In 1927, Charles Brannock, the son of a local shoe company owner in Syracuse, N.Y., invented the Brannock Device. The steel measurement tool with five scales has been the most effective way in the U.S. ...
Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay about $1 billion to resolve most lawsuits claiming it sold defective metal-on-metal hips that ultimately had to be removed, according to people with knowledge of the matter. With the agreement, J&J has ...
U.S. database and cloud computing company Oracle is planning to lay off more than 900 people from its China operations, local news outlets reported, citing an internal announcement Tuesday morning. The dismissals will primarily come from Oracle’s local research and development ...
Exxon Mobil Corp said it will invest “up to” $100 million over 10 years on research and development of lower-emissions technologies with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and National Energy Technology ...
International Business Machines took its penultimate step toward becoming a Dividend Aristocrat on Tuesday, raising its quarterly dividend for the 24th consecutive year. The company has doled out dividend payments to its shareholders without fail since 1916. Shareholders ...