Fact-Checking 8 Claims About Crypto’s Climate Impact
Cryptocurrencies are bad for the environment—at least, that’s what most people online seem to believe. Pro-crypto posts on social media are ofteRead More…
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The Surprising Thing That Could Help Ease Inflation
David Metzner has made a career of getting rid of stuff that customers don’t want. He’s been in the liquidation business since 1990, buying traiRead More…
Inflation Hits Record 8.6% for 19 Countries Using the Euro
Inflation in countries using the euro set another eye-watering record, pushed higher by a huge increase in energy costs fueled partly by Russia’s Read More…
Sale Puts Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Back in West Bank, Kind Of
A new agreement in Israel will put Ben & Jerry’s ice cream back on shelves in annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank despite the icRead More…
Both Republicans and Democrats Are Wrong on Gas Prices
On June 13, the price of gasoline reached a historic high of $5 per gallon.
There followed an avalanche of accusations across the political spectrumRead More…
How One CEO Improved Results By Investing in His Workers
For the past 40 years or so, frontline workers in America have been getting a smaller and smaller slice of the economic pie. As corporate profits anRead More…
New Corporate Policies on Abortion Travel Spark Worries About Employees’ Privacy
In the hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion, several major U.S. corpoRead More…
Airbnb Permanently Bans Parties At Its Rental Locations
SAN FRANCISCO —Airbnb is making permanent its ban on parties at homes listed on the site for short-term rentals.
The San Francisco company believeRead More…
Why a Recession Isn’t Inevitable
An ugly word has been shooting around the media like it’s going out of fashion: Recession, usually defined as two back-to-back quarters of a shrinRead More…
G7 Leaders End Summit Pledging to Hurt Russia Economically
Leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies struck a united stance to support Ukraine for “as long as it takes” as Russia’s invasion grindRead More…
Company Buying Trump’s Social Media App Faces Subpoenas
The company planning to buy Donald Trump’s new social media business has disclosed a federal grand jury investigation that it says could impede orRead More…
Leonardo Del Vecchio, Billionaire Ray-Ban Owner, Dies at 87
Leonardo Del Vecchio, the Italian entrepreneur who started off with a tiny optics workshop in the Dolomite mountains and ended up as the undisputed Read More…