Monthly Archives: June, 2018

Conagra to Buy Pinnacle Foods: Is this the Beginning of a Mega-Consolidation?

News broke yesterday that Conagra Brands will buy Pinnacle Foods, tying together two midsize American food brands. The big companies selling food in America...

Amazon Outsources Last-Mile Delivery

Amazon is encouraging individuals to launch delivery businesses that will lease van fleets from Amazon to give the company additional options for last-mile delivery. Last-mile...

State Tax Update: Are Yours Going Up?

On this site, I regularly highlight the good and bad of states' tax structure (read here, here, here, here, and here for starters). I...

Airport Access is Key to the E-Commerce Revolution

Demand for fast shipping and nimble logistics have made property near airports a valuable commodity. Tim Boreham, in the Sydney Morning Herald, explains how...

RAGE Gauge June: The Trump Economy

We can thank President Trump for unleashing the animal spirits that have been key to this economic resurgence: Business Owners of America Unite! And...

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Are You One of the 77% Who Reported…

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

The Next Fed Chairman?

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

EU Sanctions and Refinery Outages Push Diesel Prices Up

The US Energy Information Administration reports that global diesel...

Extreme Weather Hammers U.S. Grid Reliability

The US Energy Information Administration reports that in 2024,...

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...

Does Your Stock Portfolio Look Like Rudolph Taking Flight?

Happy Monday. Want to get away? Hang in there....

The Macro Impact of the Data Center Investment Boom

Data center construction and high-tech investments, particularly in the...

Poland Cuts Rates Again

Poland’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by...

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

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