When Southwest Airlines Co. reassigns crews after flight disruptions, it typically relies on a system called SkySolver. This Christmas, SkySolver not only didn’t solve much, it also helped create the ...
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Top economist Mohamed El-Erian says crypto is a canary in the coal mine for an era of ‘irresponsible risk taking’—and the fallout could lead to ‘financial accidents’
Crypto investors have collectively lost $2 trillion since November of last year, and the list of casualties in the ongoing Crypto Winter continues to grow. The downturn was only compounded by the coll...
Binance Takeover of FTX Is a Huge Red Flag for Crypto
One of the most dangerous moments in any hurricane is when the eye passes. Gale winds give way to calm, tempting those hunkering down to come out and assess the damage only to find that more of the st...
New England Risks Winter Blackouts as Gas Supplies Tighten
Listen to article (2 minutes) New England power producers are preparing for potential strain on the grid this winter as a surge in natural-gas demand abroad threatens to reduce supplies they need to g...
Opinion: Florida’s insurance rates have almost doubled over five years, yet insurance companies are still losing money — and the reason is more insidious than hurricanes
Hurricane risk might seem like the obvious problem, but there is a more insidious driver in this financial train wreck. Finance professor Shahid Hamid, who directs the Laboratory for Insurance at Flor...
In Hurricane Ian’s Wake, Insurers and Homeowners Gear Up for Coverage Fights
Litigation is looming for home insurers in Florida as cash-strapped, underinsured homeowners—paired with an aggressive plaintiffs’ bar—are expected to turn to the court system to try to force payments...
If Hurricane Ian destroyed your home, take these critical first steps for disaster relief and insurance
The full financial and human price of Hurricane Ian’s destruction is still unknown, days after it lashed Florida, and now with the Carolinas fresh off its wrath. But even with the immediate search-and...
Flood Insurance Fell in Florida Before Hurricane Ian Struck
SANFORD, Fla.—Florida homeowners had reduced their flood insurance coverage in the years before Hurricane Ian dumped up to 15 inches of rain on the state, inundating coastal and inland areas. Only a s...
This is the time when ‘accidents’ like Enron have happened — this JPMorgan quant says yields have peaked and prefers bonds over stocks
The old expression is when the tide goes out, you get to see who’s swimming naked. In financial markets, the tide is going out when central banks are raising interest rates and growth is slowing. That...
Ford Seeks New Trial After $1.7 Billion Jury Verdict in Truck Rollover Lawsuit
Listen to article (1 minute) Ford Motor is asking a Georgia court for a new trial, after a jury reached a $1.7 billion verdict against the auto maker last month involving a truck rollover accident tha...
Solar Panels Don’t Power Your Home and Other Insights From an Energy CEO
Text size Generac stock is down 51% year to date. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Powering a home is getting more complicated as outages rise and options—such as solar panels, generators, and batteries—pro...
Elon Musk Has a Solution for the Energy Grid. And He’s Probably Right.
Text size Tesla sells more than just cars. It sells battery storage solutions to utilities around the globe. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Heat, climate change, renewable power, and the grid are al...
EU’s Energy Plan Beats Inaction
A perfect storm has hit European energy markets, pushing leaders to intervene. It isn’t all bad news for investors. The confluence of extreme summer heat, dwindling Russian gas deliveries, unplanned o...
Ford Faces $1.7 Billion Verdict in Fatal Rollover of F-250 Pickup
Ford Motor is facing a potential $1.7 billion in punitive damages after a Georgia jury reached a verdict Friday in a case involving a 2014 rollover of a Ford F-250 pickup truck that left two people de...
Boeing Clears Hurdle for Resuming 787 Dreamliner Deliveries
U.S. air-safety regulators signed off on a Boeing plan aimed at addressing problems with the 787 Dreamliner, a major step before the company restarts deliveries of the aircraft, according to people fa...
Boeing Changes Will Make Planes Safer, Executive Says
EVERETT, Wash.––Boeing safety chief said changes under way at the plane maker following two deadly 737 MAX crashes should prevent engineers from designing another automated cockpit system without suff...
AI Ethics Wrestling With The Inevitably Of AI Accidents, Which Looms Over Autonomous Self-Driving Cars Too
Humankind has to anticipate AI accidents and cope accordingly. getty Do you perchance know someone that seems to be particularly accident-prone? Seems like we all do. Perhaps the person is that type t...
Boeing Looked for Flaws in Its Dreamliner and Couldn’t Stop Finding Them
For years, Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration handled 787 Dreamliner deliveries as though the perfect was the enemy of the good. The FAA allowed the plane maker to deliver the wide-body je...
Boeing Stock: What Wall Street Is Saying After the China Plane Crash
Text size The Boeing logo Scott Olson/Getty Images A China Eastern Airlines 737-800 tragically crashed Monday, sending shares of Boeing lower. Wall Street is hopeful that Monday’s crash wasn’t a MAX-l...
FAA Official Testifies Former Boeing Pilot Lied About 737 MAX
FORT WORTH, Texas—A Federal Aviation Administration training specialist said a former Boeing Co. BA -3.59% pilot lied to her about how a 737 MAX flight-control system worked before two of the jets cra...
Norfolk Southern’s stock extends selloff, and one analyst turns bullish
Shares of Norfolk Southern Corp. have fallen enough — when compared with those of other railroad operators and the broader stock market — to create a “compelling entry point” for investors, according ...