BBC

Copper theft: A growing economic problem

Demand has been surging for copper around the world - from renewable energy projects, to AI data centres, to infrastructure networks. Production, however, has struggled to keep pace, pushing prices ...
War on the Rocks

The Front Door Problem in National Security Space

In July, the team at EarthTraq, a dual-use space company, received an email suggesting we “go through the Space Force Front Door process.” It seemed simple. We offer clear applications for pressing ...
Business Insider

Trump's big swing at credit card interest rates targets a growing American problem

Trump called for a one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%. For years, limited regulation has allowed companies to charge high rates, and consumers have fallen further into debt. Some ...
Wall Street Journal

Trump’s Oil Grab Is a Big Problem for the OPEC Cartel

Oil prices barely budged after the U.S. ousted Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and President Trump pledged billions to revive the country’s oil infrastructure. WSJ’s David Uberti breaks down the market ...
The Economist

The AI frenzy is creating a big problem for consumer electronics

The world’s gadget-makers—who assembled this week in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show—would be forgiven for harbouring mixed feelings about the year ahead. Excitement over the prospect of ...
Business Wire

Sinclair Issues Statement on Merger Proposal with The E.W. Scripps Company

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) (the “Company” or “Sinclair”) today made the following statement in response to The E.W. Scripps Company’s (Nasdaq: SSP) (“Scripps”) rejection ...
Entrepreneur

How 800 Pound Gorilla Solved a Serious Problem in Comedy

The 800 Pound Guerialla team presents Anjelah Johnson-Reyes with a plaque for 30 million streams. Ryan Bitzer and Damion Greiman are the founders of 800 Pound Gorilla, a comedy media company that ...
CNN

The solution to America’s affordability problem might be broken, too

The best way to fix Americans’ cost-of-living problem is to give workers bigger raises, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week. The problem: That solution looks broken, too. The US job ...
Morningstar

EquipmentShare Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

EquipmentShare.com Inc, a leader in connected jobsite technology and one of the largest equipment rental providers in the United States, today announced that it has filed a registration statement on ...
Wall Street Journal

Riding in a Chinese Robotaxi Is Pretty Smooth—That’s a Problem for Waymo

BEIJING—I got a glimpse of a technology that soon could be spreading around the world—if not the U.S. It is a Chinese robotaxi. One of the two I tried featured executive-style chairs and ample luggage ...
Wired

The WIRED Guide to Portland for Business Travelers

As a tech city, Portland often feels like a lifestyle destination for wayward engineers. Though nearly 10 percent of Portland works in tech, Stumptown’s business scene can sometimes seem to be in ...