Industry

Federal investigators: Forgotten work lights and failed inerting led to Dow Plaquemine blasts

A CSB report says preventable maintenance lapses and flawed relief design triggered 2023 ethylene oxide explosions near Baton Rouge.

#chemical, #safety, #louisiana, #dow, #ethyleneoxide

France’s SOCOTEC to Buy Pennsylvania Engineering Firm AEG, Expanding U.S. Infrastructure Push

SOCOTEC says it will acquire American Engineers Group, a Pennsylvania transportation-focused consultancy, deepening its mid-Atlantic footprint amid U.S. infrastructure spending.

#infrastructure, #engineering, #mergers, #pennsylvania, #socotec

Nearly 3,800 JBS Workers in Greeley Plan Unfair-Labor-Practice Strike, Threatening Major U.S. Beef Output

Unionized workers at JBS’s Greeley, Colo., beef plant plan a March 16 walkout over wages, safety and alleged retaliation, testing supply chains.

#labor, #meatpacking, #jbs, #colorado, #ufcw

Paramount Skydance Strikes $110 Billion Deal for Warner Bros. Discovery, Setting Up Major Media Merger Review

Paramount Skydance agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $31 a share, creating a vast studio, streaming and news empire under heavy antitrust scrutiny.

#media, #mergers, #streaming, #antitrust, #hollywood

Justice Department Reaches Live Nation Settlement as States Press On in Ticketmaster Antitrust Trial

A surprise DOJ settlement would spare Live Nation a breakup, impose new ticketing rules and divestitures, and split the state coalition as trial continues.

#antitrust, #livenation, #ticketmaster, #concerts, #doj