Author Archives: Writer

In June 2013, Myanma Airways Flight 309 veered off a runway in Kawthaung, Myanmar, with 60 passengers aboard and hit a wall. Myanmar’s investigation concluded the brakes and steering failed after a hydraulic-pressure drop. Myanmar that year banned the plane, … Continue reading →

PepsiCo Inc. awarded Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi a $26.4 million pay package for 2015, an 18 percent increase, after she helped offset the effect of a stronger dollar by cutting more than $1 billion in costs. Nooyi’s received $13.9 … Continue reading →

The European Union and Turkey set aside growing tensions by reaching an agreement to control the flow of refugees through the Aegean Sea, in a large-scale people-moving operation that was immediately denounced as impractical and legally suspect. Syrian refugees who … Continue reading →

Countries should step up border checks following the capture in Belgium of suspected Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam, Interpol said Saturday. The arrest “may encourage any accomplices to attempt to flee Europe, or elsewhere,” the Lyon, France-based world police organization said … Continue reading →

Last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld the Bankruptcy Court and United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida determination that the authorized swapping of parts among aircraft to maximize efficiency “did … Continue reading →

A rising tide of right-wing nationalist governments, from Russia to Istanbul, has moved to quiet, or silence, opposing voices.  Growing anger at the political establishment, fueled by fears of Muslim immigrants and wild conspiracy theories bring a nationalist to power. … Continue reading →