Why Cities Are Banning Cars Around The World
Traffic is a growing problem in many U.S. cities. Instead of adding more streets to accommodate cars, a growing movement is pushing to ban them in dense areas like New York City. This would give more ...
21 Okt 202212min
Why Saudi Arabia Is Spending Billions To Fund A Hostile Takeover Of Professional Golf
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia reigns over a giant desert, sitting on top of big pools of oil. So why, then, is it attempting a hostile takeover of one of the world’s oldest sports — a game played on lu...
20 Okt 202212min
How Amazon Changed Whole Foods, Five Years Later
Five years ago, Amazon bought Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. Since then, there’s been a lot of changes, including a new CEO starting Sept. 1. It added a palm-scanning payment option, hundreds of camer...
19 Okt 202216min
The Big, Secretive Business Of Amazon’s 100+ Private-Label Brands
Amazon has 118+ private label brands, some that carry the Amazon name and others cleverly disguised without it. And it’s been accused of using its data prowess to make nearly identical versions of bes...
18 Okt 202215min
VR Sports Could Save Mark Zuckerberg's ‘Metaverse’
Virtual reality and sports seem like polar opposites. But the largest companies in Silicon Valley - including Mark Zuckerberg's former Facebook now Meta - are trying to change that, using virtual spor...
17 Okt 202224min
How Amazon Beat Supply Chain Chaos With Ships, Containers And Planes
As supply chain chaos causes shipping delays this holiday season, experts say Amazon’s logistics empire and predictive analytics will allow it to avoid the worst of it. Amazon leased long-haul planes ...
15 Okt 202215min
How This Vietnamese Carmaker Is Trying To Beat Tesla In The U.S.
The Vietnamese EV brand VinFast is an unknown name from a country with a tiny auto industry. But the company has already opened six stores in California and has plans for many more. It also is buildin...
14 Okt 202215min
Hijacking and Murder in Global Shipping’s Grim Underbelly
In July 2011, the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates attacked and set her ablaze. When David Mockett, a maritime surveyor, inspected...
13 Okt 202222min
