Industries

Industries

Lab-Grown Diamonds? Turns Out They’re Not De Beers’ Best Friend

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De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer, said it plans to shutter its lab-grown jewelry brand LightBox.

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Consumer

Low Cocoa Crop Yields Have Sent Chocolate Prices Soaring

Cocoa futures hit a record high this week of over $10,000 per metric ton — not a great start to the Easter weekend.

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Media & Entertainment

Advertisement Market is Booming, But Not for Everyone

Media investment firm Magna now expects ad sales by media owners to increase over 9% this year.

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Energy

Fossil Fuel Clinginess Puts Climate Change Threshold in Peril

Oil and gas entities are on track to nearly quadruple the fossil fuels they extract from newly approved projects by the end of the decade.

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International Economics

UK-US Strike Trade Deal Affirming ‘Special Relationship’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Photo by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street via CC BY 2.0.

The UK and US announced a “historic” trade deal Thursday that does little to reduce Washington’s overall global trade war.

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Media & Entertainment

Netflix’s New Homepage Pushes Users to Watch, Not Scroll

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Netflix is rolling out the first major redesign of its home hub since 2013, hoping people might watch more if inundated with less.

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Industries

Space X’s Mars Mission Gets a Boost From Accelerated Launches at Texas Colony

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