Investors stay silent as Better lays off 3, 000 more staff members

Flee the town, maintain your wages? Not so quickly say more companies

It seems like the ideal arbitrage opportunity: Leave your busy town to get a larger place at the ‘burbs, however maintain your huge town wages. Now, however, a brand fresh study by international advisory company Willis Towers Watson demonstrates that lots of companies aren’t inevitably likely to allow you to maintain your entire paycheck should […]

Despite COVID-19 lockdowns, American roads are getting much deadlier

Enlarge / The three months between July and September 2020 saw a massive rise in road deaths in the United States. (credit: Getty Images) American roads became significantly deadlier in 2020, according the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Although figures for the entire year won’t be available for some time, the NHTSA has calculated the […]

Amazon asked FCC to reject Starlink plan because it can’t compete, SpaceX says

Enlarge / Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos at the 32nd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 12, 2016. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Amazon’s attempt to block proposals for the next-generation Starlink system is a “delay tactic” and a continuation of Amazon’s strategy of “hinder[ing] competitors to compensate for Amazon’s failure […]