Panelists say treat talent recruitment like a supply chain to attract skilled workers
Recruiting and retaining top employees will require work by companies, schools and state policymakers, experts said at the 2024 CAR Management Briefing Seminars.
CarGurus marketplace biz grows; digital wholesale struggles
The vehicle listings company reported double-digit growth for its marketplace business, but digital wholesale remains a work in progress
Snake hunters wrangle invasive pythons in Everglades during Florida’s 10-day challenge
WEST PALM BEACH — Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share of $30,000 in prizes.
The annual 10-day hunt, which started more than a decade ago, promotes public awareness of issues with invasive species in Florida while engaging the public in Everglades conversation, said Sarah Funck, the wildlife impact management section leader with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
“They are a well-established invasive species across much of South Florida, unfortunately, in our natural areas,” Funck said of Burmese pythons. “A huge part of this challenge is to make sure that people understand about this issue and understand that in general, when you have a non-native species present in the state for whatever purpose, don’t let it loose, that can be really detrimental to our environment.”
Over the past decade, the python challenge has grabbed headlines for its incentive-based, only-in-Florida style of hunting as well as celebrity participation. This year, more than 600 people registered for the event, with two coming from Canada and 108 from other states.
At 100, Ford's Chicago plant has withstood recessions and a pandemic. Can it survive what's next?
Despite the automaker’s on-again, off-again plans for EV development, major changes are coming to the way Americans drive. And that shift raises high-stakes questions for one the key manufacturing assets in Illinois.
SpaceX’s Friday scrub could mean 2 Saturday morning Space Coast launches
SpaceX scrubbed a Friday attempt to send up the first of two planned Starlink launches from the Space Coast this weekend. That could mean two rockets flying from two pads on Saturday morning.
A Falcon 9 carrying 21 of the company’s internet satellites was set to fly Friday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40. Its next opportunity to fly is during a four-hour window Saturday morning from 7:50-11:50 a.m.
SpaceX said it scrubbed the attempt because of booster recovery weather conditions downrange in the Atlantic.
It also has a second Starlink launch slated for Saturday morning from neighboring Kennedy Space Center approved by the Space Force, but the details of which have yet to be announced by SpaceX as well. That Starlink mission is set to lift off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A during a four-hour window that runs from 7:21-11:21 a.m. with a backup on Sunday from 6:59-10:59 a.m.
Space Launch Delta 45’s weather squadron has forecast a 90% chance for good conditions at the opening of Saturday’s windows that diminish to 80% by the end of the windows. Sunday’s weather forecast calls for a 90% chance for good conditions.