Volkswagen is betting an electric vehicle with Throwback Thursday appeal and modern features will earn its new “ID” EV sub-brand a place in American hearts and driveways. The good news: Initial photos of the VW ID Buzz made just about everybody smile. The bad news: It’s a minivan, arguably the least exciting type of vehicle. […]
A Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive pulls a train in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Monday, March 22, 2021. Alex Ramadhan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: Canadian Pacific (CP) Business: Canadian Pacific owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada and the United States. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and […]
Attendees during the 2022 CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, US, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. F. Carter Smith | Bloomberg | Getty Images The annual CERAWeek by S&P Global energy conference in Houston, which wrapped up Friday, could not have come at a better — or more fraught — time. Energy executives, […]
The President of the United States is the most powerful person on the planet, so when he issues an order, people jump to attention. That was certainly the case this week when President Biden signed his “Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets,” a long-awaited command setting out of the White House’s view […]
Janice Chen (C) and her Mammoth Biosciences co-founders Trevor Martin (L) and Lucas Harrington (R). CRISPR gene editing pioneer and Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna is also a co-founder. Along Highway 101 north of the San Francisco Airport, a break-out biotech start-up named Mammoth Biosciences co-founded by Nathan Chen’s sister Janice in 2018 is fast […]
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine risks fueling inflation and sapping growth world-wide, but a handful of nations are in line for an export windfall thanks to soaring energy and commodity prices. Countries including Canada, Australia and energy-rich Gulf Arab states look set to benefit as the invasion sparks record rallies in commodities from oil and gas […]
The screens, which were developed by the startup Cooler Screens, use a system of motion sensors and cameras to display what’s inside the doors — as well as product information, prices, deals and, most appealing to brands, paid advertisements. The tech provides stores with an additional revenue stream and a way to modernize the shopping […]
If you ask Francis the best way to retire early, his answer is simple: don’t. For years, the now 42-year-old went to great lengths to achieve FIRE, which stands for “financial independence, retire early.” But in reality, a lifetime without work isn’t actually what most people want, he says. It’s a lesson he himself discovered […]
The Iron Curtain, which had divided Eastern and Western Europe for decades, had only just collapsed. Now the fast-food chain beloved by Americans and many others could serve up Big Macs to Russian customers. Of course, Russians can choose to eat elsewhere and buy other goods — many homegrown chains have sprung up across the […]
The sting of gasoline prices above $4 a gallon leaves some Americans rethinking their driving options, and just how aggressively they burn gas while driving. For some drivers, the double-edged sword of rising inflation after the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine leading to a spike in gas prices has […]
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