The worst inflation in four decades has proved quite the ride for consumers over the past two years, and recently, it’s even helped the unthinkable become increasingly mainstream. Some economists are asking: Are consumers actually getting ripped off? This once…
One week before the anticipated release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse in the Middle East, the Sony blockbuster has been quietly pulled from cinemas without any official announcement as to why. The sequel to the 2018 Oscar-winning animated hit Spider-Man:…
Millennials and Gen Zers have been stereotyped in many ways—they’re lazy quiet quitters, immature freeloaders who live with their parents, and spend too much on avocado toast. Usually, a poll or survey is used as evidence of the generational trend.…
Wall Street’s repeated recession warnings are beginning to lose their bite. After more than a year of consistent doomsday forecasts, the U.S. economy has remained resilient in the face of stubborn inflation, with the unemployment rate sticking near pre-pandemic lows…
A group of music companies is suing Twitter for over $250 million, claiming the platform has ignored many copyright violation notices. The coalition is composed of 17 music publishers, including such big names as Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Corp.,…
In the 1970s, Ross Perot Jr., who’s now chairman of the Perot Group and Hillwood, and his father bought and sold land. His father was, of course, Ross Perot, two-time presidential candidate and founder of Electronic Data Systems, and eventually,…
At this year’s Viva Technology show, LVMH announced that it will begin rolling out Tap to Pay on iPhone to select LVMH Group stores in the United States later this year. Introduced by Apple in February 2022, Tap to Pay…
The greentech company specializing in the production of bio-based, low-carbon ingredients using a unique fermentation technology based on a fully circular model has delivered the first batches from its Afyren Neoxy plant, located in Carling-Saint Avold, East of France. Inaugurated…
A widening recall of frozen strawberries linked to a hepatitis A outbreak in the US has shone a light on the risk of contaminated food spreading potentially deadly diseases. The US Food and Drug Administration this week asked more firms to recall products, with…
E-commerce may make shopping more convenient, but it has a dark side that most consumers never see. Say you order an electric toothbrush for Father’s Day and two shirts for yourself from Amazon. You unpack your order and discover that…