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…
Why Now Might Be a Great Time to Take that Trip to Europe?
Photo by Ibrahim Boran on Unsplash If you haven’t already made travel plans for this year, you might want to consider heading to Europe. The U.S. dollar recently reached parity…
Merger in the Air: Spirit-Frontier or Spirit-JetBlue?
Photo by Lukas Souza on Unsplash While air travel is returning to pre-pandemic levels this summer, budget airlines Spirit and Frontier have been looking towards a horizontal merger to increase…
‘The’ Value of a Trademark
Photo by Dana Lewin on Unsplash For college football fans, the cadence at the beginning of a game in Columbus, Ohio is familiar – no not the quarterback doing 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,…
Will a Shortage of Popcorn Spoil the Movies?
Photo by Meg Boulden on Unsplash After two years of watching movies on small screens, the reopening of cinemas following COVID-19 closures has been a welcome change of pace. For…
Baby Formula Crisis!
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Events leading up to the current baby formula crisis is summarized in the CNBC video released on June 15th 2022: In February 2022, the…
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…
A Partnership in New York City – Uber Joining Hands with Yellow Taxi!
Image by Chris Jones from Pixabay In late March 2022, Uber reached a deal with taxi software companies Creative Mobile Technologies and Curb Mobility to list the iconic NYC’s yellow…