Year: 2021

Mason Slaine, a Florida technology investor and minority shareholder in Tribune, told The Wall Street Journal he is willing to put up $100 million toward a bid being put together by Stewart Bainum.

The deal would add a portfolio of high-profile novels from authors such as George Orwell, Philip Roth and J.R.R. Tolkien to News Corp’s HarperCollins Publishers division.

The industry is rerouting ships and forecasting delays and congestion at ports in the longer term.

Virtual brands have mushroomed on delivery apps as restaurants seek new customers for their kitchens.

Iron-powered electric vehicles are surging in China, grabbing nearly half of the market and spurring the rise of more affordable EVs, but concerns remain about their range and cold-weather performance.

Prices to buy and rent farmland have been revived by rallying grain markets, historic government payments and low interest rates—and that has made it harder for smaller farmers to compete.

The group that surrounded the late Zappos boss comprised a dozen or so men and women drawing salary and commissions from his $840 million fortune. They helped sustain his drug habit, protected him from outsiders and lived off his largess.

Spending already appears to be accelerating again as newly vaccinated consumers—armed with federal stimulus money—travel, dine out and return to shopping centers.

Between the growth of container vessels and the hydrodynamics of the canal, conditions were ripe for a mishap like the Ever Given’s predicament in Egypt this week.

Natural gas, long seen long seen by energy companies as a bridge between fossil fuels and renewables, faces growing environmental scrutiny and competition from cleaner energy sources.