Alaska Airlines canceled and delayed dozens more flights Saturday as a pilot shortage continued to wreak havoc with its schedule. At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the airline canceled 59 flights and delayed 28 others before 9 am, according to FlightAware. Overall, Alaska canceled 88 flights as of 9 am, about 7% of its operation, impacting more … Read more
Alaska Airlines’ April is not off to a very good start, as the airline has canceled hundreds of flights due to a sudden “pilot shortage flights.” This just so happens to coincide with when pilots at the Seattle-based airline started picking around the country. Alaska cancels hundreds of flights as pilots picket Looking at data … Read more
Human trafficking generates about $150 billion a year globally in illegal profits, according to the International Labor Organization, and poses a complicated challenge for major hotel chains. In 2020 there were more than 10,000 reported cases of human trafficking in the US, with 72% of those related to sex trafficking, according to the National Human … Read more
The tale that ensues involves billions of dollars, Russia, a Chinese tycoon known as “Big Shot,” daytime drinking and a metal exchange stuck between two large rocks without a chisel. For the majority of the last decade, nickel prices were boring. On the London Metal Exchange, the premier trading and price-formation venue for industrial metals, … Read more
photo: Ford The social media accounts of both Ford and General Motors were both relatively silent yesterday and did not take part in any April Fools’ Day high jinks. Could this be because these two prestigious American automobile manufacturers are above petty jokes (unlike Dodge), or were both automakers trying to stay under the radar … Read more
FOX Business’ Jeff Flock reports on the letter the CEOs sent to President Biden calling on him to end the federal mask mandate on public transportation. Southwest Airlines flights were delayed and canceled early Saturday morning. In a statement to Fox Business, the airline cited “intermittent performance issues following routine overnight maintenance of some of … Read more
Customers experience new energy electric vehicles at a Tesla store in Shanghai, China, On December 4, 2021. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images Tesla just reported first-quarter vehicle production and delivery numbers for 2022. Here’s how they did. Electric vehicle deliveries (total): 310,048 Electric vehicle production (total): 305,407 Over the same period last … Read more
Bitcoin passed a historic benchmark on Friday with the guarantee of 19 million coins. This means that there are only 2 million coins remaining for anyone interested in taking ownership of the most sought-after digital asset in the world. BTC is trading at $46,750 on Coingecko as of early Saturday evening, up 5.5% in the … Read more
Remember, the powertrain in the GR Corolla is the same 1.6-liter, three-cylinder engine found in the GR Yaris, though it’s a bit spicier thanks to forged pistons and higher boost pressure. Sakamoto credited the exhaustive setup with allowing Toyota’s engineers to crank up the boost for an additional 32 horsepower. “We can’t say [what the … Read more
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Workers walk as oil pumps are seen in the background in the Uzen oil and gas field in the Mangistau Region of Kazakhstan November 13, 2021. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com register IEA members agree on releases, not volume commitments at meeting Releases might provide only temporary price relief – … Read more