Monthly Archives: November, 2016

The Explosion in Lightweight, Flexible, Plastic Food Pouches

The editors of Plastic Make It Possible explain the striking benefits of food packaged in plastic pouches rather than cans. As I walked down the...

These Companies have the Highest Sales Per Employee

The table below shows the top five industry groups that have the highest median sales per employee according to Bloomberg. Real Estate, Energy, and...

Thank You Mr. Johnson

Yesterday, Edward “Ned” Johnson announced he is stepping down as Chairman of Fidelity Investments. What I remember most from my time working at Fidelity...

Is the World Witnessing a Frenzy of Better Robo-Retail?

After years of development, Lowe’s has rolled out its Lo Bot, a helpful machine created to guide customers around the company’s massive big-box stores....

This is What You Want to Hire a Stockpicker For

In recent years, the active investment management industry has taken a beating in the financial press and at the hands of the exchange traded...

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Are You One of the 77% Who Reported…

Did you know that over three-quarters of Americans had...

VA Approves New Rate Class for Large Electricity Users, Including Data Centers

The State Corporation Commission has approved a new electricity...

DOE Launches $134 Million Push to Build US Rare Earth Supply Chain

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Minerals...

US Advances Small Modular Reactors with $800M Support

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the...

Christmas Supply Squeeze: Why Trees, Tinsel, and Ornaments Are Scarce

Retailers and consumers are bracing for an unusually strained...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

The principles written about here are as true today...

Developer Plans to Turn Infamous Pennhurst Asylum Into AI Data Center

Real estate developer Derek Strine plans to transform the...

The Next Fed Chairman?

In a discussion with reporters on Air Force One,...

MotorRoid2: Yamaha’s AI-Powered Self Balancing Motorcycle

Michah Toll of Eletrek reports that Yamaha has unveiled...

The Future of America’s Uranium Supply

The US Energy Information Administration reports that in 2023,...