In an era of rampant layoffs, it can feel like no job is safe. Except, perhaps, elevator mechanics. Judy Marks is the CEO of elevator giant Otis and oversees a workforce of roughly 72,000 employees.

Built for the type of fast, remote motorized adventure that can go wrong in a hurry, the new Pocket Winch from startup Dragan Systems aims to be the lightest, most portable come-along out there. It ...

Finland’s Kone KNEBV-1.09%decrease; red down pointing triangle agreed to buy German rival TK Elevator for almost $24 billion in a deal that would create the world’s biggest elevator maker by sales.

Finland’s Kone has agreed to buy German rival TK Elevator in a landmark deal valued at 29.4 billion euros ($34.4 billion). The combination would create the world’s largest elevator maker and marks one ...

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As 32-year-old Bryson DeChambeau looks to win his first Masters Tournament this weekend, the golfer known as “The Scientist” has cooked up an especially unique strategy in his lab: using homemade ...

A new brewery, Winch & Pulley, has opened in Framingham. Its taproom is at 81 Morton St., a space formerly used by other local breweries. Winch & Pulley offers four core beers, rotating hard seltzers, ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. The elevator, one of the most ...

The grandson of the inventor of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, who has publicly criticized The Hershey Company for tinkering with the classic formula in its spinoff products, appears to have gotten ...

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One winter in my early 30s I lost my job and became obsessed with writing lists. There’s no better time to manically scribble extensive bulleted notes of everything you have to do than when you don’t, ...

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...