Soaring Nickel Will Drive Tesla, EV Players to Do This With Batteries

A basket of metals that go into lithium ion batteries is up 64% so far in 2022, which theoretically raises the sticker price of an average electric vehicle. Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images Text si...

Even Before The War, Washington Had Shown An Increasingly Anti-China Side

Xi and Putin show warmth. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) Getty Images Even before questions over Russian sanctions had increased tensions between Washington and Beijing, Congress and the Whit...

Körber Elevate: What’s Next?

Körber’s Customer, Technology, and Geographic Expansion Körber A modern day Rip Van Winkle would be surprised to wake up today and learn that HighJump is now known as Körber Supply Chain Softwar...

Another Wave In The Supply Chain Crisis Hits As New China Lock Downs And Ukraine Threaten Global Supply

“The entire supply chain is under tremendous stress right now. We’re dealing with a cascade of … [+] disruptions which is adding stress beyond what it’s already under,” says Abe Eshkenazi, Assoc...

Ford Stock Is Down For a Very Odd Reason. No, Production Guidance Wasn’t Cut.

Auto investor nerves are frayed as they deal with Russia, inflation and the persistent chip shortage. Scott Olson/Getty Images Text size Automotive News incorrectly reported over the weekend that Ford...

A One-Stop, AI-Driven Manufacturing Marketplace

AI helps build a more efficient manufacturing ecosystem getty This column has long kept an eye on Xometry, the global on-demand manufacturing platform company based in Maryland. From the very beginnin...

Opinion: The Fed needs to target a floor for the 10-year Treasury, in addition to radically raising the fed funds rate

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell faces the toughest task since Chairman Paul Volcker tamed the Great Inflation of the 1970s and early 1980s. And a lot of the pressures driving the most virulent ...

Rivian stock falls more than 12% after EV maker loses more than $2 billion, trims production targets

An earlier version of this report had incorrect quarterly loss figures for Rivian. It has been corrected. Rivian Automotive Inc. lost more than $2 billion in the fourth quarter, saying that supply-cha...

Frackers Say Bottlenecks Impede Output Boost as Oil Prices Soar

American shale drillers say there are limits to how much and how quickly they can boost shaky oil supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, cautioning that supply-chain issues, investors wary o...

Opinion: I’m raising cash and getting defensive as the stock market works through its excesses

This war is shameful and crazy. All wars are. And there’s no telling what President Putin is going to do next. What I do know is that the globalized world economy is not going back to what it was. The...

A Visit To The “Poshest Shop In Britain” As Daylesford Organic Celebrates Two Decades Of Premium Retail

Fresh produce on display at Daylesford Organic. While critics call it pricey, loyal customers can … [+] not get enough. The retailer celebrates the twenty year anniversary of its Cotswolds Farms...

Texas Provides Model For Much-Needed Supply Chain Overhaul

Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar US President Joe Biden holds a microchip as he speaks before signing an executive order on securing … [+] critical supply chains, in the State Dining Room of th...

Electronics Manufacturing Industry Leaders Enter 2022 With Greater Optimism

Digitization is making factories smarter and supply chains more resilient getty Every year, the What’s the SCOOP round of interviews conducted by Philip Stoten offers one of the most interesting round...

The War On Small Business

Transportation is just one area of our supply chains where there aren’t enough workers. getty Everybody has a pet theory about why it’s so hard for manufacturers and supply chain companies to ge...

3 Trends To Track In 2022 For Self-Directed IRAs

2022 has barely begun yet it has already taken investors on a wild ride. On the way up: volatility, inflation, and interest rates. On the way down: unemployment, cryptocurrencies, and housing supply. ...

Ford Takes More Capacity Offline Because of Trucker Blockade in Canada

Text size Demonstrators against Covid-19 vaccine mandates block the roadway at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on Feb. 9. Geoff Robins / AFP via Getty Images Ford Mo...

Amazon holiday earnings blow away expectations (thanks to Rivian), stock spikes

Amazon.com Inc. executives thought that supply-chain and staffing concerns could wipe away their holiday profit. They were wrong. Amazon AMZN, -7.81% reported fourth-quarter profit of $14.3 billion, o...

Opinion: The Fed is determined to stop wages from rising

AUSTIN, Texas (Project Syndicate)—Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has now committed to putting monetary policy on a course of rising interest rates, which could boost the short-term rate (on feder...

What Tesla Could Teach Retailers About Supply Chains

Warehouse Workers getty The supply chain logjam has been a once-in-a-century management crisis which no company could have anticipated, let alone been prepared for. And yet some were, to one degree or...

Tesla earnings: News about the Cybertruck and new factories could set the tone for 2022

Tesla Inc. is slated to report fourth-quarter earnings next Wednesday, with investors expecting a return of Chief Executive Elon Musk to the post-results call and bracing for what could be worrying ne...

Rolls-Royce, Bentley, BMW Sales Surge as Cheaper Brands Lag Behind

BERLIN—A surge in luxury-car sales and the shifting of scarce semiconductors to the most profitable vehicles helped many auto makers achieve robust profits last year, even as sales of mainstream vehic...

Micron and Western Digital Are Top Picks for 2022. Here’s Why.

Text size semiconductor manufacturing Dmitry Kalinovsky/Dreamstime The semiconductor sector will be a big gainer in 2022 as demand grows and supply-chain constraints ease, said analysts at Mizuho Secu...

The Fed Will Drive The Economy Into A Ditch If It Is Wrong About Inflation

Shipping containers stacked at the Port of Los Angeles. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Getty Images Inflation is hitting very high numbers – CPI, for example, is at its highest level since 1982. B...

Supply-Chain Constraints Are Easing. 5 Stocks That Should Benefit.

Text size STR/AFP via Getty Images Global supply-chain constraints are beginning to ease, which will benefit a host of stocks.  The surge in economic demand last year brought on by reopenings and econ...

The Hottest ETF Sectors for Investors to Bet On in 2022

Many investors are bracing for a more-volatile stock market this year as interest rates, inflation, the pandemic, geopolitical tensions, oil and supply-chain bottlenecks continue to cause uncertainty....

USDA Boosts School Lunch Funding By $750 Million To Counter Higher Food Prices

Topline  The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday announced a $750 million increase in funding for school meal programs, citing the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic and higher food costs.  West...

Retailers’ Next Headache? Odds Favor A Post-Holiday Recession

Big sale tag announcement at clothes shop. getty Just when things were looking up — consumer spending so far this season has been strong, profit margins are widening, COVID rates seemed to be declinin...

Bed Bath & Beyond Had Big Earnings Miss. The Stock Is Jumping.

Text size Comparable-store sales at Bed Bath & Beyond fell by 7%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond is up about 13% even after the company’s financial results fell short...

Covid-19 Spread In China Hits Nike, Adidas Supplier; Billionaire Chairman’s Fortune Shrinks

Supply chain disruptions have challenged global suppliers and their customers during the Covid … [+] pandemic. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Shenzhou Inte...