Japan earthquake: The tiny firm that alerts millions about disasters
Influenced by a post apocalyptic show, NERV – with just 13 employees – is relied on by millions.
Influenced by a post apocalyptic show, NERV – with just 13 employees – is relied on by millions.
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Millions of gig workers, janitors, home-care workers, construction workers and truckers could be considered employees rather than independent contractors under a final rule announced Tuesday by the Labor Department. The rule effectively expands the reach of federal labor laws that require employers to extend certain…
For most of modern history, where people lived was closely tied to where they worked. Careers, housing, and geography were intertwined, often forcing individuals to choose opportunity over lifestyle or affordability. Remote work has begun to dismantle that relationship, and in doing so, it is quietly reshaping global migration patterns in ways that extend far…
Updated Jan. 8, 2024 2:26 pm ET A burning inferno on the runway, followed four days later by a midair emergency involving a gaping hole in the side of the plane, isn’t the way the airline industry wanted to start 2024. After a fraught 2023, in which safety specialists and regulators raised alarms about mounting…
Big banks held up well in 2023, even though the Federal Reserve continued to raise interest rates at a fast clip. Reports on fourth-quarter bank earnings, which start this week, should show how the banks’ customers fared in the harsher rate environment.  So far, households have continued to spend and borrow, despite higher borrowing costs,…
Forecasting the future is difficult. But here’s an easy prediction: The anti-vaccination movement in the U.S. and globally is going to result in the deaths of more children. This grim portent comes to us courtesy of UNICEF, which is reporting that 30,601 confirmed cases of measles have been reported in Europe and Central Asia this…
“Instead of pressuring its parent company, McDonald’s Corporation, to terminate its shameful franchise agreement in Israel, McDonald’s Malaysia and its Saudi owner are desperately trying to silence voices of peaceful solidarity with the Palestinian liberation struggle in Malaysia,” the group said.