Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden has overseen the largest sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve ever, to ease prices at the gasoline pump.Having released 160 million […]
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Back to news homeAs Russia Threatens Europe’s Energy, Ukraine Braces for a Hard Winter
In a thickly forested park bordered by apartment blocks and a playground, a dozen workers were busy on a recent day with chain saws and axes, felling trees, cutting logs […]
Warehouse Space Is the Latest Thing Being Hoarded
As retailers and logistics companies try to stockpile goods to hedge against supply chain problems, they are facing a new challenge: In many parts of the United States, there is […]
Toyota Topped G.M. in U.S. Car Sales in 2021
Automakers are also contending with the transition to electric cars and trucks. Many companies are spending tens of billions of dollars designing battery-powered models and building plants to produce them. […]
Supply Chain Problems Have Small Retailers Gambling on Hoarding
Megan Searfoss has been hoarding sneakers in Connecticut.Ms. Searfoss, the owner of two running stores in Darien and Ridgefield, Conn., would normally have about 3,000 pairs of shoes in stock […]
How Covid Misinformation Created a Run on Ivermectin
Ruth Jeffers, who owns Jeffers, the animal supplies retailer, said she had sold out of ivermectin paste on her website this year. After she restocked with more expensive versions, those […]
China Moves to Tame Inflation Before Prices Rise Too Much
SHANGHAI — Prices are jumping in the United States and around the world, prompting growing warnings that a wave of inflation could threaten the global economy if it persists.China isn’t […]
Global Shortages During Coronavirus Reveal Failings of Just in Time Manufacturing
In the story of how the modern world was constructed, Toyota stands out as the mastermind of a monumental advance in industrial efficiency. The Japanese automaker pioneered so-called Just In […]
Developers Flock to Cold Storage as Americans Stock Their Freezers
“The immediate change in consumer behavior due to Covid has caused companies to change how they service those demands,” said Art Rasmussen, a senior vice president at CBRE, a real […]
For a Nation on Edge, Antacids Become Hard to Find
First it was toilet paper. Then it was meat.Now, it’s antacids.People searching online or in stores for over-the-counter tummy soothers are finding that they can’t easily buy antacid medications like […]