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Amid COVID pandemic, country life lures metro Detroit homebuyers
Amid COVID pandemic, country life lures metro Detroit homebuyers
Erika Smith and Bryan Taberski did what any city dweller might do when the coronavirus pandemic closed offices and remote work became the norm.They became examples of the shift in residential real estate as metro Detroiters looking for more space moved to areas with larger lots, bigger houses and a…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
Amid COVID pandemic, country life lures metro Detroit homebuyers
The Candemic Continues
The Candemic Continues
The aluminum can shortage is still impacting beverage producers even a year after the first warning signs went up.
derek68·jadrian.substack.com·
The Candemic Continues
Wait, Where Did All the Rental Cars Go?
Wait, Where Did All the Rental Cars Go?
Hertz, Avis and Enterprise sold enough of their fleets during the pandemic to create a shortage now that demand is picking up ahead of the summer travel season.
derek68·wsj.com·
Wait, Where Did All the Rental Cars Go?
EXCLUSIVE U.S. Labor Secretary supports classifying gig workers as employees
EXCLUSIVE U.S. Labor Secretary supports classifying gig workers as employees
A lot of gig workers in the United States should be classified as "employees" who deserve work benefits, President Biden's labor secretary said on Thursday, suggesting a shift in policy that is likely to raise costs for companies that depend on contractors such as Uber (UBER.N) and Lyft (LYFT.O).
derek68·reuters.com·
EXCLUSIVE U.S. Labor Secretary supports classifying gig workers as employees
Nexteer says chip shortage likely to go on, launches software reorganization
Nexteer says chip shortage likely to go on, launches software reorganization
Nexteer Automotive said the chip shortage has sparked volatility in automaker assembly plants, but the company still anticipates total bookings to surge to $6.4 billion this year. The steering and driveline systems supplier saw bookings of $3.7 billion in 2020. Auburn Hills-based Nexteer,…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
Nexteer says chip shortage likely to go on, launches software reorganization
Can Michigan seize a $1.4 billion chance to ‘transform’ its child care system?
Can Michigan seize a $1.4 billion chance to ‘transform’ its child care system?
Michigan’s child care sector is gearing up for perhaps its highest stakes policy debate ever, with $1.4 billion in federal coronavirus pandemic aid on the line. Just about everyone involved in caring for Michigan’s youngest students agrees the money is badly needed. Shortages of child care slots…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
Can Michigan seize a $1.4 billion chance to ‘transform’ its child care system?
Ford warns 2nd-quarter output will fall by 50% amid chip shortage
Ford warns 2nd-quarter output will fall by 50% amid chip shortage
Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday posted its highest first-quarter net income in a decade but said it could lose half of planned production in the second quarter due to the semiconductor shortage that has halted some high-profit assembly lines. The automaker said it earned $3.3 billion from January…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
Ford warns 2nd-quarter output will fall by 50% amid chip shortage
'We'll be out of business': Home care agencies lobbying to scrap 55% cap on care for injured drivers
'We'll be out of business': Home care agencies lobbying to scrap 55% cap on care for injured drivers
The only thing separating Kelley Miller from living in a nursing home is a registered nurse and aide caring for her around-the-clock inside the 54-year-old quadriplegic woman's home in the mid-Michigan village of Mulliken. Paralyzed from the neck down in a 2011 car accident, Miller relies on a…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
'We'll be out of business': Home care agencies lobbying to scrap 55% cap on care for injured drivers
Indian hospitals plead for oxygen, country sets virus record
Indian hospitals plead for oxygen, country sets virus record
NEW DELHI (AP) — India put oxygen tankers on special express trains as major hospitals in New Delhi begged on social media on Friday for more supplies to save COVID-19 patients who are struggling to breathe. More than a dozen people died when an oxygen-fed fire ripped through a coronavirus ward in a populous western state. India’s underfunded health system is tattering as the world’s worst coronavirus surge wears out the nation, which set a global record in daily infections for a second straight day with 332,730. India has confirmed 16 million cases so far, second only to the United States in a country of nearly 1.4 billion people. India has recorded 2,263 deaths in the past 24 hours for a total of 186,920.
derek68·apnews.com·
Indian hospitals plead for oxygen, country sets virus record
Ford CEO Farley calls chip shortage ‘greatest supply shock'
Ford CEO Farley calls chip shortage ‘greatest supply shock'
Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley said the worsening semiconductor shortage has prompted "perhaps the greatest supply shock" he's ever seen, as auto dealer lots dry up and the company juggles production shutdowns across the globe. Speaking to Automotive News Group Publisher KC Crain as part of…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
Ford CEO Farley calls chip shortage ‘greatest supply shock'