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Energy

Exxon Plans Expansion Into Lithium Production

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Exxon announced plans to enter the lithium production game in 2027, effectively elbowing its way into the electric vehicle supply chain.

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Industrials

Sugar Shortages Loom as Supply Gets Sticky

Logistical holdups at ports in Brazil combined with poor sugar crops in other major sugar-producing nations is stretching supply of the crop.

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Power Corridor

Fed’s Tea Leaves Get Murkier

The U.S. Federal Reserve is all but certain to hold interest rates steady Wednesday, but the economy is still scorching – beating expectations in…

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Policy & Power

Mexico Reviving Transcoastal Railway to Capitalize on Dry Panama Canal

The renovated line would span Mexico’s two coasts, providing a new artery through which international freight can flow.

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Big Tech

Amazon Wants to Double Its Same-Day Delivery Facilities

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Industries

Layoffs Hit Shopify as it Rethinks Logistics Strategy

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Consumer

Bed Bath & Beyond Could File for Bankruptcy

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Consumer

McDonald’s Pulls Out of Kazakhstan

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Industrials

British Startup is Breaking the Cocoa Supply Chain

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Autos

Rising Battery Prices Squeeze EV Makers’ Cash Reserves

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Consumer

Treadmill and Bike Maker Peloton Will Stop Making Treadmills and Bikes in House

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Consumer

Apple Learns the Hard Way That Fewer People Want Its New iPhones

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Autos

As Everyone Else is Struggling to Produce Cars, Tesla Delivers a Record Number

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Energy

Europe’s CO2 Shortage Threatens Medicine, Nuclear Safety, Food

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Consumer

Food Tech Firm Apeel Picks Up $250 Million To Help Stop Vegetables From Rotting

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Technology

Apple Ramps Up 2021 iPhone Production by 20%

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