Hoverboard Fire Safety Concerns Grow

Video of a hoverboard scooter on fire in Alabama is raising safety concerns about the increasingly popular consumer product. Here's what you need to know before purchasing one this holiday season.

Dec 7th, 2015

Video of a hoverboard scooter on fire in Alabama is raising safety concerns about the increasingly popular consumer product. Here's what you need to know before purchasing one this holiday season.

Video Podcast: Secrets of Rock Star CFO's

Video Podcast: Secrets of Rock Star CFO's

After reviewing Secrets of Rock Star CFOs, a report provided by Oracle Netsuite, Manufacturing.net editors David Mantey and Jeff Reinke recorded a unique, podcast-style video breaking down the paper.

A Boeing 737 Max jet piloted by FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle, Sept. 30, 2020.

FAA Chief Defends 737 Max, Calls New Fix 'Straightforward'

Administrator Stephen Dickson gave no date, however, for when roughly 100 grounded Max jets might be approved to fly again.

This file photo shows an aboveground section of Enbridge's Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station.

Company Defies Michigan Governor's Order to Close Pipeline

Enbridge has been warned that continuing to operate the line would be trespassing — and that the state would claim its profits.

In this file photo, Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington.

Tesla to Stop Accepting Bitcoin

Back in February, Tesla said it had invested around $1.5 billion in Bitcoin and planned to begin accepting the digital currency as payment "soon."

Transportation officers and police block an Interstate 40 onramp to the bridge over the Mississippi River near downtown Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The Arkansas Department of Transportation tweeted on Tuesday that it found a crack during a routine inspection of the bridge.

Crack Closes Interstate Bridge

A routine inspection averted a potential disaster.

Workers unload debris from Air France flight AF447, Recife, Brazil, June 14, 2009.

Airbus Ordered to Stand Trial Over 2009 Crash

An investigation found that the aircraft stalled after external sensors had been frozen.

In a Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, file photo, then-United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams speaks during a roundtable with reporters in Detroit. Prosecutors are seeking a two-year prison sentence for Williams, a former president of the United Auto Workers who they say had 'two lives' — as a leader of a blue-collar union and a connoisseur of premium champagne and California vacation villas paid for with members' dues the U.S. attorney's office said in a court filing Monday, May 3, 2021.

Ex-UAW Leader Sentenced

Dennis Williams, who led the United Auto Workers from 2014 to 2018, was one of two presidents convicted of corruption.

In this October 2016, file photo, is an aboveground section of Enbridge's Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is threatening to go after Enbridge's profits from a Great Lakes oil pipeline if it isn't shut down. The Democratic governor issued the warning Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in a letter to Enbridge, a Canadian oil transport company.

Mich. Gov. Threatens Profit Seizure if Pipeline Defies Shutdown

Enbridge repeated its intention to defy Whitmer's demand.

More 737 Max Problems Delay Boeing Deliveries

The company delivered just 17 planes in April.

US Opens Probe of Honda Accord Steering Problems

Owners have complained about a loss of steering control and the cars veering from their intended path.

Undated aerial photo of a herd of caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

Interior Drops Arctic Offshore Drilling Proposal

The department said existing regulations from 2016 remain in effect.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy Kraninger speaks to media at the CFPB offices in Washington, Dec. 11, 2018.

Consumer Watchdog Agency Rediscovers its Teeth

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is staffing up in anticipation of taking a more active role in regulation and enforcement.