Tag: disasters
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Pfizer says tornado significantly damaged warehouse storing drugs and raw materials
[ad_1] Pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer Inc. PFE, +1.71% said Friday that most of the damage from Wednesday’s tornado that ripped through its Rocky Mount, N.C., manufacturing facility was to a warehouse area storing finished drugs, raw materials, and packaging supplies. The 1.4 million square foot facility, which produces nearly 8% of all sterile injectable medicines used…
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Honda recalls 1.2 million SUVs and minivans due to faulty rearview camera
[ad_1] Honda Motor Co. has recalled about 1.2 million sport-utility vehicles and minivans, because the rearview-camera image may not appear on the display, increasing the risk of a crash or injury. According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Honda vehicles being recalled include Odysseys, model years 2018 to 2023; Passports, model years…
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Secret Navy listening system detected Titan’s implosion Sunday: report
[ad_1] A top-secret U.S. Navy listening system detected the implosion of the tourist submersible Titan shortly after its disappearance Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. According to the report, the unnamed, highly sensitive acoustic-detection system — used to spot enemy submarines — heard a sound consistent with an underwater implosion around the time the…
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Logitech’s stock hit by reports its $30 game controller was used to steer missing sub near Titanic
[ad_1] U.S.-listed shares of Logitech International SA, a Swiss maker of computer peripherals and software, fell about 3.6% on Wednesday, amid reports that one of the company’s gamepads was being used to steer the submersible that went missing while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. Logitech’s $30 F710 gamepad was the controller of the…
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New Zealand’s economy slides into recession amid pain of high rates, storm damage
[ad_1] SYDNEY — New Zealand’s economy fell into a recession in the first three months of this year as soaring interest rates and the effects of a cyclone that devastated the North Island forced activity to contract for a second successive quarter. The agriculture-rich economy contracted 0.1% during the first quarter and grew 2.2% in…
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After I-95 collapse, FedEx and UPS work to minimize impact on supply chains
[ad_1] The collapse of an elevated section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia on Sunday that has resulted in the closure of a stretch of the highway has sparked concerns about the effect on supply chains. Several lanes of I-95, a key highway that stretches from Miami to Maine, collapsed after a tanker truck caught fire…
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Want to fight your office’s return-to-work mandate? The law isn’t on your side and why wildfire smoke is so dangerous for the lungs
[ad_1] Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. What Google, Martha Stewart, Amazon and others have gotten so wrong about the remote-work debate How did a ‘perk’ for office workers and pandemic-era safety measure turn into an company-employee standoff? Read More ‘We need an equity approach to the climate crisis’: When air quality declines, low-income…