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. This included hiring additional workers and expanding their warehouse space. Between 2019 and 2021, Amazon’s real estate footprint grew from…
The battle over how plant-based bacon can be described in France continues to sizzle. On one side is the INAPORC lobby representing French butchers and pig farmers. On the other side are the makers of La Vie plant-based bacon and sausage. What are they fighting…
In the face of rising energy costs, European countries are bracing themselves for a tough, cold winter. Energy costs as a share of GDP have doubled in many European countries. Residents have seen their energy bills soar, and are facing stark tradeoffs between paying their…
If you’re feeling like your financial life is on the edge of spinning out of control, yet you can’t stop making small impulse purchases, you’re probably not alone. Indeed, with news reels highlighting sky-high inflation, newspapers warning about impending recession, and reporters speculating as to…
The COVID-19 pandemic from mid-March 2020 caused massive lockdown of chip producing companies for months. And now, two and a half years later, as the pandemic is subsiding and consumption is picking up, the shortage of the chips for semiconductors is felt severely by both…
The merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation was approved with stipulations by the Department of Justice back in January 2010. Reuters reported that Live Nation maintain 49.99% of the combined company; Ticketmaster, 50.01%. At the Ticketmaster website, the benefits of the merger was stated: “We…
You’ve probably seen pictures of vintage American cars driving through the streets of Havana, Cuba, a city that almost seems to be stuck in a time warp. Indeed, the United States hasn’t exported cars, or for that matter, much of anything, to Cuba since the…
The shutdown of the U.S. economy during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March 2020 brought about loss of income especially for workers who could not work in the office nor continue their work from home. Consequently, paying for mortgages became a challenge that…