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…
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…
Rising Bottle Prices Could Have People Crying in Their Beer at Oktoberfest
Photo by Thanh Serious on Unsplash Thinking about heading to Munich for Octoberfest this year? If so, get ready to pull out your wallet. Your costs could be a lot higher than for…
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.…
Household Internet Access – A Luxury or a Necessity to Narrow the Digital Divide?
Photo by Compare Fibre on Unsplash The Digital Divide Council defined digital divide as “the gap that exists between individuals who have access to modern information and communication technology and those who lack…
Iced Tea Anyone? … Only 99 Cents a Can!
Photo by Connor Dickson on Unsplash Yes, in early April 2022, the chairman of AriZona Beverages, Don Vultaggio announced that the price of a 23-ounce can of AriZona iced tea will still be…