Isobel Asher Hamilton

• Energy

  The Carbon Credit Market Takes a Knock

  

  The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market issued some new guidelines on what types of carbon credits it can rubber-stamp.

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• Social Media

  TikTok Retreats From Get-Paid-to-Use App Under European Scrutiny

  

  TikTok agreed to permanently withdraw a rewards program that it had on “TikTok Lite,” essentially a pared-down version of its core app.

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• Healthcare

  WeightWatchers Flounders in the Ozempic Era

  

  WW announced on Thursday that it will be laying off employees and cutting costs to the tune of $100 million per year.

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• Electric Vehicles

  BYD Finds an American Friend in Uber

  

  Uber announced a new partnership with BYD to get 100,000 of its drivers into the company’s electric vehicles.

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• Consumer

  Temu Faces a Supplier Revolt

  

  Suppliers are upset Temu is swapping to a more Amazon-esque supplier model and trying to drive prices ever-downward.

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• Consumer

  McDonald’s Made It Official: Consumers Have Reached Their Limit

  

  McDonald’s warned that customers might be getting sick of price hikes. It was right. Sales fell year-over-year for the first time since 2020.

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• Industrials

  Deep-Sea Oxygen Discovery is a Big Problem for Deep-Sea Mining 

  

  A recent study adds more ammunition to the idea that disturbing the sea floor via deep sea mining could do serious ecological damage.

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• Media & Entertainment

  Universal Music Feels the Sting from Streaming Saturation

  

  Taylor Swift may be signed to the label, but Universal Music Group somehow can’t find a way to make its business work.

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