Meet Me in the Middle
Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash When it comes to flying, most passengers have strong preferences over where they sit. Anyone who has flown on Southwest Airlines, which allocates seats…
Amazon is Shrinking
Photo by ANIRUDH on Unsplash During the height of the pandemic, as the world shifted heavily toward online shopping, Amazon moved aggressively to expand their capacity to meet consumer demand.…
Winter is Coming
Photo by Jason Richard on Unsplash In the face of rising energy costs, European countries are bracing themselves for a tough, cold winter. Energy costs as a share of GDP…
Warner Brothers Decides Batgirl Won’t Fly
Photo by Christian Joudrey on Unsplash Actors, directors, and production crew were shocked this week when Warner Brothers announced they were halting production on the new Batgirl movie and it…
Drought and the Price of Rice in Italy
Image by Pascvii from Pixabay Northern Italy is in the midst of a severe drought. The region is home to the Po River, which flows from the Alps to the…
Battle of the Blizzards
Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash Fast food chain Dairy Queen recently lost a court battle over the use of its trademarked name for its ice cream product,…
To the Moon and Back
Photo by SpaceX on Unsplash Two companies, Lunar Outpost and AstroForge, just received a combined $25 million to develop technologies for off-Earth mining. Lunar Outpost is developing lunar rovers to retrieve minerals from…
Target Misses Its Inventory Target
Photo by Abhinav Bhardwaj on Unsplash Retail giant Target has announced plans to reduce an excess stock of inventory. At the end of April, the company had $15.1 billion in inventory, which is…
Oil is Surging, Apple is Falling
Image by John R Perry from Pixabay In the wake of rising oil and gas prices globally, Saudi Aramco, the company that manages the oil supply of the Kingdom of…
USWNT Scores a Big Goal
Photo by Emilio Garcia on Unsplash In February 2022, the US Women’s National Soccer Team reached an agreement with the US Soccer Federation to settle a lawsuit filed in 2019 over equal pay.…