Walgreens’ Rxbots
Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash Drugstore chain Walgreens has begun using robots to fill prescriptions. The robots can reportedly fill 300 prescriptions per hour, roughly the same number a…
Competing Solutions to a Lack of Competition
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash Over the last decade prices in the US for insulin has more than tripled, and is more than ten times the average price in other countries. More…
The Guac is Going to be Extra
Photo by Isabella and Zsa Fischer on Unsplash.com The US has announced it is suspending all imports of avocados from the Mexican state of Michoacan. At the heart of the…
The Citrus Market is Getting Squeezed
Photo by: RaquelxBaires After years of declining demand, orange juice sales have hit their highest level since 2016. Health-conscious consumers, who had previously shied away from OJ due to concerns…
Murano Glass vs Expensive Gas
Photo By: kaijaalioglu from Pixabay.com In the face of rising natural gas prices, many of Murano, Italy’s world-famous glass artists are shutting down their furnaces. Artisans on the small island…
Record Sales!
Photo by Raphael Lovaski on Unsplash Over the past year, several world-famous musicians have sold their music catalogues for hundreds of millions of dollars. Most recently, Bruce Springsteen sold his music rights to…
Canada Taps In
Shortly after the US announced a release of petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve coordinated with several other countries, Canada announce that they too would be tapping in to their…
Stop the Presses!
The Department of Justice has sued to block the merger of publishing companies Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. Under the proposed merger, Penguin Random House would acquire its…
You’ve Got (Too Much) Mail!
Long-time users of Gmail are starting to be confronted with a harsh reality: their free storage is running out. As part of its mail service, Alphabet’s Google provides users with…
Onion Recall Across the US
The FDA has announced a recall of fresh whole onions as a result of a salmonella outbreak. The onions, imported from Chihuahua, Mexico have been traced to as many as…