Alonso Guzmán Barone for Insider A quiet crisis is spreading through Amazon warehouses. Data collected in workplace inspections indicates that Amazon’s pace of work wildly increases the risk of injury for its more than 750,000 US warehouse workers. The risk of debilitating muscle and joint injuries is off the charts, workplace regulators have said. Because…
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Maxar Four days a week, Mahamed Elabe wakes up in the early afternoon and packs a lunch he’ll eat at midnight. Then he drives half an hour to his job on the night shift at an e-commerce warehouse east of Columbus, Ohio, where he picks, packs, and ships orders for people shopping at Lane Bryant’s…
Thomas Barwick/Getty Images Since the end of the Great Recession, a major force has changed the landscape and the working life for millions of Americans: warehouses. It’s a world that is kept far from the box delivered to your doorstep, but, as warehouses expand into more cities and neighborhoods, it’s creeping closer every year. Here,…
Picture Palace/Getty Images As the US emerged from the Great Recession, cheap real estate and the rise of e-commerce collided to create a warehousing boom. As Amazon and others began building million-square-foot distribution centers, construction skyrocketed. Since 2011, over 2.3 billion square feet of new warehouse space has come to market — enough room to…
Disney CEO Bob Chapek. Jeff Gritchen: MediaNews Group: Orange County Register via Getty Images Streaming merged media with technology, driving companies from Disney to TikTok to compete for talent. Insider analyzed US pay data to see what nine media giants offer top talent. They include Netflix, Snap, Roku, and more. Streaming fused media with technology,…
A laborer carries an empty oil container at a wholesale fuel market in Kolkata, India. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri India will look at the West’s Russian oil price cap proposal. Sources told Reuters top refineries are scheduling shipments of crude for after the price cap would kick in. India is Russia’s second largest oil customer, and…
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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan R Smith Bryan R Smith/Reuters US stocks fell on Wednesday after bond yields jumped to a new cycle high and the UK saw surging inflation.The 10-Year US Treasury yield hit a high of 4.12%…
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Starlink Aviation will be available next year. SpaceX SpaceX plans to expand its satellite-internet service to airplanes. Starlink Aviation will be available next year for $12,500-$25,000 per month. SpaceX says it’ll allow for video calls and streaming in the skies. Speedier in-flight WiFi may finally be on the way. Starlink, the satellite-internet service from SpaceX,…