Stubbornly high shipping expenses for businesses are getting sealed into contracts for the next 12 months, forcing companies to pass the extra costs on to consumers. The price for a container of goods from China…
Prince Philip, husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, dies…
LONDON â The House of Windsor has lost its patriarch.Prince Philip, the Greece-born royal who as the husband of Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-serving consort to a British sovereign, died Friday. He was 99."His…
Inside Redwood Materials, former Tesla CTO’s effort to…
In this articleTSLALithium-ion batteries are everywhere â in phones, laptops, tablets, cameras and increasingly cars. Demand for lithium-ion batteries has risen sharply in the past five years and is expected to grow from a $…
Bidding wars, lack of houses and desperate buyers:…
After looking at more than 50 houses and writing 17 offers, Taryn and Antonio Orellana recently closed on a house in Lakewood, Calif.Source: Taryn OrellanaWhen pandemic life began to feel too tight inside the one-bedroom…
Entertainment venues still waiting for a lifeline as…
The Anthem, a popular live music venue, displays a message of support on their marquee on April 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images At The Independent in San Francisco, it's been…
Gamification platform Hunter Games raises angel funding
Gamification and revenue enhancement platform Hunter Games announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in its latest round of angel funding. This was led by a consortium of Singapore and India-based angel investors led…
The latest batch of $1,400 stimulus checks are…
Getty ImagesA fourth batch of more than 25 million $ 1,400 stimulus payments has been sent, and this time Social Security beneficiaries received most of the money.The IRS announced on Wednesday that new stimulus checks…
New CGM pay scale at public banks upsets…
Pay increases, especially when they are decent, should make employees smile, but monetary incentives don't seem to have enthused a section of senior public sector bank executives - especially those at the very top. An…
China slaps Alibaba with $2.8 billion fine in…
The front of Alibaba's Wangjing office in Beijing on Dec. 24, 2020. Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Images Chinese regulators hit Alibaba with a 18.23 billion yuan ($ 2.8 billion) fine in its anti-monopoly…