burning and scarring her.
Read moreHome Depot Sues Drywall Suppliers Over Alleged Price-Fixing
Home Depot claims in court the nation’s largest suppliers of drywall are engaged in a conspiracy to artificially inflate prices and prevent competition inside the $3 billion industry.
Read moreTexas Judge Rules for Workers Hurt in Weekend Blast
Ten workers injured Saturday in a fiery explosion at a suburban Houston plastics plant won a temporary restraining order Monday forcing the plant owner not to tamper with a valve suspected of setting off the blast.
Read moreAsbestos Liability Case Picked Up by Supreme Court
Taking up an asbestos case this morning, the Supreme Court agreed Monday to resolve whether military widows can hold companies liable under maritime law for products that they did not make, sell or distribute.
Read moreIndustries Fight Yakama Nation’s Demand to Clean Up More Fish Habitat
Lawyers for oil, gas and steel companies told a judge Friday that they shouldn’t have to pay the Yakama Nation for its efforts to clean up pollution that has migrated beyond the bounds of a federally recognized Superfund site where the Willamette River winds through the center of the city.
Read moreSecond Circuit Raps Novelis, NLRB in Labor Dispute
After an upstate New York steel plant violated labor laws by discouraging unionization, federal authorities went too far in trying to remedy the violations with a bargaining order, the Second Circuit ruled Thursday.
Read moreTrump Blocks Tech Company Merger Citing National Security
President Donald Trump thwarted a deal between two computer chip manufacturers citing national security concerns.
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