A combination of severe heat and little rain has left many of Europe’s rivers drier than normal this summer, revealing formerly submerged relics and blind spots in the continent’s supply chain.The two rivers at the center of the crisis are the Danube and the Rhine.Both serve as major arteries for…
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Mark Cuban said startup founders would leave under a proposed wealth tax. The founders themselves are split.California will vote on its statewide “billionaire tax” in November. In an X response to Rep. Ro Khanna, Cuban said the tax would adversely affect founders, who may be billionaires in stock but lack the cash to pay it. “If this passes, only idiot startup founders stay,” he wrote.In an email to Business Insider, Cuban clarified that “not every…
“Same, same.” That’s all I have to say when I stop by my neighborhood street…
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Western forces are driving tanks, armored vehicles, and motorcycles toward Ukrainian soldiers in training to ready them for Russian mechanized and irregular infantry attacks.Soldiers from multiple Western nations are helping to train Ukrainian soldiers as part of a Norway-led international effort called Operation Legio at a purpose-built site in eastern…
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View MoreWalmart has received nearly $3 billion in tariff refunds and says it will use some of the benefit to help keep prices low for shoppers, while the windfall also gave quarterly profit growth a significant boost. The company said it “prioritized investment in price” after receiving refunds tied to tariffs…
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ben Drury, cofounder and CEO of Yoto. It has been edited for length and clarity.My company wouldn’t exist without my kids. The idea started nearly 13 years ago, when I was shopping for a stroller in a London department store. One…
