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Startup Nation Out, Big Tech Nation In
This might sound strange, but Israelis are growing horns more than ever before;unicorn horns, that is (why, what did you think I was talking about?). World, pay attention: more than 35 companies in Is...
FAA Raises Share Of Commercial Airplanes Deemed Safe From 5G Interference To 62% Of U.S. Fleet – Including Boeing 777
Topline The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said it had determined that 5G cellular transmissions did not interfere with three models of radio altimeters commonly used on airliners to det...
What About All The Waste?
Recycling trashcan with solar panel, 3D rendering isolated on white background getty By Rachel A. Meidl, Mathilde Saada With the pressures of climate change and the urgency to incorporate alternative ...
Why The Price Of Ethereum Rival Cardano Is Suddenly Soaring
The following is an excerpt from the daily CryptoCodex email newsletter. Sign up now for free here Age of ADA ?️ Cryptocurrency prices had another quiet weekend which could be set to continue with U.S...
Energy Sector Predictions For 2022
July 2021, Westlands Solar Park, near the town of Lemoore in the San Joaquin Valley of California is … [+] the largest solar power plant in the United States and could become one of the largest ...
Trash Stays On Curbs Across The U.S. As Covid Infects Sanitation Workers
Topline Trash and recycling pickup has been delayed or suspended in many U.S. cities as waste crews find themselves understaffed due to coronavirus outbreaks, forcing residents to deal with mounting p...
U.S. Probes Big Beef’s Link To Inflation
Unprecedented consolidation in the U.S. food industry may be a cause of rising prices and empty grocery-store shelves. The White House, supported by independent economic analysts, has asserted there’s...
CPI Inflation Hits 40-Year High, But Even That Number May Be Too Low
SAN FRANCISCO – JUNE 06: Rows of houses stand June 6, 2007 in San Francisco, even though December … [+] 2021’s CPI inflation number of 7% is high. Increases in housing and rental cos...
Here’s Where The Omicron Surge May Have Peaked Or Seems About To
Topline While record numbers of Covid-19 cases continue to be reported around the U.S. and the world, a handful of cities, states and countries are showing signs that the number of infections may have...
Costco Will Spend $4 Billion In 2022
Flush with cash and little debt, Costco plans on opening 28 new warehouse stores in 2022. Getty Images Costco continues to be on a roll, and like its select, best-in-category competitors, weathered th...
Will Inflation Last Into 2023? Global CEOs Say Yes, While Key Price Indicator Hits Record Level
Topline Inflation is worrying chief executives globally, according to a survey released Thursday by the Conference Board, a business research group, and data shared by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statist...
Will The Energy Crisis Help Clean-Up Bitcoin?
(Photo by ABDUAZIZ MADYAROV/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The fact that we are in the grip of a global energy crisis is now beyond doubt. In the UK there are a slew of energy businesses ...
Three Ways The U.S. Government Can Fight The Omicron Wave
Patients with Covid-19 now comprise 25% of occupied hospital beds in the U.S. AFP via Getty Images Dr. Anand Parekh, chief medical advisor for the Bipartisan Policy Center, discusses how the U.S. can ...
Will Athletes Who Recently Tested Positive For Covid – Including Shaun White, Alysa Liu – Be Allowed Entry?
Topline A number of U.S. Olympic team members and hopefuls have recently revealed that they tested positive for Covid-19 roughly a month before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics, raising the sp...
North Korea Appears To Launch Another Ballistic Missile
Topline North Korea launched a ballistic missile into the sea Tuesday morning following its first launch since October last week, Japanese and South Korean officials said, drawing attention from the U...
American Semiconductor Is Taking A Step Towards U.S. Domestic Chip Packaging
Integrated circuit packages protect the silicon chips from the environment, and provide a way of … [+] connecting their circuits to the outside world. getty Widespread shortages of semiconductor...
U.S. Covid-19 Hospitalizations Top 138,000, Nearing Record
Topline The number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States rose to 138,073 Saturday amid the rapid spread of the omicron variant, coming close to the record set during the surge last...
Sales Are Up Nearly 9% For Print Books—But Who’s Reading Them?
Topline U.S. publishers sold 825.7 million print books in 2021, up 8.9% over the previous year, but Pew data shows that the share of Americans who read print books remained flat over that period, with...
FDA Cuts Moderna Booster Waiting Period From Six Months To Five
Topline Adults who received the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine series now only need to wait five months before receiving a booster dose, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday, days after the agenc...
U.S. Posts Disappointing 199,000 New Jobs Last Month—Omicron Surge Could Make It Worse
Topline Though unemployment fell to its lowest level in nearly two years, the U.S. added back a worse-than-expected 199,000 jobs in December—signaling the labor market is still struggling to add back ...
December’s Stunning Job Growth Doesn’t Tell The Whole Story—Omicron Sparked ‘Significant Economic Damage’
Topline Private U.S. employers posted the strongest job growth in seven months in December, according to payroll processor ADP, but experts caution the promising data shouldn’t be cause for cele...
DOJ Charges Its First Suspect In Haitian President’s Assassination
Topline The Department of Justice on Tuesday charged an ex-Colombian military officer with allegedly participating in the plot to kill former Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, marking the first U.S. pr...
More Than 4,000 Cancelled As Omicron Creates Airline Staff Shortage
Topline More than 4,000 flights were cancelled Sunday, more than half of which were in the U.S., as new coronavirus infections driven by the omicron variant continue to cause staff shortages at airlin...
Walgreens May Sell Boots U.K. Pharmacies To Private Equity
Walgreens Boots Alliance may sell its Boots pharmacies in the United Kingdom to private equity … [+] firms, according to media reports Jan. 1, 2022 in the U.K. Shoppers in York walk past a Boots...