Employee Hiring Referrals Can Trigger Hidden Biases
Employee referrals can aid hiring but carry hidden downsides. New research by Rellie Derfler-Rozin at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and ...
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‘Microshifting’ Puts a New Spin on 9-to-5 Schedules
Before the house is humming and her teenagers ask her to whip up breakfast or chauffeur them to school, Jen Meegan reads her company emails and revisits ideas she drafted ...
Cargo Thieves Tap Cyber Tactics as Losses Exceed $6B
As cargo theft losses reached $6.6B in 2025, a new report from connected transportation and asset tracker provider Geotab Inc. finds that cybercrime tactics, including GPS spoofing, stolen ...
U.S. Verdicts Against Meta, Google Tee Up Fight Over Tech Liability Shield
Jurors in the first two trials in the U.S., from a growing wave of lawsuits targeting social media firms over harm to children, have found Meta and Alphabet's Google liable, potentially teeing up an ...
Record Breaking Heat to Spread Across U.S.
After smashing March heat records in 14 states and the U.S. as a whole, the gigantic heat dome that's baked the Southwest is creeping eastward and may end up being one of the most expansive heat ...
Verisk, APCIA See ‘Reset’ Rather Than New Normal in Stellar ’25 Results
In a joint report of U.S. property/casualty insurance industry financial results yesterday, Verisk and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association revealed the same eye-popping level of ...
Meta, Google Lose Case Over Social Media Harm to Kids
A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and Alphabet's Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a $6 million verdict that ...
Meta Ordered to Pay $375M After Trial Over Child Exploitation, User Safety
A New Mexico jury on Tuesday found Meta Platforms violated state law in a lawsuit brought by the state attorney general, who accused the company of misleading users about the ...
Convex’s Chairman Catlin Steps Down, Succeeded by Onex CEO Le Blanc
Convex Group Ltd., the international specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced that Stephen Catlin, the company's co-founder, has decided to step down as chairman of the board. He will remain a ...