Two @Reuters journalists have been imprisoned in Myanmar for 270 days. See full coverage: https://reut.rs/2QdBXx4
7:45 AM - SEP 7, 2018
Commentary:The U.S. prison strike that began on August 21 and is scheduled to last until September 9 may be the biggest prison work stoppage in history. Debates over prison labor usually hover around wages and invite comparisons to slavery because an inmate worker makes an average of 86 cents per hour. But wages aren’t at the top of the list of 10 demands issued by the organizers of the strike. Writers Chandra Bozelko and Ryan Lo – both formerly incarcerated – look at the dangerous work conditions that inmates are now trying to change.
Free Wi-Fi, discounted cappuccinos, artwork, and a dancing robot are among the features banks across the United States are touting to convince customers that even in an era of smartphones it is still worth it to visit a bank branch.
Volkswagen faces a trial next week as investors seek $10.7 billion in compensation arguing that the carmaker should have informed shareholders about a diesel pollution scandal before regulators did in September 2015.
Tesla’s Elon Musk provoked another twitter storm by briefly smoking marijuana on a live web show with comedian Joe Rogan. Taking a puff from a joint - which Rogan said was a blend of tobacco and marijuana and legal in California - Musk said he “almost never” smoked. Tesla was not immediately available for comment.
