Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
FILE – In this Nov. 11, 2014 file photo, robots install rivets on a 2015 Ford F-150 truck at the Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Mich. Cheaper, better robots will replace human workers in the world’s factories at a faster pace over the next decade, pushing manufacturing labor costs down 16 percent, a report from…
close shareTools DALLAS — The first nationwide strike at U.S. oil refineries since 1980 is spreading to two BP plants in the Midwest. The United Steelworkers union has notified BP Plc. that workers at refineries in Ohio and Indiana will strike late Saturday night, joining a walkout that began this week at nine other refineries….
Copyright 2015 Reuters G20 gives negative outlook for global economy U.S. Politics • February 10, 2015 5:09 AMFebruary 10, 2015 5:09 AM FOLLOW STORY FOLLOW STORY Copyright 2015 Reuters this is necessary because of the different way mobile and desktop/tablet handle the hero unit image Brisbane, Australia November 16, 2014 G20 gives negative outlook…
This is no ordinary supermarket, at least according to its fans. | ASSOCIATED PRESS Entry Text People love Wegmans.The Rochester, New York-based grocer has unseated Amazon as the firm with the best corporate reputation among a list of 100 highly visible companies, according to an annual Nielsen poll released this week. “To be recognized in…
For the past eight years, TechCrunch has hosted a bizarro tech world version of the Oscars called the Crunchies. The industry gets all dolled up, walks the “green carpet,” and watches Silicon Valley insiders present trophies for categories like “Best On-Demand Service” and “Best Overall Startup.” At the eighth annual Crunchies last Thursday, the best startup…
According to their latest update, published on their blog on Monday, there was definitely a jump in that number between the first and second halves of last year. “We’ve received ~40% more requests for account information affecting 128% more account holders during the second half of 2014 than in the previous reporting period,” Twitter said….
Kevin Winter/Getty Images Iggy Azalea went after Papa John’s on Twitter on Sunday after a delivery man from the pizza chain passed out the singer’s phone number to his family and friends. Papa John’s sort-of apologized, tweeting this light-hearted response quoting Azalea’s lyrics, and never actually saying the word “sorry.”: Azalea did not find the…
Would making all of this taller actually solve the affordability problem? (By Flickr user @sage_solar, via Creative Commons Attribution license) In San Francisco, pretty much everyone agrees on one thing: The city’s housing is crazy expensive. Apartment-hunting causes its own form of PTSD. The rent, to put it simply, is too damn high. But even…
Start Component ID: 4471 – Article Page: Video Player Main Asset End Component ID: 4471 – Article Page: Video Player Main Asset Start Component ID: 146 – Article Page: Image Gallery Begin Photos Enlarge Photo Conner Jay Sonja Trauss, the founder of San Francisco Bay Area Renters Federation, holds up a pro-development sign at 75…
Photo Richard Cordray, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in Washington.Credit Win Mcnamee/Getty Images In the world of consumer finance, they are chameleons: payday lenders that alter their practices and shift their products ever so slightly to work around state laws aimed at stamping out short-term loans that can come with interest rates…