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Solyndra—the California startup that fell into bankruptcy in 2011 following a flood of photovoltaic imports from Asia—earned a unique Department of…
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The Biden administration recently published a plan to deal with the growing cost of beef driven by a monopoly in the beef processing industry. Currently…
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In October, China banned the use of cryptocurrencies along with bitcoin mining because of its association with money laundering and excessive energy…
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At the federal level, labor unions exert substantial influence on elections, handling over $13 million in contributions in the 2021-2022 campaign season…
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Salonga park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a 36,000 square kilometer reserve in the Congo river basin, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and…
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The book Moneyball, published in 2003 by Michael Lewis and the movie of the same name, detailed how baseball had become purely a game of dollars. With…
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CEFC China Energy, the large Chinese energy conglomerate that was among the 10 largest private companies in China and ranked 349th in the Fortune 500…
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Spotify is the largest music streaming platform according to Counterpoint Research with over 394 million subscriptions in 2020. While the platform is…
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'Correlation does not imply causation' is an old adage of science and formal logic. It's a gentle reminder that sometimes, when two distinct events…
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Fewer frozen pellets are falling from the sky
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Total foreign contributions—as donations or general payments—to American universities in 2019 almost topped $4 billion. That may only be a sliver of the…
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Asset-backed securities, specifically mortgage-backed securities, were at the center of the 2007-2008 financial crisis. These were the investments…
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